© 2011 Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. Change the World by Transforming Traditional Donors into Social Investors
Dec 07, 2014
© 2011 Liquidnet Holdings, Inc.
Change the World by Transforming Traditional Donors into Social Investors
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Liquidnet is the premier global marketplace for institutional investors.
Since 2007, the company has devoted a percentage of revenues to social causes through an award-winning corporate social engagement program called Liquidnet For Good.
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Liquidnet For Good includes robust employee engagement efforts, sustainability programs, and a signature project: a holistic living, learning and healing community for orphaned and vulnerable youth in Rwanda.
Now, we’re also leveraging our core competency.
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Through our Markets for Good initiative, Liquidnet
is applying what we do best in our business to the
social sector.
Through our Markets for Good initiative, Liquidnet
is applying what we do best in our business to the
social sector.
LEVERAGING LIQUIDNET’S CORE COMPETENCY
Liquidnet’s core competency is to use technology and the power of collaboration to remove inefficiencies in a fragmented marketplace.
Liquidnet’s core competency is to use technology and the power of collaboration to remove inefficiencies in a fragmented marketplace.
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Market: n. 1. a place where buyers and sellers convene for trade.
MARKET DEFINITION
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THE PROMISE OF MARKETS
In a more perfect world, markets would efficiently distribute money – in the form of debt, equity and philanthropic grants – to organizations that are sustainably achieving the greatest social impact.
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THE SPECTRUM OF MARKETS
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THE SPECTRUM OF MARKETS
FINANCIAL CAPITALMARKETS
Financial Return
Financial Performance Measurement
• Debt• Equity
• Retail (mutual funds, online brokers)• Institutional (Exchanges, Alternative
Trading Systems)
About 5%
FINANCIALCAPITALMARKETS
$50 Trillion
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
INVESTINGSocial Screening and Shareholder Advocacy
$7 Trillion
RETURN
MEASUREMENT
PLATFORMS
INVESTMENTTYPE
AVERAGETRANSACTION
COST
MARKET SIZE
“MARKETS FOR GOOD”
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Markets for Good aims to address the
CHALLENGESIN THE PHILANTHROPIC ECOSYSTEM:
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How might we make it easier and cheaper for nonprofits
to raise money?
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How might we make it easier for donors to find effective
nonprofits to donate to?
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How might we ensure thathigher-performing nonprofits are receiving enough donations
so that they can effectively meet their mission?
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GIVING MARKETS TODAY
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Source: Giving USA Foundation (2007) Sources: Foundation Center, Slate, via Disrupting Philanthropy: Technology and the Future of the Social Sector, by Lucy Bernholz with Edward Skloot and Barry Varela
BILLIONS OF DROPS IN MILLIONS OF BUCKETS
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Source: Giving USA Foundation (2007) Sources: Foundation Center, Slate, via Disrupting Philanthropy: Technology and the Future of the Social Sector, by Lucy Bernholz with Edward Skloot and Barry Varela
THE LONG TAIL OF GIVING
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LITTLE GIVING BASED ON PERFORMANCE
Source: Hope Consulting, Money for Good: The US Market for Impact Investments and Charitable Gifts from Individual Donors and Investors, May 2010
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UNDERSTANDING DONORS
If we understand the various motivations driving donors, we can more fully engage them in social investing.
Source: Hope Consulting, Money for Good: The US Market for Impact Investments and Charitable Gifts from Individual Donors and Investors, May 2010
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TOMORROW: GIVING MARKETS
With enough demand from donors and sufficient supply of information about nonprofits, we might transform the philanthropic ecosystem into giving markets.
TRANSACTION PLATFORM FOR INFORMATION & INVESTING
RETURN:“I demand a high social return on my investment and I know that I am making an impact.”
RETURN:“We can demonstrate that we are making a difference and
are able to attract more funding to continue to do so.”
RETURN:“My needs are being met and I
have a voice.”
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LIQUIDNET IMPACT CHALLENGE TO NET IMPACT MEMBERS:
How can we turn traditional donors into social investors who demand a high social return on their investment?
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SOCIAL INVESTORS BETTER WORLD
DrivingDrivingSocial Investors
Social Investors
Efficiently to
Efficiently toMore CapitalMore Capital Leads toLeads to
Higher Performing Nonprofits
Higher Performing Nonprofits
A Better WorldA Better World
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