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Tideline and Impact Capital Managers Publish Research on Cutting Edge Approaches to Investor Value Creation, Showing How Impact Can Drive Financial Outperformance

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Impact Capital Managers (ICM) and Tideline today published new research that explores how a committed approach to impact value creation can drive both financial and impact performance. This report is the latest in the "Alpha in Impact" series, which was launched by ICM in 2018 to explore the various ways in which impact objectives enhance financial value for investors throughout the investment management lifecycle. The full report, "New Frontiers in Value Creation," is available at https://tideline.com/NewFrontiersinValueCreation.

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NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Impact Capital Managers (ICM) and Tideline today published new research that explores how a committed approach to impact value creation can drive both financial and impact performance.
This commitment to impact efficacy is often pursued by investors with the goal of driving a commensurate improvement in the financial return of their investments.
Not only do we show that an impact edge can enhance financial performance, but we reveal the proven strategies impact investors are using to achieve those impact and financial performance uplifts."
The second "Alpha in Impact" report – also published with Morrison Foerster and released in 2023 – was titled " Strengthening Outcomes: Impact and Financial Value at Exit ."

Robert Leary joins Voya Financial board of directors

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Friday, January 12, 2024

Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), announced today that Robert Leary has been elected to the company’s board of directors, effective Jan. 8, 2024.

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Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), announced today that Robert Leary has been elected to the company’s board of directors, effective Jan. 8, 2024.
View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240112430522/en/
Robert Leary has been elected to Voya Financial, Inc.'s board of directors, effective Jan. 8, 2024.
“I’m pleased to welcome Rob to the Voya board,” said Rodney O. Martin, Jr., executive chairman, Voya Financial, Inc. “Among other areas, Rob has deep industry experience across workplace benefits and savings; asset management; and operations.
Earlier in his career, Leary held roles at both AIG Financial Products Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Leary also serves on the board of directors for Intact Financial (OTCMKTS: IFCZF), Citizens Bank (NYSE: CFG) and Wilton Re US.

MedGenome appoints Martin Dewhurst as Chairman of Advisory Board

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

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FOSTER CITY, Calif., Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MedGenome , a global precision medicine company specializing in omics solutions today announced the appointment of Martin Dewhurst, a McKinsey veteran for over 30 years as the Chairman of its Advisory Board.

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FOSTER CITY, Calif., Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MedGenome , a global precision medicine company specializing in omics solutions today announced the appointment of Martin Dewhurst, a McKinsey veteran for over 30 years as the Chairman of its Advisory Board.
In his capacity as Chairman of the Advisory Board, Martin will work closely with MedGenome's Research services team in the US to build strong connects with the global life sciences community.
We are thrilled to welcome Martin Dewhurst as the Chair of our Advisory Board at MedGenome.
Martin Dewhurst , Chair of Advisory Board, MedGenome said, "I believe that omics will anchor the future of the life sciences sector and MedGenome will play a crucial role in this journey.

BIMA MILVIK announces acquisition by CapitalSG and successful restructuring

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Monday, October 23, 2023

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BIMA MILVIK, the global digital health and insurance company, announces its acquisition by CapitalSG and the completion of a successful restructuring and recapitalisation.

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BIMA MILVIK, the global digital health and insurance company, announces its acquisition by CapitalSG and the completion of a successful restructuring and recapitalisation.
The transaction comes as BIMA MILVIK completes a restructuring plan to optimize its global functions and teams, setting it on course to achieve breakeven profitability in 2024.
"BIMA MILVIK has entered a new phase of its life after a previous phase of rapid growth," said CEO and Co-Founder Gustaf Agartson.
BIMA MILVIK has trimmed its global markets and now operates across Ghana, Tanzania, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Cambodia, with technology operations in India.

BIMA MILVIK announces acquisition by CapitalSG and successful restructuring

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Monday, October 23, 2023

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BIMA MILVIK, the global digital health and insurance company, announces its acquisition by CapitalSG and the completion of a successful restructuring and recapitalisation.

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BIMA MILVIK, the global digital health and insurance company, announces its acquisition by CapitalSG and the completion of a successful restructuring and recapitalisation.
The transaction comes as BIMA MILVIK completes a restructuring plan to optimize its global functions and teams, setting it on course to achieve breakeven profitability in 2024.
"BIMA MILVIK has entered a new phase of its life after a previous phase of rapid growth," said CEO and Co-Founder Gustaf Agartson.
BIMA MILVIK has trimmed its global markets and now operates across Ghana, Tanzania, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Cambodia, with technology operations in India.

ATD Recognizes Exceptional Achievements in the Talent Development Industry

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- During its 2023 International Conference & Exposition in San Diego, California, the Association for Talent Development (ATD) recognized organizations and individuals for their excellence and contributions across the talent development field.

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The Association for Talent Development honored organizations and individuals for their commitment to workplace talent development practices.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- During its 2023 International Conference & Exposition in San Diego, California, the Association for Talent Development (ATD) recognized organizations and individuals for their excellence and contributions across the talent development field.
This award recognizes innovation that has had a measurable impact on an organization or audience, is moving the talent development industry forward, is sustainable, and is replicable within or outside the talent development field.
LeapFrog Investments was honored with the Talent Development for Good Award, which recognizes organizations that leveraged talent development to make significant contributions to improve the lives of others, change an industry or community for the better, or powerfully serve society.

BlueMark Publishes New Impact Benchmarks Powered by Growing Dataset on Best Practices in Impact Management

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

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NEW YORK, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BlueMark, a leading provider of independent impact verification and intelligence for the impact and sustainable investing market, today published its fourth annual "Making the Mark'' report with data and insights on best practices in impact management. This year's report, available at https://bluemarktideline.com/making-the-mark-2023, is based on 84 practice verifications for investors managing a combined $206 billion in impact AUM, making it BlueMark's largest research sample to date. Leveraging its expanded dataset, BlueMark has for the first time published custom benchmarks by asset class and thematic focus.

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Leveraging its expanded dataset, BlueMark has for the first time published custom benchmarks by asset class and thematic focus.
BlueMark also announced the addition of four more investors – AgDevCo, BlueEarth Capital, Calvert Impact Capital, and Nuveen Fixed Income Impact – to the BlueMark Practice Leaderboard , joining Bain Capital Double Impact, British International Investment, Finance in Motion, LeapFrog Investments, Nuveen Private Equity Impact, and Trill Impact.
The report also includes case studies on innovations in impact management, featuring Adams Street Partners, Franklin Templeton, FullCycle Climate Partners, Schroders Asset Management, and Summa Equity.
"The expanded dataset in this year's 'Making the Mark' report reveals an increasingly diverse range of impact investors across asset classes and strategies, reflecting growing adoption of impact management standards across investor types," said Christina Leijonhufvud, CEO of BlueMark.

BetterPlace forays into South-East Asia with acquisition of Indonesia's leading blue-collar staffing platform, MyRobin

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Monday, February 6, 2023

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The enterprises continue to work with fragmented solutions & a host of vendors to manage their blue collar workforce, resulting in suboptimal productivity.

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The enterprises continue to work with fragmented solutions & a host of vendors to manage their blue collar workforce, resulting in suboptimal productivity.
BetterPlace, having seen success for its horizontal suite of services in India, aims to replicate the same in SEA.
As the largest player in Asia today, we are thrilled to welcome MyRobin to the BetterPlace family and further our vision towards formalizing the frontline workforce globally.
This acquisition is part of a series of investments being made by BetterPlace to expand into the SEA markets.

StoneBridge Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: APAC) Announces Business Combination Agreement with Southeast Asia’s ‘Fintech-As-A-Service’ (FaaS) player – DigiAsia

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

DigiAsia has also secured a partnership with DBS Bank Ltd, the largest bank in Singapore and Southeast Asia, to disburse loans into DigiAsia’s lending marketplace for merchants.

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DigiAsia has also secured a partnership with DBS Bank Ltd, the largest bank in Singapore and Southeast Asia, to disburse loans into DigiAsia’s lending marketplace for merchants.
NEW YORK, Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StoneBridge Acquisition Corporation ("Stonebridge") (Nasdaq: APAC), an Asia-Pacific focussed publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), today announced the signing of a binding business combination agreement with DigiAsia Bios Pte Ltd (“DigiAsia”), Indonesia’s Embeddable ‘Fintech-as-a-Service’ (FaaS) company.
Founded in Jakarta in 2017 by Alexander Rusli and Prashant Gokarn, DigiAsia is a leader in embedded Fintech and Banking in Indonesia.
Winston & Strawn LLP is acting as legal advisor to StoneBridge Acquisition Corporation and Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is acting as legal advisor to DigiAsia Bios Pte Ltd in this transaction.

Dr Amit Kakar joins MedGenome Board of Directors

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

The company has announced the appointment of Dr. Amit Kakar MD, from Novo Holdings to its Board of Directors.

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The company has announced the appointment of Dr. Amit Kakar MD, from Novo Holdings to its Board of Directors.
Dr. Amit Kakar, Senior Partner, Head of Novo Holdings Asiasaid, "MedGenome's journey in the field of genomics has been very impressive.
"In embarking on the next phase of our journey, we are delighted to have Dr. Amit and Navjeewan on board.
Dr. Amit's experience will help us advance our global expansion plans," said Dr. Felix Olale, Chairman of MedGenome's Board of Directors, and Global Co-Lead for Healthcare Investments at LeapFrog Investments.