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• MacArthur Foundation: Social bond unlocked immediate Covid-19 action

  09 April 2021

  "The urgent crisis [of the Covid-19 pandemic] coupled with extraordinarily low-interest rates in the bond market made social bonds a good tool for us," according to Debra Schwartz

• UBS backs $182m impact fund for female tech entrepreneurs

  10 July 2020

  Rethink Impact's second impact fund dedicated to investing in female entrepreneurs in technology raised $182 million at final close, including $56 million from UBS Wealth Management.

• Ford Foundation to issue $1bn in social bonds in response to Covid-19

  11 June 2020

  The Ford Foundation is set to issue bonds worth $1 billion with a 'social' label, in a departure from the organisation's usual avenues of fundraising, according to a report by The New York Times.