2: Simon Clark — The Abraaj Scandal and Impact Investing

Simon Clark is an ex-Wall Street Journal financial journalist specialising in finance, business and politics. He was also a Pulitzer Prize nominee for his part in the team that exposed the 1MDB financial scandal in Malaysia. He is the co-author of The Key Man, a book about the rise and fall of The Abraaj Group — once considered to be the largest emerging markets private equity firm and a pioneer proponent of impact investing.Get The Key Man here.Access the Bloomberg Article mentioned in the episode here. There is a lot of research out there about the connection between corruption and poverty, which you can find out more via the following links:  https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/wp9876.pdf The Tax Justice Network] Landesa (focusing on land rights) ShareAction Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn!Email us with any feedback at [email protected].