New York, United States – Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC (SIMA) is proud to announce its recognition as one of the 2024 Real Leaders of Impact Investing by Real Leaders magazine. This prestigious award celebrates innovative impact investors and financial service providers, and highlights SIMA’s mission of creating sustainable, positive change through impact investing. Real Leaders magazine’s annual awards […]

New York, 14 June 2024 — SIMA Funds, a leader in impact investing, is pleased to announce the appointment of Samit Ghosh to its Advisory Board. Ghosh, the Founder and Non-Executive Board Chairman of Ujjivan, is known for his visionary leadership and has a distinguished career spanning four decades in the financial sector. His role in shaping Ujjivan Financial Services […]

New York, 22 April 2024 — SIMA Funds, a SEC-registered investment and advisory firm known for its dedication to impact investing, welcomes Inwha Huh to its Advisory Board. Bringing over 25 years of experience in Corporate & Investment Banking, Inwha’s appointment is a testament to SIMA’s pursuit of fostering economic, social, and environmental change through impact investments. Inwha is currently […]

NEW YORK, March 12, 2024 – SIMA Funds, a leading impact investing firm focused on harnessing capital for social and environmental impact, is honored to announce its inclusion in the ImpactAssets 50™ 2024 (IA 50) for the third time. This prestigious listing recognizes experienced impact investment fund managers who represent a broad spectrum of geographies, asset classes, and focus areas, […]

New York, February 07, 2024 – Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC (SIMA Funds or SIMA) announces the first close of $ 131 million of the $150 million SIMA Commercial & Industrial Solar Green Bond, which will finance small-scale productive-use solar projects throughout Africa. The Bond would be one of the largest impact-driven funds exclusively focused on furthering the C&I […]

[New York, 17 January 2024] – Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC (SIMA) is proud to announce its recognition as one of the 2024 Top Impact Companies by the prestigious Real Leaders Impact Awards. This esteemed accolade recognizes SIMA’s exceptional commitment to creating positive social and environmental impact through its innovative financial solutions and responsible investment practices. In its sixth […]

SIMA Impact Foundation launches scholarship program for future impact investors Majority of impact managers are based in developed countries with only a limited number of impact asset managers indigenously based. At SIMA, a vast majority of staff are based in some of the poorest countries in the world hence we see an opportunity to identify and develop talent locally, and […]

The Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF) Webinar was held on 13th October 2021. It was a successful event with over 100 attendees including SMEs across the globe. We wish to thank the hundreds of participants at the webinar. We are happy to have resolved most of your queries. If you did not attend the webinar, please feel free to check […]

The reality is that in the impact investment industry today, there is far more discussion than action, especially on the institutional side of the industry. It has long been argued that sources of capital, beyond aid, are required to close the financing gap required to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In light of this financing gap in the […]

The Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF) will provide relief funding to viable energy access companies in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia that are facing disruptions caused by COVID-19. New York City, September 23, 2021 — Social Investment Managers and Advisors (SIMA) is pleased to invite applications for the Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF), which has a target closing of $84 million […]