The ban on the general public investing in unregulated collective investment funds such as social impact bonds, should be lifted, says Luke Fletcher of Bates, Wells and Braithwaite.

New Philanthropy Capital is launching a survey which will attempt to build a picture of how charities are coping with new, more complex and competitive commissioning arrangements, such as payment-by-results.

Robert Ashton outlines the benefits of investing in community development finance institutions.

Malcolm Hayday has announced his intention to step down from Charity Bank, the social finance institution that he helped to set up ten years ago.