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Financial Innovations Labs

Financial Innovations Labs® (FIL) are the Milken Institute's signature, applied research projects, designed to devise new business models, policy recommendations, capital structures, and financial technologies that can achieve concrete goals. By bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders, FIL encourages collaboration among parties who may not normally interact to address global challenges by examination through a financial lens, leading to outcomes that influence the flow of capital to promote progress and change.

Outcomes

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helped design over USD 3 billion in innovative investment funds focused on bridging financing gaps in various sectors, from biotech to agriculture.
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helped design a pooled donor fund with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, which resulted in improved health outcomes for 157 million women and children.
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worked with a coalition of donors to spur agricultural improvement in Africa resulting in a 98% reduction of Aflatoxin contamination of Maize crops.
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Focus Areas

Over the past 19 years, we have convened 70 FILs tackling complex issues in economic development, environmental sustainability, cultural heritage, education, health and medical, housing infrastructure, and nutrition.

Economic Development

FILs targeting market failures have helped design over $3 billion in innovative investment funds focused on bridging financing and...

Environmental Sustainability

FIL work around climate change, conservation, and environmental sustainability has increased the issuance of green bonds, as well...

Featured Reports

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Why Work With Us

 

Complex global issues cannot be solved by government and philanthropy alone—private investment is also needed to bridge funding gaps and spur innovation. But aligning public, private, and philanthropic models in a way that generates both returns and social impact can be difficult. That’s where the Milken Institute Financial Innovations Lab® (FIL) comes in. We help close the funding gaps by clearing the way for private capital to invest in solutions that solve social, economic, and environmental challenges.

Financial Innovations Labs

Our Team

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Ashley Campany

Senior Associate, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Finance
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Théo Cohan

Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Finance
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Yun Fu

Associate Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Finance
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Ivy Hsu

Senior Associate, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Finance
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Caitlin MacLean

Senior Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Finance
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Kanika Singh

Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Finance