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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week:
"â Conflict in the Middle East creates (even more) refugees in need of livelihoods, services and impact investmentâ ," by Lucy Ngige."â Valuing Aging" Agents of Impact Callâ (5:05)." â Profit and punishment: The portfolio risks lurking inside private prisonsâ ,"by Andrew Behar (10:45). -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week:
"â How Anthropicâs standoff with the Pentagon is putting impact investors' AI thesis to the test in real timeâ ," by David Bank. ââ â Sharing wealth with workers creates value for private equity buyout firms. So why not share more?â â â by Roodgally Senatus. (10:15). ââ â Six barriers keeping foundations from impact investing â and how to overcome themâ â ,â by Woodcock Foundation's Stacey Faella (17:55). -
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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank and producer Isaac Silk. Up this week: As the Trump administration steps back from domestic policy, how states are taking the lead on clean energy, the ownership economy, and AI regulation (09:25); Why smaller funds are leading to bigger returns in Africa (); And, the pivots of Mast Reforestation, as it seeks to sell removal credits on the voluntary carbon markets (14:15).
ImpactAlpha's â Policy Corner coverageâ .ââ Aruwa Capital has the data to make the case for small investment fundsâ ,â by Lucy Ngigeââ From planting trees to burying them, Mast Reforestation follows the market for carbon creditsâ ,â by Isaac Silk -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Highlights from this weekâs Agents of Impact Call on Shaping the Algorithm for good AI; how regional housing finance agencies in California are leveraging public funding to crowd private capital into affordable housing (12:20); and the emergence of local guarantee facilities for local investors in infrastructure in Africa and Asia (17:20).
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â Call roundupâ ââ Building regional engines for affordable housing in Californiaâ ,â by Andrew Fremier, Ryan Johnson and Cody Pettersonââ Local guarantees for local investors in infrastructure projects in Africa and Asiaâ ,â by Lucy Ngige -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with Jessica Pothering, Dennis Price and Roodgally Senatus. Up this week: Jessica reports from Cape Town on how Africaâs mining industry is leveraging global demand for critical minerals; Dennis shares takeaways from his panel at the Urban Institute on whatâs next for place-based investing (12:15); and, Roody reports from Philadelphia on Kensington residents are fostering neighborhood revival without gentrification and displacement (20:15).
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"â Demand for critical minerals creates new opportunities to put Africa firstâ ," by Jessica Potheringâ Dennis' Urban Institute panelâ ."â In Philadelphia, Kensington Corridor Trust demonstrates a neighborhood-led model of revival without displacementâ ,â by Roodgally Senatus -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How patient capital built Indiaâs booming affordable home lending market; Nippon Life Insuranceâs step-up to system-level investing in Japan (07:15); and, the push and pull behind growing interest in climate adaptation (13:20).
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"â Key to Indiaâs booming affordable home lending market: Patient capitalâ ," by Shefali Anandââ With 'people x planet', Nippon Life Insurance steps up to system-level investingâ ,â by Erik Stein.ââ Rising risks and returns on resilience are the push and pull for climate adaptationâ ,â by David Bank. -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How some LPs are going âbeyond the checkâ to help their GP impact managers survive the fundraising drought; enabling US retail investors to back solar projects in Africa and Latin America (8:05); and, at âHe for She,â recognizing men who champion women in asset management (13:40).
Check out this week's stories:
ââ Ten ways LPs are going âbeyond the checkâ to help impact managers survive the fundraising droughtâ ,â by Erik Stein.ââ Solar projects in Africa and Latin America pay dividends to US retail investorsâ ,â by Lucy Ngige.Listen to "â Women Changing Financeâ "The lyrics to Kat Taylor's re-write of "The Times They Are A-Changin'":
Come gather around people wherever you roam
and admit that the dangers around you have grown
and accept it that soon you'll be cut to the bone
if your time isn't spent saving,
we better start swimming or we'll sink like a storm
for the times they are changin'.
Investments they come and investments they go
without purpose of fixing the mean status quo
until voices left out become voices we know
at the ballot the lectern on Wall Street's beggars row
take back your impact through your almighty toll
For investors, they are changin'.
Come Senators, Congressmen, please heed the call.
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall.
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled.
But that outside it is raging
will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Highlights from this week's star-studded call on the real returns of impact-first managers; why some investors are raising permanent capital to keep affordable housing affordable, permanently (10:00); and, how Lendable is showing that asset-backed financing in emerging markets can have institutional appeal (17:10).
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"â These fund managers are finding novel solutions by seeking impact firstâ ," by David Bank, Dennis Price and Isaac Silk"â Raising permanent capital to keep housing affordable, permanentlyâ ," by Roodgally Senatus and David Bank"â Lendable returns to asset-backed lending for the green transitionâ ," by Jessica Pothering and David Bank -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: In an impact fundraising drought, novel strategies and private credit stand out and, yes, size matters. Joseph Blasi's strategy to give workers a stake in AIâs upside through state and federal âpermanent fundsâ (10:45). And, the social-impact of popular movies and television (17:00).
ââ In impact fundraising drought, novel strategies and private credit stand out and, yes, size mattersâ ,â by Jessica Pothering and Lucy Ngige. ââ Joseph Blasi: Give workers a stake in AIâs upside through state and federal âpermanent funds'â ,â by Roodgally Senatus and Amy Cortese.ââ Making, and measuring, a family dinner as an impact investmentâ ,â by Dmitriy Ioselevich.Watch the â Nonnas trailerâ .
â BTNewsroom storyâ on Roosevelt High School walkout
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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Impact investors chart a path for Latin America after the US capture of Venezuelan President NicolĂĄs Maduro. Why working capital might be the biggest barrier for next-gen fund managers (6:15). And, why some insurers are looking for new risk transfer tools in the face of accelerating climate impacts (13:20).
ââ Now what? Like Venezuela, Latin American fund managers start to map a way forwardâ ,â by Erik Stein, Amy Cortese and David Bank. ââ Working capital is the missing link for next-gen managersâ ,â by Regina Green and Sabrina Bainbridge.ââ Innovations in 'risk transfer' for climate-vulnerable communitiesâ â by ImpactAlpha contributor Taylor Kate Brown. -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Why LP might stand for Leadership Potential, in addition to limited partner, as asset allocators contend with an increasingly complex world; how new approaches to the ownership economy are helping to both increase and share the pie; and, amid a pullback in official aid, how African asset owners and fund managers are creating their own pathways to growth.
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ââ In volatile times, some impact investors try to show LP means âleadership potentialâ ,ââ by Amy Cortese and David Bankââ Impact LPs and GPs search for solutions in a tough year to raise and deploy capitalâ ,â by Amy Cortese and Erik Steinââ Beyond affordability to ownership, wealth-building and economic securityâ ,â by David Bank"â African asset owners and fund managers chart local âpathways to growthââ ," by Lucy Ngige and Jessica Pothering -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How the Sierra Club Foundation is leaning into system-level investing with its $200 million endowment; the 1803 Fundâs ambitious plans to restore historically Black neighborhoods in Portland; and, how financial advisors can meet clientsâ demand for impact investing opportunities, and other takeaways from this weekâs Agents of Impact Call.
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ââ Sierra Club Foundation is dumping managers, innovating indexes and embracing âsystem-levelâ investingâ ,â by David Bank and Roodgally Senatus.ââ In Portland, the 1803 Fund is rebuilding Black neighborhoods, zip code by zip codeâ ,â by Roodgally Senatus.Agents of Impact Call 75 â recapâ and â replayâ . -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The ambitious strategy behind New Mexicoâs $67 billion sovereign wealth fund; How the residential solar industry plans to stay competitive by eliminating dealer fees; And, how cities are building durable capital stacks for climate action, as federal support evaporates.
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ââ How New Mexicoâs $67 billion fund is using oil and gas revenues to build a clean energy economyâ ,â by David Bank.ââ With tax credits expiring, cutting âdealer feesâ could keep solar affordableâ ,â by David Bank. ââ PosiGen bankruptcy highlights solar industry woes â and puts Brookfield in the hot seatâ ,â by Amy Cortese.ââ Building durable financing for the energy transition and climate action in local communitiesâ ,â by HIP Investorsâ Nick Gower. -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Beyond investments and guarantees, how Encourage Capital assembled the necessary pieces to unlock capital flows for the global clean energy transition; The missing markets for local builders and buyers of health, wealth, and vibrant communities (09:30); And, how European pension funds learn to stop worrying and love the companies making bombs (12:35).
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âA case study in unlocking lending to small businesses to accelerate solar in India,â by C3's Harvy Koh
âMaking missing markets for local builders (and buyers) of health, wealth and vibrant communities,â by David Bank and Roodgally Senatus
âEuropean pension funds said ânoâ to defense investments. Then came Ukraine⊠and Trump,â by Danielle Rossingh
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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Instead of 50 year mortgages, actual solutions to make homeownership affordable; The case of the missing $54 billion in climate finance; And, highlights from this weekâs call, on plugging the financing gap for growth businesses in Africa.
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ââ From affordable home ownership to âfair-share appreciationâ and generational wealthâ ,â by David Bank and Roodgally Senatus.ââ The case of the missing $54 billion in development banks' climate financingâ ," by Jessica Pothering. All of our call roundups: â https://impactalpha.com/calls/â -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: In the lead up to the COP30 climate summit, the state of climate blended finance is a mixed bag; the private credit jitters that are putting even impact investors on edge (10:55); and, a preview of next week's Agents of Impact call on mobilizing growth funds for growth firms in Africa and Asia (16:10).
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ââ Institutional investors warm to blended climate finance even as foreign aid and catalytic capital declinesâ ,â by Erik Stein
ââ â With Tropical Forests Forever fund, Brazil tries a new approach to slowing deforestationâ â ,â by Erik Stein
ââ â Debt bubble? Private credit jitters put even impact investors on edgeâ â ,â by Amy Cortese
ââ With philanthropic capital, Growth Firms Alliance is mobilizing local pension funds around small-business financingâ ,â by Lucy Ngige
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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with CEO Dennis Price. Up this week: What was top of mind among innovators and investors at SOCAP; How community lenders are building rare bipartisan support to salvage gains for low income communities (09:35); And, a dual lens for due diligence and impact: investing with AI vs. investing in AI (15:55).
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ââ Community lenders muster bipartisan support to salvage gains for low-income communitiesâ ,â by Amy Cortese with Roodgally Senatus.
ââ Investing with AI, investing in AI: A dual lens for due diligence and impactâ ,â by Paul Fehlinger.
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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The surprising resurgence of impact-first investing; How lawyers, yes lawyers, are working to simplify impact transactions: And, in Newark, new ideas surface for how to build a nation of owners.
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â Impact-first call recapâ ââ Building a nation of owners with new financial products and fresh ideasâ ,â by David Bankââ Lawyers, yes lawyers, are trying to simplify impact transactionsâ ,â by Erik Stein -
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank and reporter Lucy Ngige. Up this week: Trimtab's unapologetic impact-first pitch to wealthy families: outperformance on impact rather than financials; How the new Sendero Verde affordable housing development is bringing to life a vision for a community of opportunity in East Harlem (10:30); And, a vibe check from this year's GIIN Impact Forum (14:55).
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ââ Trimtabâs unapologetic pitch to wealthy families seeking outperformance â on impactâ ,â by David Bankâ âCommunity of opportunityâ: With Sendero Verde, Jonathan Roseâs affordable housing vision comes to life in East Harlemâ ,â by Roodgally Senatusââ At GIIN Impact Forum, institutional investors seek to chart a path forwardâ ,â by Dennis Price and Lucy Ngige.ââ ImpactAlphaâs Fall Tour: Equity, ownership and the path to shared prosperityâ ,â by David Bank.
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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlphaâs top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Ambitious plans for the US International Development Finance Corp., or DFC, are on hold pending congressional authorization; how debt and equity âgrowth fundsâ in Africa are tapping homegrown pension funds and family offices (11:20); and why youth co-creators are the key to effectiveness in the new crop of AI-driven approaches to youth mental health challenges (18:05).
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ââ Bipartisan plans for a bigger, bolder US International Development Finance Corp. on hold as agencyâs authorization lapsesâ ,â by Kristin Kelly Jangraw.ââ âGrowth fundsâ in Africa are tapping local pension funds to reshape development finance,â â by Lucy Ngige and David Bank.ââ Youth âco-creatorsâ are busting (adult) myths about AI and mental healthâ ,â by David Bank - Mostra di più
