Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for Apr. 19

Follow the talent with ImpactAlpha’s weekly report on career moves, job openings, events and opportunities.

Impact investors start to make stodgy municipal bonds sexy (podcast)

Hidden inside the $3.8 trillion market for U.S. municipal bonds are mispriced social and environmental risks, untapped value and a whole lot of potential for on-the-ground impact in historically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

The Brief’s Big 9: Mitigating hidden risks, Opportunity Zone rules and tools, muni-bond makeover, McDonald’s of diabetes, Agent of Impact Mark Kahn

The Brief’s Big 9: Mitigating hidden risks, Opportunity Zone rules and tools, muni-bond makeover, McDonald’s of diabetes, Agent of Impact Mark Khan

New Opportunity Zone rules and tools open the door for investments in local businesses

The 169-page Treasury document of proposed new rules for Opportunity Zones removes substantial obstacles for investments in local operating businesses.

Sexy impact munis, Acumen’s off-grid energy fund, rural childcare, alt-credit in the UK, flexible Opportunity Zone regulations

Sexy impact munis, Acumen’s off-grid energy fund, rural childcare, alt-credit in the UK, flexible Opportunity Zone regulations

“Alternative” credit bureau Credit Kudos secures £2.2 million

Ascension Ventures led the firm's funding round via its Fair by Design social impact fund, whose mandate is to invest in companies remedying the “poverty premium” that poor people often pay to access basic goods and services.

Acumen’s KawiSafi Ventures raises $70 million for off-grid solar ventures in East Africa

KawiSafi has invested $21 million in five companies, including d.light, a leading solar lantern and home-system provider