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“Impact investing and public policy must operate in tandem to achieve durable, transformational and equitable change” – Fran Seegull, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance
Public policy updates and expert insights to help Agents of Impact engage with government to create an enabling environment for truly impactful business and investment decisions. In partnership with the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance.
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Investing in the economic determinants of a healthy democracy
For 250 years, the American Dream has centered on the promise of economic mobility and agency. When that promise is repeatedly broken, the …
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Polices for shared prosperity
Opportunity Zones. Community investing. And affordable housing tax credits. Amid the political headwinds and pushback, impact investors see opportunity for bipartisan action on …
Share the Wealth: Agents of Impact lean into economic justice
The takeaway from two weeks of listening to Agents of Impact digest the results of the US election: It’s time to lean hard …
Investors fight for “freedom to invest” in wake of Supreme Court rulings
Investors will confront a dramatically changed policy environment no matter the outcome of the upcoming US presidential election. The effects of this summer’s …
State of the Impact Field: Unprecedented opportunity tempered by sober realism
This week’s Agents of Impact Call continued a tradition started nearly a decade ago by Fran Seegull of the US Impact Investing Alliance …
Policymaking for workers and communities in the Year of the ‘S’
ImpactAlpha. Feb. 24 – “A labor market where workers have more opportunities and have more power and have more leverage is a good …
Impact Voices
Provocative opinions and insightful analysis from the community
Designing broad-based ownership of AI to share power along with wealth
A growing chorus of stakeholders is calling for “broad-based ownership” of AI. But what does that mean in practice? And what would move …
The SEC is dismantling the free markets. It’s on us to rebuild it.
What we are witnessing at the US Securities and Exchange Commission is not a policy adjustment. It is the methodical dismantling of the …
Choose wisely: Big DAF platforms drop Southern Poverty Law Center
Donor intent be damned. Last week, Fidelity Charitable, Vanguard Charitable and DAFgiving360, Schwab’s affiliated donor advised fund, or DAF, one by one announced …
Three narratives investors should help rewrite around government subsidies, policies and programs
Editors note: This article is part of a partnership between ImpactAlpha and Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) to present new ideas and perspectives in …
Impact investments in Opportunity Zones could drive home ownership – with a few policy tweaks
A consequential executive order from President Donald Trump could be a game changer for impact investors working in affordable housing and home ownership …