Institutional Shift
Institutional Shift | December 18, 2020
A roadmap for building a financial system resilient to future disruptions
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 18 – The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that financial systems are one disruption away from disaster. Financial markets’ commitment to shareholder primacy …
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Good Business | November 3, 2020
Q&A: How ESG pioneer Amy Domini is finding impact alpha in ‘sustainable solutions’
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 3 – At an earlier peak of COVID pandemic, Domini Impact Investments launched a mutual fund that looked a little different than …
Dealflow | October 26, 2020
Mastercard deposits $20 million through CNote’s network of community development financial institutions
ImpactAlpha, October 26 – Mastercard’s has made a $20 million deposit with Oakland-based CNote to boost the lending power of community development financial …
2030 Finance | October 15, 2020
Legal & General burnishes ‘stewardship’ credentials with push for aggressive climate action
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 14 – Out: Quiet engagement with executives. In: naming and shaming recalcitrant corporations. As more institutional asset owners look for active …
Impact Management | October 14, 2020
Asset managers compete on impact as investors move beyond ESG
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 14 – As passive ESG funds emerge as the hottest trend in financial services, active asset managers are touting their ‘impact …
Climate Finance | October 7, 2020
Helping companies make good on their commitments to stakeholders
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 7 – When 181 members of the Business Roundtable signed on to a new statement of corporate purpose a year ago, …
Dealflow | October 6, 2020
Salesforce stands up its second corporate impact fund at $100 million
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 6 – Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is a vocal proponent of ‘stakeholder capitalism’ and the company was a pioneer in corporate …
Impact Management | October 5, 2020
With policy prompts, private equity fund managers can drive social benefits, too
Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, an economy officially in recession, and a stock market that seems increasingly divergent from the experience …
Dealflow | September 29, 2020
Bank of America issues $2 billion ‘equality progress’ bond to advance racial equity
ImpactAlpha, September 29 – Bank of America has issued a $2 billion bond to advance racial equity. Proceeds from the five-year bond will …
Impact Management | September 29, 2020
Laggards get booted from ESG club
ImpactAlpha Sept. 29 – S&P Global dropped companies generating more than 5% of their revenues from thermal coal from its environmental, social and …
Beats | September 24, 2020
Pro-business has a new meaning now. Someone tell the Trump administration.
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 24 – Please don’t call it pro-business. The operating environment created by the Trump administration is at odds with the growing …
Beats | September 24, 2020
DWS cuts back sustainable investing funds and teams in U.S. shakeup
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 24 – DWS Group, the $869 billion wealth manager spun out of Deutsche Bank two years ago, has cut back its …
Beats | September 10, 2020
UBS recommends sustainable investments across its client base
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 10 – UBS said today that it will make sustainable investments “the preferred solution” for clients of its 2.6 trillion global …
Catalytic Capital | September 10, 2020
Trade finance provides ‘systemic liquidity’ to emerging-market businesses in COVID crisis
In a world where innovation is revered, it can be easy to forget the value of tried and tested tools. When Covid-19 revealed …
Beats | September 10, 2020
Impact On: Impact investing’s confident and compelling new narrative
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 10 – Every day, with their commitment and their capital, impact investors and other Agents of Impact are writing a new …