private-equity
Ownership Economy | August 18, 2023
Deal spotlight: Employee ownership as a competitive advantage
ImpactAlpha, August 18 — KKR’s acquisition of New York-based book publishing giant Simon & Schuster earlier this month signals that investors with employee-ownership …
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Return on Inclusion | June 6, 2023
Three steps private equity can take to capture alpha through diversity and inclusion
Private equity firms often bring sector-specific expertise and a seasoned perspective to their investments, knowing how to best create efficiencies, improve operations and …
Podcasts | May 12, 2023
The long and winding road to responsible private equity with Tensie Whelan
Host Brian Walsh is joined by NYU’s Tensie Whelan to hear why more and more private equity firms are starting to embrace impact …
QED portfolio company RestLess is fighting ageism in the U.K. Photo: Shutterstock
Impact Voices | October 6, 2022
How venture firm QED Investors is embracing ESG to strengthen its fintech portfolio
As a concept, ESG is nothing new. The idea of explicitly looking at environmental, social and governance issues as a holy trinity of …
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Dealflow | July 22, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Mergers and acquisitions
ImpactAlpha, July 22 — Evidence from the Great Financial Crisis shows that investors that made significant acquisitions have outperformed those that didn’t. Large …
Agents of Impact | January 10, 2020
Delilah Rothenberg, Predistribution Initiative
It’s easy to pile on private equity. The industry’s predilection for heaping debt and risk onto companies and workers, while paying itself lavishly, …
Impact Voices | January 7, 2020
Leverage, compensation and taxation: Doing due diligence on investment fund managers
Impact Alpha, Jan. 7 – Reforming capitalism is all the rage. Many of us in the ESG and impact investing communities are enthusiastic …
community-development | November 13, 2019
Leveraged buyout funds help businesses convert to worker-ownership
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 13 – The widening wealth gap has sparked interest in worker ownership models that can build individual and community wealth. Across …