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Podcasts | December 1, 2023
All eyes on Dubai as COP 28 begins with Stephan Nicoleau
ImpactAlpha’s Amy Cortese speaks with Full Cycle’s Stephan Nicoleau at the start of COP 28 to hear what he’s expecting – and hoping …
Impact Investing | November 17, 2023
Impact(ed): Steering pension funds toward impact with Tara Mei Smith and Marcela Pinilla (podcast)
Pension funds, with hundreds of billions in long-term assets, can be a key source of capital for impact investors and entrepreneurs. Black, Indigenous, …
Podcasts | November 10, 2023
Lessons from the Wilmington coup of 1898
The Wilmington coup of 1898 is not as well known as the Tulsa massacre of 1921. But the events of that day changed …
Podcasts | November 3, 2023
Maria Hollan of Timke Ventures shares her journey to impact investing
ImpactAlpha’s Dennis Price catches up with María Hollan, a second-generation steward of her family’s assets at Timke Ventures in Mexico City. Hollan was …
Podcasts | October 27, 2023
What the mainstreaming of impact investing means for smaller impact fund managers
David Bank catches up with Courageous Capital Advisors’ Laurie Spengler to talk about what the mainstreaming of impact investing means for smaller impact …
Podcasts | October 20, 2023
Repurposing churches with Graham Singh
Graham Singh shares the financing mechanisms that Trinity Centres Foundation is developing for repurposing churches. And, David Bank shares ImpactAlpha’s big news. Plus, …
Podcasts | October 13, 2023
There’s a new impact lens in town
Unicef USA’s Cristina Shapiro joins David Bank to introduce child-lens investing, a framework for considering investment harms and benefits to children, who have …
Podcasts | October 6, 2023
Veris’ due diligence framework for racial and gender justice.
Roraj Pradhananga and Jane Swan of Veris Wealth Partners join host Monique Aiken to discuss how the wealth manager is rethinking due diligence …
Podcasts | September 29, 2023
Strategies for finding the employee-ownership edge
Host Brian Walsh shares highlights from this week’s agents of impact call, “The employee-ownership edge,” which explored the range of opportunities for investing …
Podcasts | September 22, 2023
What is ‘wealth supremacy,’ how does it drive crises, and what can be done about it?
David Bank is joined by Marjorie Kelly of The Democracy Collaborative to explore the ways that impact investors both help and hinder systemic …
Podcasts | September 15, 2023
Looking ahead to Climate Week NYC
🎧 Impact Briefing. Host Brian Walsh chats with Amy Cortese to set the stage for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week NYC. …
Podcasts | September 8, 2023
Revamped SOCAP seeks radical ideas and scaled solutions
David Bank catches up with Robert Munson, President of SOCAP and Managing director at the Sorenson Impact Center, who is putting together next …
Podcasts | September 1, 2023
Democratizing gender lens investing in Latin America
Pro Mujer’s Carmen Correa joins host Monique Aiken to share how the pioneering Latin American microfinance institution’s bonds are democratizing gender lens investing …
Podcasts | August 18, 2023
Responding to legal attacks on affirmative action and racial wealth-building strategies
Paris Prince of the Intentional Endowments Network joins host Monique Aiken to talk about how impact investors are responding to legal attacks on …
Podcasts | July 28, 2023
Cash flows to ensure the water flows in Latin America
Quito, Ecuador, is more than 9,000 feet above sea level. But even higher than the city are Andean wetlands that filter, store and …
Podcasts | July 21, 2023
Acre Africa: Insuring farmers against crop failures and climate change
David Bank chats with Acre Africa’s Niza Banda in the next conversation from the recent “Connecting capital to communities” gathering at the Salzburg …
Impact Investing | July 14, 2023
Putting Africa’s pension funds to work for Africa’s social infrastructure
Drawing Africa’s pension funds deeper into impact investing is one of the goals of this week’s Africa Impact Summit in Cape Town, South …
Impact Investing | July 7, 2023
Empowa: Affordable housing for Mozambique’s informal economy
David Bank chats with Empowa’s Glen Jordan in the next conversation from the recent “Connecting Capital to Communities” gathering at the Salzburg Global …
Agrifood Tech | July 1, 2023
Connecting Indian farmers to global markets
David Bank chats with FarMart’s Samridhi Singh in the next conversation in our series from the recent Salzburg Global Seminar on “Connecting Capital …
Podcasts | June 30, 2023
Connecting Indian farmers to global markets
David Bank chats with FarMart’s Samridhi Singh in the next conversation in our series from the recent Salzburg Global Seminar on “Connecting Capital …
Podcasts | June 23, 2023
A century old model for affordable social housing with Michaela Kauer
David Bank catches up with Michaela Kauer of the city of Vienna to talk about that city’s model of social, affordable housing. Plus, …
Podcasts | June 16, 2023
Moving capital at scale to elevate communities of color with Valerie Red-Horse Mohl
Host Monique Aiken has the headlines and Known Holding’s Valerie Red-Horse Mohl joins David Bank to talk about moving capital at scale to …
Podcasts | June 9, 2023
Institutional investors turn to climate
Contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith joins host Brian Walsh to discuss why, despite the recent ESG backlash, institutional impact investors are doubling down on …
Podcasts | June 2, 2023
Ownership, ESG, and systems-level investing
David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to talk about the ownership economy, ESG backlash, and system-level investing. Plus the headlines. Follow all of …
Impact Investing | May 30, 2023
Capricorn Investments makes the outsourcing case to foundations and families seeking impact alpha (podcast)
Jeff Skoll first became well-known as the president (and first full-time employee) of a nascent Internet marketplace known as eBay. Then he built …
Podcasts | May 26, 2023
Why employee ownership is the next big thing in impact, and America with Jack Moriarty
Jack Moriarty of Ownership America chats with ImpactAlpha’s David Bank about employee ownership and new legislation to help investors back companies that are …
Podcasts | May 19, 2023
Funding African tech entrepreneurs with Eunice Ajim
Eunice Ajim, founding partner Ajim Capital speaks with David Bank about her personal journey to launch the fund and her mission to support tech entrepreneurs …
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 …
Podcasts | May 5, 2023
Racial justice investing as an emerging manager
The BFM (Black Founders Matter) Fund’s Himalaya Rao speaks with David Bank about the alpha case for racial justice investing and the challenges …
Podcasts | April 28, 2023
Neighborhood Economics with Kevin Jones
As the Neighborhood Economics conference wraps up in Jackson, Miss., Kevin Jones speaks with David Bank about startup capital for sole proprietors, Black …
Frontier and Growth Markets | April 24, 2023
Jacob Haar: Helping emerging market lenders ‘leapfrog’ the US (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, April 24 – Jacob Haar’s work in microfinance in Azerbaijan inspired him to tackle obstacles to financial inclusion at home in the …
Podcasts | April 21, 2023
U.S. Financial regulations and over 40 years of Earth Days with Dianne Dillon-Ridgley
For Earth Day, Dianne Dillon-Ridgley joins host Monique Aiken to reflect on four decades of working in finance, the environment and human rights. …
Podcasts | April 14, 2023
Ariane Mahler, Veridien Global Investors: Going beyond ‘net-zero’ in public markets
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 14 – “Net zero is not going to get us anywhere,” Ariane Mahler of Veridien Global Investors tells ImpactAlpha’s David Bank. “You …
Podcasts | April 7, 2023
Training the next generation of impact investors
🎧 On this week’s podcast. The Turner Miint’s Adwoa Asare joins co-hostsMonique Aiken and Brian Walsh to talk about training the next generation …
Podcasts | March 31, 2023
In spite of itself, Texas takes on the mantle of climate leader
From Austin, ImpactAlpha’s Dennis Price joins host Brian Walsh to discuss Texas’s surprising role as the U.S.’s leader in clean energy – and how …
Innovative Finance | March 29, 2023
Using social bonds to address gender and racial inequities (podcast)
Corporate, nonprofit and municipal issuers are designating bond proceeds to support organizations that increase access to finance for women and people of color. …
Podcasts | March 24, 2023
How bank failures and interest rate hikes have changed the dynamics of impact investing.
Host Monique Aiken has the headlines and Atlas Impact Partners’ Robert Brown and ImpactAlpha contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith join David Bank to parse …
Podcasts | March 17, 2023
Ben McAdams, Sorenson Impact: Marrying public real estate and private capital (podcast)
What is the net worth of Salt Lake City? It’s a relatively straightforward exercise to total up the balance sheet of a company …
Podcasts | March 10, 2023
Scaling purpose built impact with Priya Parrish
Impact Engine’s Priya Parrish joins David Bank to explain why purpose built investment firms end up with better impact outcomes than purpose driven …
Podcasts | March 3, 2023
Sana Kapadia on the alpha opportunity for investors who are gender smart
2x Global’s Sana Kapadia joins host Monique Aiken to ring in Women’s History Month and talk about the state of gender-lens investing. Plus, …
Podcasts | February 24, 2023
University of California’s rescue of Blackstone’s REIT
The roundtable – that’s Brian Walsh, Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank – is back together to discuss private equity and, specifically, that $4.5 …
Podcasts | February 17, 2023
How Project Equity is surfing the ‘silver tsunami’ to help turn employees into owners
It’s called the Silver Tsunami. In the United States, baby boomers own half of the privately held businesses with employees. And those boomers …
Policy Corner | February 10, 2023
Finding the opportunities for impact investors in Biden’s SOTU
Fran Seegull of the Impact Investing Alliance joins host David Bank (filling in for Brian Walsh) to talk about jobs, climate and communities …
Podcasts | February 3, 2023
Finding the opportunities in (and the problems with) the municipal bond market
ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins Host Monique Aiken to to share some takeaways from this week’s Agents of Impact Call on the steps that …
Catalytic Capital | January 27, 2023
Why development finance institutions are being pressed to ‘publish what you fund’
Development finance institutions are essential to the mobilization of capital to slow climate change and to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. So why …
Agents of Impact | January 20, 2023
Demetric Duckett, Living Cities: New decision-makers for the new majority (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 20 – Building wealth for women and people of color is about numbers as well as equity. By mid-century, there will be …
Impact Investing | January 13, 2023
Impact Briefing: How the Milken Institute is connecting disadvantaged communities with critical project development financing
The historic buildout of low-carbon and sustainable infrastructure is on. Spurring this climate action is hundreds of billions in federal spending in the …
Podcasts | December 16, 2022
Why early Tesla investor Kristin Hull sees Elon Musk as an ESG risk (podcast)
Host Brian Walsh is joined by Kristin Hull of Nia Impact Capital, a long-time Tesla investor who says Elon Musk’s Twitter escapades threaten …
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Deploy! | December 13, 2022
Jigar Shah on building a $140 billion ‘bridge to bankability’ for the energy transition (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 13 – Talk about catalytic capital. With a fresh $100 billion in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act boosting its financing capacity …
Podcasts | December 9, 2022
Building Community Wealth with Aisha Weeks
Host Monique Aiken has the headlines and David talks with Aisha Weeks of the Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth about narrowing the racial …
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Agents of Impact | December 2, 2022
Seth Bannon, Fifty Years: Big swings at big challenges (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 2 – Back in 1931, Winston Churchill predicted we’d grow real meat without the animals. Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug …
Podcasts | December 2, 2022
Ownership trusts to close the wealth gap with Zoe Schlag (podcast)
Host Brian Walsh catches up with Common Trust’s Zoe Schlag, who is taking aim at U.S. wealth gaps by helping employees become owners …
Return on Inclusion | November 29, 2022
Toussaint Bailey, Uplifting Capital: Bringing ‘the quietly bothered’ into impact investing (podcast)
Between the true believers in investing for impact and those that, for whatever reason, have their heels dug in, there are the “quietly …
Return on Inclusion | November 21, 2022
VC Include’s Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson on three drivers of inclusion alpha (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, November 21 – Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson is nearly one-third of the way toward her goal of seeding 100 women and historically underrepresented fund …
Podcasts | November 18, 2022
Stephan Nicoleau shares an update from COP27
Amy Cortese catches up with FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau who is at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, to talk methane, governance and catalytic …
Podcasts | November 11, 2022
Ceres’ Steven Rothstein on the midterm elections and COP27
Host Brian Walsh is joined by Steven Rothstein, managing director of the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, to chat about how climate …
Podcasts | November 3, 2022
Morningstar’s Jon Hale on the U.S. Midterm Elections
Jon Hale, director of sustainability research at Morningstar, joins host Monique Aiken to talk about what is at stake for impact investors in …
Muni Impact | October 31, 2022
Optimizing the municipal bond market for health equity and racial justice (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 31 – The municipal bond market has been called the original impact investment asset class, a source of capital for water, housing, …
Podcasts | October 28, 2022
Bob Eccles on the ESG Wars
Host Brian Walsh has the headlines and Amy Cortese chats with Oxford’s Bob Eccles about why the distinction between ESG and impact in …
Podcasts | October 20, 2022
SOCAP is Back
Host Monique Aiken is live and in person with Rodney Foxworth, CEO of Common Future, and ImpactAlpha’s David Bank at SOCAP22 in San …
Podcasts | October 14, 2022
Deploying “patient capital” with Daniel Waldron
Host Brian Walsh is joined by Acumen’s Daniel Waldron to discuss lessons from the nonprofit investor’s two decades of deploying “patient capital” in …
Impact Investing | October 6, 2022
The Greening of the 401(k)
ImpactAlpha’s David Bank catches up with Zach Stein, CEO of Carbon Collective, to talk about how average investors with 401(k) retirement accounts can …
Impact Investing | September 30, 2022
Investing in refugees and women
On this week’s podcast, Dennis Price joins host Brian Walsh to talk about new opportunities in “refugee lens investing,” and Brian shares takeaways …
Podcasts | August 26, 2022
‘Community rounds’ for new impact fund managers
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 27 – On this week’s podcast, Monique Aiken has the headlines and ImpactAlpha’s Dennis Price chats with Havell Rodrigues of New Majority …
Podcasts | August 19, 2022
The Roundtable takes on the anti-ESG ETF Strive, and more
Host Brian Walsh welcomes back roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to dissect the anti-ESG backlash and the Inflation Reduction Act. Plus, …
Podcasts | August 5, 2022
Introducing The LIIST with Luni Libes and Zuleyma Bebell
ImpactAlpha’s Zuleyma Bebell and Realize Impact’s Luni Libes join host Brian Walsh to discuss the motivation behind The LIIST, our new monthly sampling …
Podcasts | July 29, 2022
ImpactAlpha Open Launches
Zuleyma Bebell and Dennis Price join host Monique Aiken to talk about this week’s launch of ImpactAlpha Open, trends in the media business …
Catalytic Capital | July 28, 2022
Margot Kane: Clearing obstacles to mobilize capital for emerging fund managers (podcast)
“There’s an inherent power dynamic in investing. Full stop.” That’s Margot Kane, the chief investment officer of Spring Point Partners, in an Agents …
Podcasts | July 22, 2022
What Airlift’s crash says about pandemic era VC investing
Jessica Pothering joins host Brian Walsh to dissect the crash landing of Airlift, and chew over the broader Covid-fueled boom and bust in …
Podcasts | July 8, 2022
Politics and Power in the Asset Management Industry
Roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to discuss Rose-Smith’s latest column on politics and power in asset management …
Gender Smart | June 21, 2022
Delivering higher returns and stronger impact with ‘The XX Edge’
At a breakfast meeting in Singapore a few years ago, Patience Marime-Ball and Ruth Shaber were speaking to asset owners and entrepreneurs about …
Podcasts | June 17, 2022
Emerging Fund Managers Gather in Dar es Salaam
Jessica Pothering joins Monique Aiken to share the work of equity and debt capital providers in emerging markets, whom she met with last …
Podcasts | June 10, 2022
Impact Investing and Coming Out
David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to discuss parallels between the LGBTQ+ community and the impact investing community. We also hear from Megan …
Podcasts | June 6, 2022
New leadership at Kapor Capital doubles down on diversity and impact (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, June 6 – Pro tip for entrepreneurs or fund managers getting ready to pitch Oakland-based Kapor Capital: Don’t leave diversity out of …
Podcasts | June 3, 2022
Briefing: Stephan Nicoleau on Davos and Moving Forward on Climate
FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau deconstructs the climate conversation at the recent Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum with podcast host Monique Aiken, and …
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Podcasts | May 27, 2022
Live-ish from Davos: Taking on the world with BlocPower and friends
ImpactAlpha, May 26 — Donnell Baird arrived at Davos this week with his partners from Brooklyn and Ithaca, where BlocPower is greening thousands …
Podcasts | May 20, 2022
Briefing: Building the next-generation of diverse climate fund managers with Bahiyah Robinson
“My question when I’m really quiet, or even when I’m talking to close friends and colleagues, is one word: Why? Why does this …
Podcasts | May 12, 2022
The Politicization of ESG and Some Alternatives to VC
David Bank joins Monique Aiken to discuss the politics of ESG and the importance of flexible financing for startups and small businesses. Plus, …
Podcasts | May 6, 2022
Alternatives to VC, from Community Rounds to Neighborhood Economics
David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to preview next week’s Agents of Impact call (3:45). And Bank checks in with Kevin Jones from …
Climate Finance | May 3, 2022
Jonathan Rose on building green, affordable communities of opportunity (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, May 3 – The Pasatiempo apartments on the edge of Silicon Valley near downtown Fremont, Calif., are a mix of market-rate and …
Podcasts | April 29, 2022
Briefing: Investing trends in Africa
Host Monique Aiken is joined by Jessica Pothering to explore the, yes, social impact of private investment trends on the African continent. Plus, …
Podcasts | April 26, 2022
Fairview Capital’s emerging wisdom about emerging and diverse fund managers (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 26 – Diverse-owned and -managed funds would be more likely to build diverse teams and more likely to invest in diverse founders. …
Podcasts | April 22, 2022
Briefing: Carl Icahn, Elon Musk, and activist investing in the age of ESG
Host Brian Walsh is joined by roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to decide which type of “activist investor” Carl Icahn is …
Impact Investing | April 14, 2022
Briefing: Catalyzing Climate Capital for Adaptation and Equity
David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to preview next week’s call on catalyzing capital for climate adaptation. And we hear from Jonathan Phillips …
Podcasts | April 8, 2022
Briefing: A Civilian Climate Corps in the Bronx, and ‘Community Rounds’ replaces Crowdfunding
ImpactAlpha’s Roodgally Senatus joins host Brian Walsh to discuss his story – and photos! – from the frontlines of BlocPower efforts to train a …
Podcasts | April 1, 2022
Political Risk and Impact Investing in Ukraine and Beyond
David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to recap this week’s call on how impact investors are approaching political risk and conflict in Eastern …
Podcasts | March 25, 2022
Briefing: The SEC’s New Climate Disclosure Rules
On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to discuss the surprising breakthrough in the SEC’s new rules on corporate …
Podcasts | March 21, 2022
The Whole Earth, then and now: John Markoff on Stewart Brand (podcast)
I’m dating myself, but for a certain type of youth and I was one of them, “The Whole Earth Catalog” provided not just …
Podcasts | March 18, 2022
Impact Briefing with Dana Lanza.
Host Monique Aiken talks Ukraine, climate action, racial justice and more with Confluence Philanthropy’s Dana Lanza, fresh from Confluence’s annual gathering. Plus, the …
Podcasts | March 11, 2022
Women Driving Alpha, “Live” from Cape Town
Host Brian Walsh catches up with ImpactAlpha’sJessica Pothering from Cape Town, South Africa to talk about women driving alpha in emerging markets. And …
Podcasts | March 4, 2022
The Weaponization of Finance and the Green Way Forward
On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to share a conversation with Jon Lukomnik of Sinclair Capital about the …
Podcasts | February 25, 2022
Russian aggression, the materiality debates, and Carl Icahn’s latest gambit.
Host Brian Walsh convenes the roundtable regulars, Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank, to talk about the impact on impact — if any — …
Impact Investing | February 18, 2022
Impact investing’s policy agenda, and the funky sounds and social impact of ElectroSpit
Host Monique Aiken and ImpactAlpha’sDavid Bank tee up impact investing’s policy agenda (and next week’s Agents of Impact Call), with comments from Satyam …
Podcasts | February 11, 2022
Carbon Crypto, Carbon Markets, and Carbon Quantitative Easing.
🎧 Impact Briefing. ImpactAlpha’sDavid Bank joins host Brian Walsh to round up the takeaways from this week’s Agents of Impact Call No. 37 …
Podcasts | February 3, 2022
Briefing: The rising price of carbon and Kim Folsom of Founders First
Host Monique Aiken is joined by David Bank to preview next week’s call on the real world effects of a rising price of …
Podcasts | January 27, 2022
Impact Briefing: January 28th
Host Brian Walsh is joined by roundtable regulars David Bank and Imogen Rose-Smith to make sense of the mixed signals in impact investing …
Podcasts | January 25, 2022
Daniel Pianko, Achieve Partners: Finding the alpha in apprenticeships (podcast)
Daniel Pianko likes to ask CEOs, “What’s the biggest problem you face?” If the answer is, “I can’t find enough trained people to …
Podcasts | January 20, 2022
Larry Fink’s letter, BlocPower’s expansion, and Just Capital CEO Martin Whittaker
Monique Aiken and David Bank react to Larry Fink’s annual letter, BlocPower’s expansion and systemic approaches to income inequality. And, at (5:30), David …
Impact Investing | January 19, 2022
Institutional Shift: ‘Net-zero’ becomes ‘uh-oh’ and other sustainability trends to watch in 2022 (podcast)
Getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions is going to mean a deep re-engineering of every industry, every corporation, every community, Equilibrium Capital’s Dave …
Impact Investing | January 13, 2022
Briefing: The Roundtable looks ahead to 2022
On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh brings back roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to take up private equity scandals, impending …