ImpactAlpha, September 28 — Last year’s youth-led uprising against police brutality spurred Nigeria’s biggest anti-government protests in a generation. MDIF launched a three-year …
ImpactAlpha, March 24 – In Syria, where hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in a decade-long civil war, an advance warning …
ImpactAlpha, Mar. 9 – Western investors in Russia are running away from political risk. For more than two decades, Media Development Investment Fund …
ImpactAlpha, October 19 — Macroeconomic, political and currency risks can make investors wary of infrastructure and private equity in Africa (for context, see …
ImpactAlpha, September 24 – MacArthur Foundation has made grants totaling $10 million to organizations supporting Black, Native and other under-represented groups disproportionately affected …
ImpactAlpha, September 2 – Two impact investors sounded off in ImpactAlpha this week about the importance of securing the fairness of the November …
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 1 – November is coming and hopefully the beginning of the end of the authoritarianism, oligarchy, and violence that have become …
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 1 – With voter registration deadlines rapidly approaching, our firm is seeing a desire amongst impact investors to elevate voting rights …
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 16 – While I was running Village Capital a few years ago, I noticed two starkly divided realities in the U.S. Vilcap, …
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 12 – Education. Water. Prisons. Private capital is flowing into areas that have historically been public responsibilities subject to democratic processes. …
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 19 – It’s time for impact investors to speak more like activists. The Global Steering Group on Impact Investment’s abrupt relocation …
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 13 – The widening wealth gap has sparked interest in worker ownership models that can build individual and community wealth. Across …
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 4, 2019 – The ranks of cooperatives include household names like ACE Hardware, ShopRite, Associated Press, Sunkist and Ocean Spray. Co-ops span …
Impact Alpha, Nov. 31 – Social protests are spreading across the globe. The protests, from Santiago to Beirut, are sparked by local grievances: …
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 29 – The fall circuit of major impact investing conferences was supposed to end next month in Santiago. Then the capital …
ImpactAlpha, July 25 – Franklin Templeton believes access to social services are essential to economic growth. In Europe, the firm doesn’t believe enough is being …
ImpactAlpha, July 23 – Arts and journalism-focused Knight Foundation is committing $50 million to 11 university research projects that explore technology’s influence on democracy …
ImpactAlpha, July 18 – Civic tech investor New Media Ventures announced investments into 17 startups that will share $1.5 million funding. The portfolio includes …
ImpactAlpha, June 10 – Before the 2016 U.S. elections, President Obama noted the emergence of election tech, designed to create “safe, secure, smart systems for …
ImpactAlpha, February 7 – “Democracy dies in darkness,” the Washington Post’s Super Bowl ad warned. Independent media shines a light, especially in emerging markets where …
ImpactAlpha, May 22 – Many law firms require attorneys to provide 50 hours per year of pro bono services for disadvantaged communities, communities of color …
ImpactAlpha, May 1 – Durreen Shahnaz, founder of the Singapore-based Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), told the United Nations General Assembly, “If we can promote …
ImpactAlpha, April 24 – Interest in running for office is spiking in the U.S., especially among women. Change Research has secured seed funding to …
ImpactAlpha, April 17 – BallotReady aggregates biographies, issue stances, news and endorsements across the US to help voters learn more about candidates in …
Guns are big business, with lots of investors. Weapons sales in the US last year totaled $12.4 billion, up from $10.3 billion in …
The company’s SeamlessGov tool is used by more than 300 US state and local governments to manage digital forms, online payments and workflow …
Steven Brill, founder of The American Lawyer and Court TV, and Gordon Crovitz, former Wall Street Journal publisher, are launching a platform to …
Can blockchain make voting more secure? Boston-based Voatz makes mobile-voting software that uses the distributed-ledger technology to safeguard results. Originally designed for university …
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh is on a mission — bring private-sector metrics and standards to the U.N.’s Social Impact Finance (UNSIF), a fund founded in 2016 to …
The intention to generate social or environmental benefit is key to impact investing. But a tax break can be an additional incentive. Among …
Good Friday evening, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: The Brief’s Big Ten 1. Introducing 2030 Finance, where ImpactAlpha tracks the global shift of capital. The tagline …
Sen. Marco Rubio’s 11th-hour demand for a bigger child tax credit, along with other last-minute changes, makes clear that the U.S. tax bill …
Civic tech — from promoting awareness and transparency to straight-up political campaign tools — is a growing impact investment theme. The 2016 U.S. election was particularly catalytic …
The Dallas-based non-profit investment manager Impact Shares is partnering with YWCA Metropolitan Chicago and the NAACP on two social-justice exchange-traded funds, bundles of …
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: Impact Voices Yes, Steve Case, there is impact alpha. As more money folks embrace impact investing, it seems some impact …
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Complicit: Where are impact investors as the tax bill transfers wealth to the rich? Talk about a …
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: Returns on Investment podcast Tax Hacks: Turning tax reform toward inclusive prosperity. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. called taxes “the …
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. called taxes “the price we pay for civilization.” In the latest Returns on Investment podcast, our regular roundtable goes …
Australia this year has been aggressively building up its impact-investing infrastructure, an effort championed by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Now a group of …
The hedge-fund billionaire and a global advocate has transferred $18 billion in assets to his long-time philanthropy. With the gift, to be distributed …
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Expanding the pool of capital for investments in low-income communities. Not long ago, most investments in community …
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: Returns on Investment Real Impact: Morgan Simon on bringing communities into impact investing. The longtime leader in the field …
The International Committee of the Red Cross has created what it’s calling the first humanitarian impact bond, a $27.3 million private placement to …
Free and independent media was limited under South Africa’s decades-long apartheid regime and is an increasing concern under the government of embattled President …
2030 Even a modest increase in electric-vehicle sales, to 20% of new car sales, would cut gas revenues by $3 billion Photo credit: Department …
