ImpactAlpha Podcasts

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Highlights from this week’s post-election Agents of Impact Call; the news that Donald Trump Jr. is joining a quasi-impact investing fund targeting an underserved market –  conservative consumers; and, how catalytic capital warehousing could help emerging managers finance the sustainable development goals.

For the first in his series of Finding Alpha podcast conversations, ImpactAlpha contributing editor Robert Brown catches up with Sorenson Impact Institute founder Jim Sorenson to talk about the building of an impact investing ecosystem.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week:

Previewing next week's Agents of Impact Call (RSVP NOW!)

The search is on for global climate leadership at COP29-- and women are front and center.

How hospitals are partnering with community lenders to invest in the social determinants of health

Plus, a look at some of our top deals of the week.

Kapadia is heading to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan next week to bring a gender lens to what's being called the 'Finance COP.' Negotiators are hammering out new financial targets for investment and assistance in the climate transition in developing countries and the global south more broadly.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: ⁠Initial reactions from agents of impact⁠ to President Trump's re-election; an update on some of the funding already being distributed from the ⁠Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund⁠; and how a ⁠mutual aid network in Asheville⁠, North Carolina is helping overlooked entrepreneurs rebuild after Hurricane Helene.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The ImpactAlpha team was at the SOCAP conference in SF, where the focus was on systemic change; how private investors are pouring more money into blended finance transactions; and, why global family offices are slowly warming up to climate investments.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank, dialing in from Amsterdam. Up this week: The GIIN’s new report pegs the impact investing market at $1.5 trillion…ish; the reasons for and significance of the news that the Catalytic Capital Consortium is doubling down rather than shutting down its efforts to expand the use of the financing tool; and, a preview of ImpactAlpha’s new documentary on the North Carolina model, premiering at SOCAP next week. Check out the trailer.

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Highlights from this week’s Agents of Impact Call on putting an ownership lens on housing affordability; how and why to restore trust in voluntary carbon markets; and, Amazon and Google opt for the nuclear option in their drive to supply their power-hungry data centers with carbon-free energy.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: What’s at stake as climate negotiators prepare for COP29, which for the second year running, will be held in a petro-state; how inclusive fintech ventures are cutting in middle men and women to build trust; and, a look at two new innovative financial models: for water in emerging markets and land conservation in the US.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: new insurance models that aim to climate proof homes and towns, enhanced efforts to support diverse emerging fund managers, and how private equity is quietly funding fossil fuel investments.