Know Who Drives Return

AMZN stock is performing, but are warehouse workers paying the price? We talk to Assistant NYC Comptroller Michael Garland on the NYC Pension Funds' move to unseat two Amazon board members responsible for human capital management at the tech giant.

Joanna Makris and the Boardroom Alpha team sit down with Assistant NYC Comptroller Michael Garland about the NYC pension funds' ESG objectives, how they evaluate boards, the current situation at AMZN, and more.

Read the report here: https://www.boardroomalpha.com/nyc-pension-funds-want-amazon-accountable-for-human-capital

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Voltus is gearing up for a $1.3B SPAC IPO in the coming months. We chat with CEO Gregg Dixon, who shares how the company is leading the charge to decentralize, decarbonize and digitize our energy resources.  

Our latest podcast gets an up close look at a company that’s at the center of the green energy movement and an interesting name on our radar as a pure-play ESG investment. Boardroom Alpha sat down with Gregg Dixon, CEO of Voltus. 

View the full report: https://www.boardroomalpha.com/green-energy-movement-will-be-digitized-says-voltus-ceo

Boardroom Alpha talks with Richard Clayton, Director of Research at the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC) Investment Group, walks listeners through how Activision's governance issues may have hurt shareholders as the proposed $68.7B takeover by Microsoft get's voted on this Thursday. 

Read the full report and watch the interview: https://www.boardroomalpha.com/why-activision-blizzards-board-is-still-failing-msft-richard-clayton

Are public companies really leaning in to a more suitable, socially responsible future? Boardroom Alpha sat down with Andy Behar, CEO of non-profit shareholder advocacy organization As You Sow, to discuss some of the key ESG issues investment managers are tackling today. 

Read the full report: https://www.boardroomalpha.com/andrew-behar-as-you-sow-esg-revolution

With the movement toward net zero emissions well underway, we continue to take a closer look at the companies that are at the center of this sea change. Our exploration into bioplastics technology continues with our latest podcast. Boardroom Alpha sat down with John Bissell and Rich Riley, co-CEOs of Origin Materials (ORGN).

Read the full report: https://www.boardroomalpha.com/origin-materials-podcast-carbon-rich-riley-john-bissell/

Boardroom Alpha talks to Steve Croskrey, CEO of Danimer Scientific (DNMR), on why bioplastics technology is ready for takeoff and how the company is moving the world toward a carbon negative future.

Read the Danimer Scientific report: https://www.boardroomalpha.com/danimer-ceo-podcast-steve-croskrey-plastic-pollution

See all of Boardroom Alpha's Know Who Drives Return podcast episodes and reports here: https://www.boardroomalpha.com/podcast

Boardroom Alpha sat down with Jon Sabes, CEO of FOXO Technologies. FOXO is an interesting SPAC on our radar, having announced in February an agreement to merge with sponsor Delwinds Insurance Acquisition Corp. (DWIN) in a deal that values the company at an enterprise value of $369 million. The transaction is expected to be completed in Q2.

Listen as Joanna Makris and David Drapkin talk to FOXO's CEO Jon Sabes about how he intends to disrupt the insurance industry.

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Satellogic, founded in 2010 by Emiliano Kargieman and Gerardo Richarte, is a vertically integrated geospatial company. The company operates a 17-satellite imagery constellation.  

Their mission is touted as “Democratizing access to critical geospatial data” which they do via their satellite images and analytics.

Emiliano sits down with David Drapkin and Joanna Makris to discuss what makes SATL special amongst an increasingly crowded space.

** Read the full report at Boardroom Alpha.com

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Boardroom Alpha sat down with Dee Choubey, CEO of fintech MoneyLion (ML). Moneylion is a mobile banking and financial membership platform that went public via SPAC merger with Fusion Acquisition (FUSE).  After a career in investment banking, Dee co-founded MoneyLion in 2013 with an ambitious goal: to combine AI, machine-learning technology and behavioral science to bring consumer finance into the future.

Does MoneyLion have what it takes to compete with the big guys? Can MoneyLion become the next super app? Listen to the podcast to find out more.

** Read the full report here.

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Relative to 2021, the bloom may be off the SPAC rose. But our latest conversation suggests there are still ways to generate positive returns in SPAC investing. Boardroom Alpha sat down with David Sherman, Founder and Portfolio Manager at SEC-registered investment adviser CrossingBridge Advisors. Based in Pleasantville, New York, with $2.3 billion AUM (Assets Under Management), CrossingBridge specializes in ultra-short duration, low duration high yield and responsible credit strategies in addition to SPACs.

Among his many portfolio manager hats, Sherman manages the CrossingBridge Pre-Merger SPAC ETF (NASDAQ:SPC). The ETF invests only in pre-merger SPACs at or below par value and will only hold the shares for up to 10 days post-merger.

** Read the full report here.

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