Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: With US markets all over the place, investors at the Milken Global Conference shift their focus to ownership, AI, and the rest of the world. How impact investors are responding to proposed cuts to health and medical research (8:33). And, forget your astrological sign – Phenix Capital proposes four archetypes for impact fund managers (15:23).

Story links:

• “With markets down, up and sideways, investors look to ownership, AI and the rest of the world,” by Amy Cortese and David Bank
• “KKR’s Pete Stavros: Employee ownership is a competitive advantage in private equity (Q&A),” by David Bank and Roodgally Senatus
• "With medical research funding in peril, one biotech VC firm pushes innovation forward," by Jessica Pothering
• "Illusionist, Learner, Achiever or Champion: What kind of impact fund manager are you?," by Phenix Capital’s Daniel Moreno and Mohit Saini