Coal loopholes in Singaporean banking + AI risks and opportunity at Norrsken Impact Week

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Singapore’s biggest banks pledged to quit coal in 2019. So why are they still financing coal plants? At Norrsken Impact Week in Barcelona, AI dominated the conversation, but trust remained the big question. And in New York, a $50,000 loan by a revolving loan fund could save a million-dollar family home from falling into speculators’ hands.

Story links:

• “⁠Investing in AI 2.0: Mapping new investment opportunities across the trustworthy AI stack⁠,” by Paul Fehlinger.
• “⁠US Development Finance Corp. moves toward critical minerals and away from… development⁠,” by Jessica Pothering.
• "⁠Mission Driven Finance and Known Holdings team up to provide infrastructure for impact fund managers⁠," by David Bank.