ImpactAlpha Podcasts

David Bank catches up with Courageous Capital Advisors’ Laurie Spengler to talk about what the mainstreaming of impact investing means for smaller impact fund managers closer to the problems and community-based solutions. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines. 

David chats with Graham Singh of the Trinity Centres Foundation, and chats with Monique about ImpactAlpha's recent fundraise. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHd3U3IOar-4cPkJqx9eZYw

Unicef USA's Cristina Shapiro joins David Bank to introduce child-lens investing, a framework for considering investment harms and benefits to children, who have ‘til now been left out of investment decision-making. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines.

Roraj Pradhananga and Jane Swan of Veris Wealth Partners join host Monique Aiken to discuss how the wealth manager is investing in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Plus, the headlines. Read the report: https://www.veriswp.com/deib-investing-report/

Host Brian Walsh shares highlights from this week’s agents of impact call, “The employee-ownership edge,” which explored the range of opportunities for investing in the conversion of companies to worker ownership. Plus, the headlines. RSVP for next week's LinkedIn Live with Sherrell Dorsey: https://www.linkedin.com/events/7112932484064968705/comments/ The call replay: https://youtu.be/Kii-53LJR8U?si=xyuQNO5-vdb0r0XD&t=4 Check out all of these stories and more on https://impactalpha.com/

David Bank is joined by Marjorie Kelly of The Democracy Collaborative to explore the ways that impact investors both help and hinder systemic change. Her new book, “Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises,” is out this month.  Plus, host Monique Aiken has the headlines. Read part one of Marjorie’s essay, “⁠How wealth supremacy is driving today's crises⁠,” on ImpactAlpha. Check out the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/wealth-supremacy-how-the-extractive-economy-and-the-biased-rules-of-capitalism-drive-today-s-crises-marjorie-kelly/19486250

Host Brian Walsh chats with Amy Cortese to set the stage for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week NYC. Plus, the headlines.  Amy sketched the landscape in “Protesters and investors to pressure global leaders at Climate Week NYC.” Here are the details of Sunday’s march, Climate Group’s event guide and Climate Tech VC’s cheat sheet to hundreds of side events.

David Bank catches up with Robert Munson, President of SOCAP and Managing director at the Sorenson Impact Center, who is putting together next month’s gathering in San Francisco. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines. Get your tickets today: Oct. 23-25: SOCAP23 (San Francisco) (save $250 with code “s23_impactalpha”) Find all of the stories mentioned in this week's episode on impactalpha.com

🎧 Impact Briefing. Pro Mujer’s Carmen Correa joins host Monique Aiken to share how the pioneering Latin American microfinance institution’s bonds are democratizing gender lens investing in Argentina. Plus, the headlines.  “With gender bonds, Pro Mujer puts Argentina’s capital markets to work for female entrepreneurs” Check out ImpactAlpha's new Career Hub!

Host Brian Walsh shares some of the insights from this week's Agents of Impact Call, which focused on how resourceful entrepreneurs are tapping community lenders, private investors, philanthropic funds and public dollars to launch Native-led businesses, create jobs and provide vital services. For the full replay and roundup of the call head over to https://impactalpha.com/calls/. The rest of these stories are also featured on the site.