ImpactAlpha Podcasts

Host Brian Walsh takes up the week’s top stories with ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering . They discuss Jessica's takeaways from her analysis of ImpactAlpha's 2024 set of actively raising impact funds, how catalytic capital is unlocking regenerative agriculture opportunities in Brazil, and why drones are taking off in India for agriculture and economic inclusion. " Glimmers of hope for impact fund ma...

In the final podcast episode of the year, host Brian Walsh takes up the trends that ImpactAlpha will be following in 2025 with editor David Bank . On our radar : Impact investors lean into economic populism with the ownership economy; climate gets a new narrative for the Trump era; and emerging markets attract local capital for local needs as better data rebuts misperceptions of risk. Check out al...

As president of the Heron Foundation, Clara Miller in 2012 set a goal to invest 100% percent of the foundation’s then-$250 million in assets to fight poverty within five years. Heron beat the deadline by a year to be become one of the first foundations to align its full endowment with its mission.  For the latest episode of the podcast series Finding Alpha , ImpactAlpha contributing editor Rob Bro...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: How lobbying and advocacy are being used by family offices for “policy enhanced impact investing.” “ These investors are raising their lobbying game to enhance their social impact ,” by David Bank. How a California community lender is focusing on community ownership models to combat the displacement of small...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: The tale of two different ownership economy models for increasing employee wealth As private equity firms start to share the wealth, low-income workers get just a little bit by Roody Senatus Meet 22 funds raising capital to finance high-impact transitions to employee ownership by David Bank RSVP for next wee...

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 ImpactA...

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 conservati...

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 .

Jeff Brenner, co-founder of Impact Community Capital, joins David Bank to discuss learnings from the firm's deployment of over $1.6 billion in affordable housing. The organization aims to raise an additional $1 billion to $1.5 billion in the next three to four years, targeting a broader range of institutional investors.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . The buzz around early stage climate startups and the continued need for scale — both bigger checks and bigger investable opportunities. Climate inflation affecting grocery store prices How carbon markets are financing sustainable development.

This Week in Impact: host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Blending billions Call roundup . Finding the alpha at climate week.

Host Brian Walsh takes up the top stories in impact with editorial director Amy Cortese . Up this week: Climate change and the Inflation Reduction Act’s minimal mentions in the presidential debate, a report from the sustainable side of fashion week in New York, and a look at the rising number of student-led impact funds.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: A new report proposes seven bipartisan policy tweaks that could drive more private capital into financing worker ownership transitions. How USAID is banking commercial returns by working with local institutional capital providers in Africa to finance African infrastructure . Will companies that backpedal on...

🎧 This Week in Impact . Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Stories on this episode: Call replay and recap Climate investors rally behind Kamala Harris to protect policies – and portfolios The push and pull of impact investing for wealthy families in Latin America Latam Newsletter Signup

David Bank is joined by Dave Kirkpatrick, Managing Director and co-founder of SJF Ventures, a climate and impact investor in Durham NC, and SJF’s Director of Impact, Kelsey Jarrett, to talk about finding the alpha in impact. Read Dave and Kelsey's op-ed on ImpactAlpha , as well as our profile of Dave .

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with Amy Cortese. On today's episode: ⁠Beyond Chicago, Harris seeks to ride a revival in wages, entrepreneurship and ownership⁠ ⁠Talk of the Town: Live updates from outside the Democratic National Convention⁠ ⁠Pension funds in pro-ESG ‘blue’ states outperform those in anti-ESG ‘red’ ones — to the tune of $159 billion⁠ ⁠New wave of off-grid en...

Mary Ellen Iskenderian, CEO of Women’s World Banking, joins David Bank for an Agents of Impact interview. They discuss the organization's 45 years of work advancing financial inclusion for low-income women around the globe and new initiatives around fintech, financial wellness and climate resilience. Read more by heading over to impactapha.com/podcasts

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank: Mapping an impact investing path through the new legal landscape Are fund managers ready to set targets to hold themselves accountable for impact? HBO brings a sleek, sexy and skeptical view of impact investing to a television audience.