July 3, 2020
BY The New York Times | News
Different strategies for socially responsible investing are working toward a similar goal: to pressure companies and municipalities to operate more equitably.
July 1, 2020
BY Roll Call | News
As Black Lives Matter protests march on around the U.S., some investment advisers and asset managers are pushing for more disclosure on so-called judgment allocation bonds issued by cities and states to fund payouts for settlements of lawsuits against police.
June 4, 2020
BY Bloomberg CityLab | News
The uprising in Minneapolis that started in response to the police killing of George Floyd will leave the city with millions of dollars of damage in its wake. The city may be poised to spend millions more on the legal...
March 30, 2020
BY Transform Finance | News
Tax incentives as a municipal development strategy have failed to attract tax revenue and meet their promise: more often than not, they end up being costly to the public. Yet ESG and impact investors rarely engage with the negative fiscal...
February 4, 2019
BY Black Future Manifesto (Podcast) | News
On this first episode of the new year, we sit down with Napoleon Wallace and Ryan Bowers of Activest, a firm that is leveraging financial markets in order to help drive change within communities across the US. We talk municipal...
September 27, 2018
BY Forbes | News
Let’s face it—no one gets particularly excited about muni bonds. They are a portfolio bedrock for stability and liquidity, but they don’t make for great cocktail conversation. The latest on your munis in Texas doesn’t seem nearly as riveting as...
March 3, 2017
BY ImpactAlpha | News
Washington D.C. (green infrastructure), Seattle (affordable housing) and Philadelphia (low-income housing repairs) are all issuing bonds to fund quality-of-life improvements that could drive long-term fiscal value. We reported last month on growing impact investor interest in the $3.7 trillion muni-bond market...