Best The Mastercard Foundation Podcasts (2025)

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Lessons from Apollo and Mastercard Foundation + The Reconstruction Won't Be Televised 24:09

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20d ago24:09

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: What the $785 billion private equity giant Apollo has learned in the five years since launching its $1 billion private impact fund; from MasterCard Foundation's Africa Growth Fund to local African funders, a look at the small business investing landscape on th…

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Doing more with less development dollars, plus a tribute to Andrew Kassoy 20:59

6d ago20:59

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Doing more with less – the blended finance fallout from shrinking development aid and a shuttered USAID. A call for responsible investors to invest in… defence companies (09:30). And, remembering B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy, an Agent of Impact who launched a movemen…

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Doing more with less development dollars, plus a tribute to Andrew Kassoy 20:59

6d ago20:59

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Doing more with less – the blended finance fallout from shrinking development aid and a shuttered USAID. A call for responsible investors to invest in… defence companies (09:30). And, remembering B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy, an Agent of Impact who launched a movemen…

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Catalytic climate capital in the Amazonian bio-economy 19:08

13d ago19:08

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Teeing up November's Global Climate Summit COP 30 in Brazil with inclusive nature-based, Indigenous-led and catalytic climate capital. A new tool that helps direct scarce concessional capital for adaptation finance to where it's most needed (09:45). And…

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Catalytic climate capital in the Amazonian bio-economy 19:08

13d ago19:08

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Teeing up November's Global Climate Summit COP 30 in Brazil with inclusive nature-based, Indigenous-led and catalytic climate capital. A new tool that helps direct scarce concessional capital for adaptation finance to where it's most needed (09:45). And…

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Key to effective investments in youth mental health: Voices of young people 30:33

17d ago30:33

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Hopelab’s Margaret Laws and Amy Green join ’s David Bank on the latest episode of the Agents of Impact podcast. See all of ImpactAlpha's Healthy Youth coverage: https://impactalpha.com/browse/inclusion/healthy-youth/

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Lessons from Apollo and Mastercard Foundation + The Reconstruction Won't Be Televised 24:09

20d ago24:09

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: What the $785 billion private equity giant Apollo has learned in the five years since launching its $1 billion private impact fund; from MasterCard Foundation's Africa Growth Fund to local African funders, a look at the small business investing landscape on th…

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Mobilzing private capital for green lending + European investors still see materiality as material 19:47

27d ago19:47

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Turning the stranded pipeline of green loans into investable deal flow for private capital. Plus, for European investors, material risks are still… material (10:30). And, Taylor Swift, Ryan Coogler, and the emerging ownership economy in music and film (15:10).…

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Mobilizing private capital for green lending + European investors still see materiality as material 19:47

27d ago19:47

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Turning the stranded pipeline of green loans into investable deal flow for private capital. Plus, for European investors, material risks are still… material (10:30). And, Taylor Swift, Ryan Coogler, and the emerging ownership economy in music and film (15:10).…

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Dennis Price steps into new role as CEO of ImpactAlpha 16:29

1M ago16:29

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In this special episode of This Week in Impact, Brian Walsh discusses the evolution of ImpactAlpha with editor-in-chief David Bank and newly named CEO Dennis Price. The discussion centers on the leadership transition and the new teams and tools being developed at ImpactAlpha to support Agents of Impact. Read the full announcement.…

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Dennis Price steps into new role as CEO of ImpactAlpha 16:29

1M ago16:29

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In this special episode of This Week in Impact, Brian Walsh discusses the evolution of ImpactAlpha with editor-in-chief David Bank and newly named CEO Dennis Price. The discussion centers on the leadership transition and the new teams and tools being developed at ImpactAlpha to support Agents of Impact. ⁠Read the full announcement⁠.…

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Navajo Power’s six-year journey modelling a just climate transition 27:14

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David catches up with Navajo Power CEO Brett Isaac and COO Michael Cox to learn how the indigenous-owned company is building out utility-scale solar projects, not just in Navajo Nation but on tribal land across the country. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Navajo Power and Its Mission 03:11 The Transition from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy 05:45 Commu…

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Risk misperceptions in climate and emerging markets 17:35

1M ago17:35

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Pegasus Capital’s contrarian play for orphaned climate projects in emerging markets. How a Ugandan pension fund is creating its own new savers with investments in small business and agriculture (07:45). And, should impact have a veto in investment decisionmaki…

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Risk misperceptions in climate and emerging markets 17:35

1M ago17:35

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Pegasus Capital’s contrarian play for orphaned climate projects in emerging markets. How a Ugandan pension fund is creating its own new savers with investments in small business and agriculture (07:45). And, should impact have a veto in investment decisionmaki…

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Advice for the Gates Foundation spend-down + The state of blended finance 21:16

2M ago21:16

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Unsolicited advice for the Gates Foundation following the announcement that it would increase its giving and spend down its endowment by 2045; How California's massive public pension funds find alpha in emerging fund managers (09:45); And, glimmers of hope for…

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Advice for the Gates Foundation spend-down + The state of blended finance 21:16

2M ago21:16

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Unsolicited advice for the Gates Foundation following the announcement that it would increase its giving and spend down its endowment by 2045; How California's massive public pension funds find alpha in emerging fund managers (09:45); And, glimmers of hope for…

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Next50's Peter Kaldes on investing a $265 million endowment to value and support aging 23:46

2M ago23:46

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There are nearly as many people in the US over 65 years old as there are under 18, and we’re not getting any younger. “It's genuinely a mega trend that's going to impact every aspect of our economy,” Next50’s Peter Kaldes tells David Bank on this Agents of Impact podcast. “We would be missing out on a profound investment and impact opportunity if w…

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Remedies for Impact’s original sins + Carbon removal's moment in the... dirt 19:16

2M ago19:16

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Two views on the future of impact investing from Calvert Impact and Innovative Finance Initiative. Temasek makes the case for the private equity opportunity in climate adaptation and resilience (09:10). And, how Mati Carbon plans to leverage its $50 million X-…

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Remedies for Impact’s original sins + Carbon removal's moment in the... dirt 19:16

2M ago19:16

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Two views on the future of impact investing from Calvert Impact and Innovative Finance Initiative. Temasek makes the case for the private equity opportunity in climate adaptation and resilience (09:10). And, how Mati Carbon plans to leverage its $50 million X-…

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The buzz at Milken + Which impact archetype are you? 23:06

2M ago23:06

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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 ast…

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What’s the buzz at Milken + Which impact archetype are you? 23:06

2M ago23:06

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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 ast…

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How JFF Ventures is upskilling low-wage workers and enabling solopreneurs 18:38

2M ago18:38

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JFF Ventures’ Yigal Kerszenbaum joins David Bank on the latest Agents of Impact podcast. The venture capital fund is betting on a high-road vision of workforce innovation – and AI – to expand economic mobility for workers amid technological disruption and economic uncertainty. Read Kerszenbaum's op-ed on ImpactAlpha. Timecodes: 00:00 The Role of Im…

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Pages from the playbook for shared prosperity + a report card for pay-as-you-go solar 20:12

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Some initial entries into the playbook for shared prosperity. How inflation and economic instability is affecting pay-as-you-go financing in the off-grid solar market (08:40). And, why Tom Steyer see now as a buying opportunity for climate investors with dry p…

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Pages from the playbook for shared prosperity + a report card for pay-as-you-go solar 20:12

2M ago20:12

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Some initial entries into the playbook for shared prosperity. How inflation and economic instability is affecting pay-as-you-go financing in the off-grid solar market (08:40). And, why Tom Steyer see now as a buying opportunity for climate investors with dry p…

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Climate tech is weathering political turbulence. 16:10

3M ago16:10

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How climate tech founders and funders are planning to ride out the political storm. What the lackluster fundraising totals for TPG NEXT means for emerging and diverse managers (07:00). Plus, five promising pages in the playbook for shared prosperity (11:56). R…

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Climate tech is weathering political turbulence. 16:10

3M ago16:10

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How climate tech founders and funders are planning to ride out the political storm. What the lackluster fundraising totals for TPG NEXT means for emerging and diverse managers (07:00). Plus, five promising pages in the playbook for shared prosperity (11:56). R…

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A call to action in response to US political risk 17:00

3M ago17:00

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: A call to action from impact investors in response to the growing political risk in the US market. Plus, how the idea of employee ownership is bringing lawmakers together across the aisle (7:55). And the strategies and structures LPs are using to get their mon…

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A call to action in response to US political risk 17:00

3M ago17:00

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: A call to action from impact investors in response to the growing political risk in the US market. Plus, how the idea of employee ownership is bringing lawmakers together across the aisle (7:55). And the strategies and structures LPs are using to get their mon…

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A tarrifying week for investors + what's next for global AID 19:44

3M ago19:44

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank, live-ish from the Re:Construction road show. Up this week: How impact investors are reacting to a tariffying week for Wall Street and global trade. What comes next for foreign aid in the wake of the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID (7:10). And, why it’s critical …

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A tarrifying week for investors + what's next for global AID 19:44

3M ago19:44

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank, live-ish from the Re:Construction road show. Up this week: How impact investors are reacting to a tariffying week for Wall Street and global trade. What comes next for foreign aid in the wake of the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID (7:10). And, why it’s critical …

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Insurance incentives for wildfire prevention + smarter subsidies for agribusiness 17:30

3M ago17:30

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Climate insurance in California that incentivizes landowners to reduce wildfire risks. Plus, making subsidies smarter by targeting the operating needs of agriculture businesses and the funds that support them. Chapters (00:00) Innovative Climate Insuran…

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Insurance incentives for wildfire prevention + smarter subsidies for agribusiness 17:30

3M ago17:30

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Climate insurance in California that incentivizes landowners to reduce wildfire risks. Plus, making subsidies smarter by targeting the operating needs of agriculture businesses and the funds that support them. Chapters (00:00) Innovative Climate Insuran…

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Proxy battles for universal owners & new models for employee ownership 20:09

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: With proxy season here, how shareholders can apply a system stewardship model for the companies they own; why strategies to share the wealth via employee ownership are attracting popular support, and a look at our spring “Re:construction” tour, which offers a …

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Proxy battles for universal owners & new models for employee ownership 20:09

3M ago20:09

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: With proxy season here, how shareholders can apply a system stewardship model for the companies they own; why strategies to share the wealth via employee ownership are attracting popular support, and a look at our spring “Re:construction” tour, which offers a …

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Bipartisan support for CDFIs under Trump, and Canada's first Employee Ownership Trusts 19:16

4M ago19:16

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🎧 This Week in Impact. Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Why Trump's order to cut a Main Street lending program led to a rare GOP rebuke. How Canadian employee ownership trusts offer a path to shared prosperity along with protecting national sovereignty (06:17). And finally, as private equity …

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Bipartisan support for CDFIs under Trump, and Canada's first Employee Ownership Trusts 19:16

4M ago19:16

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🎧 This Week in Impact. Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Why Trump's order to cut a Main Street lending program led to a rare GOP rebuke. How Canadian employee ownership trusts offer a path to shared prosperity along with protecting national sovereignty (06:17). And finally, as private equity …

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A new era for climate leadership (in Canada, at least) 18:38

4M ago18:38

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The significance of noted green banker Mark Carney’s new role as Canadian Prime Minister; what’s at stake as US climate policy heads to the courts (06:41); and, why one impact fund manager says low-income customers are more profitable – and has the data to pro…

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A new era for climate leadership (in Canada, at least) 18:38

4M ago18:38

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The significance of noted green banker Mark Carney’s new role as Canadian Prime Minister; what’s at stake as US climate policy heads to the courts (06:41); and, why one impact fund manager says low-income customers are more profitable – and has the data to pro…

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Local institutional capital for small and medium sized businesses in Africa 24:56

4M ago24:56

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Host Brian Walsh chats with ImpactAlpha’s emerging markets reporter Lucy Ngige. Up this week: Why the mood at two impact investing conferences in Nairobi was hopeful, despite the US foreign aid freeze. Plus, a roundup of some of the most interesting recent emerging markets deals. Check out all of the deals here: ⁠https://impactalpha.com/browse/beat…

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Local institutional capital for small and medium sized businesses in Africa 24:56

4M ago24:56

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Host Brian Walsh chats with ImpactAlpha’s emerging markets reporter Lucy Ngige. Up this week: Why the mood at two impact investing conferences in Nairobi was hopeful, despite the US foreign aid freeze. Plus, a roundup of some of the most interesting recent emerging markets deals. Check out all of the deals here: https://impactalpha.com/browse/beats…

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Seeing East African agri-food tech in action, plus the EU walks back sustainability disclosure 21:43

4M ago21:43

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Jessica digs in on food and agriculture in East Africa. Emerging fund managers in the ownership economy deliver returns to investors by sharing the wealth with workers, families and communities. And, what the EU Commission’s revamped rules mean for clim…

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Seeing East African agri-food tech in action, plus the EU walks back sustainability disclosure 21:43

4M ago21:43

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Jessica digs in on food and agriculture in East Africa. Emerging fund managers in the ownership economy deliver returns to investors by sharing the wealth with workers, families and communities. And, what the EU Commission’s revamped rules mean for clim…

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Navigating the new era for emerging markets, climate and small business investing 18:40

5M ago18:40

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This week, Brian and David discuss the resilience of impact investing amidst political upheaval, focusing on emerging markets, small businesses, and climate strategies. Also, the evolving dynamics between limited partners (LPs) and general partners (GPs) in the investment landscape, particularly through co-investments. Finally they cover the Univer…

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Navigating the new era for emerging markets, climate and small business investing 18:40

5M ago18:40

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This week, Brian and David discuss the resilience of impact investing amidst political upheaval, focusing on emerging markets, small businesses, and climate strategies. Also, the evolving dynamics between limited partners (LPs) and general partners (GPs) in the investment landscape, particularly through co-investments. Finally they cover the Univer…

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Building wealth through community investment trusts 21:15

5M ago21:15

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: An innovative investment vehicle turns a strip mall in Portland into a community investment trust that’s helping local renters build family wealth; the Liist gets a facelift and the importance of highlighting the raises of emerging fund managers; plus, why imp…

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Building wealth through community investment trusts 21:15

5M ago21:15

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: An innovative investment vehicle turns a strip mall in Portland into a community investment trust that’s helping local renters build family wealth; the Liist gets a facelift and the importance of highlighting the raises of emerging fund managers; plus, why imp…

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DFC and emerging managers face Trump funding freeze fallout 26:38

5M ago26:38

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On this episode of 'This Week in Impact' Brian Walsh and Jessica pother discuss the implications of the Trump administration's freeze on development finance, the evolving landscape of voluntary carbon markets driven by corporate buyers, and the challenges facing private equity in the healthcare sector. 00:50 Impact of the Trump Administration on De…

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DFC faces Trump funding freeze fallout 26:38

5M ago26:38

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On this episode of 'This Week in Impact' Brian Walsh and Jessica pother discuss the implications of the Trump administration's freeze on development finance, the evolving landscape of voluntary carbon markets driven by corporate buyers, and the challenges facing private equity in the healthcare sector. 00:50 Impact of the Trump Administration on De…

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Responsible AI in the Age of Trump with Ravit Dotan 18:31

5M ago18:31

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In the latest Agents of Impact podcast, Ravit Dotan, an AI governance advisor and researcher in Pittsburgh, joins David Bank to share insights on the new state of play for responsible AI in the early days of the Trump administration and what Deepseek, the Chinese competitor to Open AI, means for intellectual property, open-source code … and nationa…

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Mission driven funders react to feds funding freeze + responsible AI strategies. 19:20

5M ago19:20

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Stories featured in this week's episode: Mission-driven funders scramble to respond to federal funding freeze⁠, by Amy Cortese and David Bank Call roundup: https://impactalpha.com/calls/ How machine learning and AI can be harnessed for mission-based lending⁠, by Mar Diteos …