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IRIS+ makes it easier for investors to translate their impact intentions into impact results.

December 4, 2019 By IWV Partner

All investors and companies create positive and negative effects on society and the environment. Impact investors seek to maximize the positive and minimize the negative by using the IRIS+ system to integrate social and environmental factors into investment decisions alongside risk and return. Credible, comparable impact data are needed to inform impact investment decisions and […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing

How to Ensure Opportunity Zone Investments Strengthen Local Communities

December 3, 2019 By IWV Partner

For two years, investors and neighborhood leaders in cities around the country have responded to economic Opportunity Zones (OZs) with hope and hesitation. The policy, part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, provides tax incentives for long-term investments in low-income census tracts. These incentives are meant to help disinvested neighborhoods, hungry for economic growth, attract new… […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing

Powering Purposeful Growth: Discover Meaning in Work & Life

November 11, 2019 By Brian Kaminer

Do you ever wonder how you can support the growing consensus that business is a force for good? Inspiring Capital is on a mission to re-inspire the American workforce. Based on 10,000+ hours of experience with 200+ diverse professionals, they’ve created their first eLearning course: Powering Purposeful Growth: Discover Meaning in Work & Life Invest […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing, -Local Banking, -Sustainable-Responsible Investing, Featured

For financial planners – Towards Aware and Values-Centered Investing

August 28, 2019 By Brian Kaminer

A Money Quotient University Course To help financial planners gain an understanding of investment options and tools that are available to help clients truly align their financial and life plans with their values. Instructor Marco Vangelisti is a 100% impact investor with a longstanding commitment to direct local investing.  He is a founding member of […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing, -Local Banking, -Sustainable-Responsible Investing

TriLinc Approves New Trade Finance Investment Partner for Latin America and Africa

August 27, 2019 By IWV Partner

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TriLinc Global, LLC (“TriLinc”) announced today the approval of Origin Funding Partners Ltd (“Origin”) as a new investment partner for business expansion and socioeconomic development in Latin America and Africa. “We are very excited about our partnership with Origin for broadening our existing term loan and trade finance investment capabilities throughout Latin […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing

New Crowdfunding Portal SBMX Offers Small Business Bonds

August 14, 2019 By Locavesting

At Locavesting, we’ve always thought the best use of Regulation Crowdfunding was helping individuals invest in local businesses. Rather than buying stock (or SAFEs) in speculative tech startups, we believed that lending money to established small businesses would become a mainstream option. Lately, that’s looking more likely, as new funding platforms emerge that cater to […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

ESG and Impact Pacesetter Peter Greenwood Returns to TriLinc Global

August 13, 2019 By IWV Partner

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TriLinc Global, LLC (“TriLinc”) announced today that Peter Greenwood has re-joined the firm as Director of ESG and Impact to lead TriLinc’s strategy, thought leadership, and daily ESG and Impact operations. Mr. Greenwood returns to TriLinc after serving with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) where he was Country Manager for […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing

LIIF Announces $100 Million Sustainability Bond Issuance

August 7, 2019 By Brian Kaminer

10x Oversubscription Indicates High Demand for Impact Investing The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is excited to announce its first public debt offering with a $100 million Sustainability Bond issuance. This successful transaction, which was ten times oversubscribed, demonstrates confidence in LIIF’s financial strength, high impact and excellent team. The issuance enables LIIF to grow […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Impact Investing: Can Funds Achieve Both Social Impact And Returns At Scale?

August 6, 2019 By IWV Partner

The following article was published by the London School of Economics and Political Science online in the LSE Business Review. Click here to view. Helping the common good while making money is difficult but possible, with robust methodologies to identify and seize such opportunities, write Feng Li, Gianandrea Giochetta and Luigi Mosca Popular opinion has it that ‘investing for […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Reflections from the Road: Summer Travel Insights for Place-Based Impact Investing

July 17, 2019 By IWV Sponsor

This month, LOCUS  Staff share what their takeaways from convenings on place-based impact investing around the country. Pictured: (Left to Right) Teri Lovelace, LOCUS Impact Investing; Mike Loftin, Homewise; Keith Bisson, Coastal Enterprises; Eva Schulte, Travois – Teri Lovelace spoke on a panel at Confluence Philanthropy’s 2nd Annual Advisor Forum titled “Investing in Place Across the […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Industry Group Calls for Changes to Regulation Crowdfunding

July 16, 2019 By Locavesting

Three years after Regulation Crowdfunding went into effect, advocates continue to call for improvements to the law, which made it easier for small companies to raise money from ordinary investors. The latest call for action came in June in the form of policy recommendations outlined by the Association of Online Investment Platforms (AOIP), a group […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Celebrating the Creative Force Behind Impact Investing: Lawyers

July 10, 2019 By Locavesting

The concepts of local and impact investing are easy for most people to embrace: what’s not to like about investing in places you love and businesses who are doing good in the world? But the methods of doing so require specialized knowledge of securities laws. That’s why lawyers may be the unsung heroes of impact […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Vulcan Capital Returns to TriLinc Global to Seed New Global Impact Offering

July 8, 2019 By IWV Partner

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Vulcan Capital, the multi-billion dollar investment arm of Vulcan Inc. has again selected TriLinc Global Advisors, LLC (“TriLinc”) to seed the launch of its new TriLinc Global Sustainable Income Fund II, LLC (“TGSIF II”). “Partnering with TriLinc to make investments in developing economies furthers Vulcan Capital’s mission,” said […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Low Income Co-Living Offers a Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis

June 11, 2019 By Locavesting

Call it a co-op for renters, or boarding house 2.0. Startup PadSplit, based in Atlanta, has a novel approach to solving the affordable housing crisis: shared homes, with private bedrooms for residents (or members, as they’re called), fixed utility costs and a business model that makes it all profitable for property owners. While many co-living startups […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing

Regulation Crowdfunding Turns Three!

May 22, 2019 By Locavesting

Regulation Crowdfunding, the law that ushered in mainstream crowdinvesting, turns three today. And while it might not be growing by audacious leaps and bounds, it’s not a slacker, by any means. Regulation Crowdfunding, a centerpiece of the 2012 JOBS Act also known as Title III, allows small businesses and startups to raise up to $1.07 […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

ComCap19 – Community Capital Conference

May 21, 2019 By Brian Kaminer

ComCap19, presented by the National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3), offers a unique educational and networking opportunity for all those working toward equitable, resilient, and engaged communities. Join community leaders, ecosystem builders, entrepreneurs, investors, citizens, and practitioners from across the country to share community capital models, mechanisms, and best practices to grow their local economies […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Delivering Impact at Scale: An Interview with TriLinc Global’s Paul Sanford, Chief Investment Officer

May 14, 2019 By IWV Partner

The following interview initially appeared in the report titled Private Credit Solutions: A Closer Look at the Opportunity in Emerging Markets, published by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (“EMPEA”). To download a full copy of the report, click here. Why is the EM debt opportunity attractive to TriLinc and its investors? TriLinc’s thesis is […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Opportunity Zones: A Summary of the New Guidance for Investors

May 8, 2019 By Guest Contributor

Paving the Way for Impact Investors & Fund Managers to Deploy Capital into Opportunity Zones: A Summary of the New Guidance by Chintan Panchal Since the Opportunity Zone legislation was enacted in December 2017, it has received a great deal of attention, primarily because of the potential for the tax incentives associated with this legislation […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing, Featured

TriLinc Global Ranks in Top 10 of Inaugural ‘100 Top Impact Companies’ of 2019

April 29, 2019 By IWV Partner

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TriLinc Global, LLC (“TriLinc”) has been selected as one of the “Real Leaders Top 100 Impact Companies” of 2019. This list, in its inaugural year, was developed in collaboration by Real Leaders, Big Path Capital, B Lab, Bain Capital, KPMG, and Mintz Levin to show that business can thrive as a force […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing

EMPEA Impact Investing Council

April 16, 2019 By IWV Partner

Industry Alliance TriLinc’s Chairman and CEO, Gloria Nelund, is a founding member of the Emerging Market Private Equity Association (“EMPEA”) Impact Investing Council. TriLinc shares the belief of EMPEA and their members that private capital can deliver attractive long-term investment returns and promote the sustainable growth of companies and economies. Led by Patricia Dinneen, EMPEA Senior […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Modern Philanthropy Through Impact Investing

April 9, 2019 By IWV Sponsor

This month, Cathy Berry of The Sandy River Charitable Foundation shares her organization’s impact investing journey. LOCUS is grateful to have friends like Cathy at The Sandy River Charitable Foundation, and we thank her for sharing their story. Philanthropy is motivated by the desire to make the world a better place. For my family, The Sandy River […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing, Beyond Investing

Capital for Change (C4C) – Newest Invest With Values Sponsor

April 3, 2019 By IWV Sponsor

Capital for Change Capital for Change (C4C) is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) with a 50-year history of providing more than $300 million in financing and technical assistance to preserve and create affordable housing for underserved populations, adopt energy efficiency and alternative energy measures to decrease costs and improve environmental impacts, and support small […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing, Beyond Investing, Featured

Why Happiness? Why Invest? – The International Day of Happiness

March 20, 2019 By Brian Kaminer

Should Happiness be part of the investing process? With today being the International Day of Happiness as declared by the United Nations, it is the perfect day to ask big questions and reflect.  There is a lot of talk about the Sustainable Development Goals being part of the investing process, the goals seem to focus on […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing, -Local Banking, -Sustainable-Responsible Investing, Beyond Investing

Weekly Impact Investment Market Update

February 25, 2019 By IWV Partner

Impact Investing & ESG Impact Investing Gains Traction in Canada The 2018 Canadian Impact Investment Trends Report says total assets under management (AUM) in impact investments — companies, organizations, or funds that aim to create a positive social or environmental impact in addition to a financial return — rose to $14.75 billion as of Dec. […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Weekly Impact Investment Market Update

February 12, 2019 By IWV Partner

Impact Investing & ESG Investors are Starting to See the Positive Effect of ESG Investing As the tide pulls some chief investment officers and asset owners toward improving corporate ESG practices, there is strong evidence that ESG investing is now rewarded, especially in the Eurozone, according to a recent Amundi SA study. Impact Investing Isn’t […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing

TriLinc Global Launches New Fund

February 11, 2019 By IWV Partner

February 06, 2019 10:15 AM Pacific Standard Time MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TriLinc Global, LLC announced today its Regulation D offering of the TriLinc Global Impact Fund II, LLC. “We are very pleased to continue to offer investors with what we believe to be lower risk access to private investment opportunities available in select-high growth economies […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing, -Sustainable-Responsible Investing

A Letter from RSF

January 23, 2019 By IWV Sponsor

Dear Friends, Happy New Year! As we step into 2019, we would like to express our deep gratitude to and for our community of clients and partners—thank you for your ongoing support and inspiration. RSF’s work toward creating a compassionate and regenerative economy has never felt more needed or important. This sense of urgency is […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing, Beyond Investing Tagged With: RSF, Sponsor

Weekly Impact Investment Market Update

January 21, 2019 By IWV Partner

Impact Investing & ESG An ESG Approach to Emerging Market Debt The growing interest in ESG factors reflects a developing trend that asset owners and investors are increasingly focused on sustainability alongside investment performance. BNP Paribas AM believes ESG factors are integral in emerging market investing. Institutions Increase ESG Focus in 2018 At the start […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing, -Sustainable-Responsible Investing

Why Low Minimum Funding Targets Hurt Investment Crowdfunding

January 15, 2019 By Locavesting

Many businesses raising money under Title III of the JOBS Act are setting “target amounts” as low as $10,000. I understand the motivation, but I’d urge issuers and the platforms to think twice. Background In Title III Crowdfunding (also known as “Regulation Crowdfunding” or “Regulation CF” or simply “Reg CF”), the business (known as the […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

The Year in Community Capital: Coops, Crowdfunding and Other Coups

January 10, 2019 By Locavesting

It’s been a head-spinning year. But amid the chaos, a lot of good progress was made in the community capital field.  Here are some of the top stories of 2018: 1. Coops Rising The United Nations designated 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives, but we would argue 2018 was the year that cooperatives really began to […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Weekly Impact Investment Market Update

January 9, 2019 By IWV Partner

Impact Investing & ESG How Green Wall Street Can Weather 2019 The New Year promises serious challenges for the rapidly growing number of socially conscious investors. Sustainable Investment in Asia: Ready to Take Off Broader adoption of ESG investing is now accelerating in Asia. In particular, we’re seeing a greater push by leading institutions or […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

A next system of community investment: Community Reinvestment Act reform in the 21st century

November 13, 2018 By IWV Partner

The Community Reinvestment Act was passed by Congress in 1977 to spur lending and investing in communities of color and lower-income neighborhoods. The CRA requires that deposit-taking banks reinvest capital back into the communities from where they draw those deposits. This requirement is based on the recognition that banks receive from the public an economic benefit from […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, Beyond Investing

Venture Capitalists Wear No Clothes (and Why Revenue Models Beat 10x Exits)

November 12, 2018 By Locavesting

From his perch as founder of Fledge, a network of social impact accelerators, Luni Libes has claimed the role of industry provocateur, critiquing the prevailing Silicon Valley model of investment and agitating for more aligned funding models. In particular, he’s an advocate for revenue-based funding, whether via loans or redeemable equity, where startups buy back their […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Weekly Impact Investment Market Update

November 7, 2018 By IWV Partner

Impact Investing & ESG Demand for ESG Investing is Knocking at Your Door…or Should Be Panelists at the InvestmentNews Women Adviser Summit discuss the opportunity of engaging clients and prospects on environmental, social and governance issues. World’s Largest Pension Fund Cites Improved ESG Adoption by Corporates Within Asia, equity portfolio from India showed the most […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

White People: Let’s Talk About White Supremacy

October 31, 2018 By LiftEconomy

By Ryan Honeyman, Partner at LIFT Economy One question has consumed me recently: “what is the role of a white person in conversations about racial justice (especially a white, cisgender, heterosexual, non-disabled, upper middle class male who is a U.S. citizen)?” I used to think that the appropriate role for a white male of my […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing, Beyond Investing

Weekly Impact Investment Market Update: October 26, 2018

October 30, 2018 By IWV Partner

Impact Investing & ESG Overheard at SOCAP18: The Alpha in Impact, Billions to Trillions, Women-Led Solutions, Elite Charade? The full spectrum of impact investing was on display on Day Three of the annual SOCAP conference. ImpactAlpha’s team fanned out to catch the conversation. 3 Ways to Create a Climate Change Investment Strategy The United Nations […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing

With Acquisition, A New Chapter for Vermont’s Milk Money

October 29, 2018 By Locavesting

Milk Money, a Vermont-only crowd investing portal, has been acquired, signaling a new phase for the platform—and perhaps the intrastate crowdfunding market as well. The two-year old intrastate crowdfunding platform’s new owner is the Vermont Innovation Commons, a regional innovation hub in Burlington combining a startup accelerator, co-working space and residential units under one roof. The […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Program for Diverse Founders Targets Lack of Friends and Family Funding

October 16, 2018 By Locavesting

Most startups fund their earliest days with money from friends and family, as well as angel investors. But what if your friends and family are not wealthy—and, in fact, are more on the struggling side of the equation? That’s the stark reality for many entrepreneurs, especially those from diverse backgrounds. The average white household has […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Buy The Block Empowers Black Communities to Invest in Themselves

October 3, 2018 By Locavesting

In this age of wealth inequality, runaway development and gentrification, it’s easy for communities to feel powerless in the face of rapid change. Lynn Smith founded Buy The Block, a real estate crowdfunding portal and the first portal that is African American-owned, to help change that dynamic. Smith (pictured above) has invested in real estate since […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

How One Solar Company Transitioned to Worker Ownership

October 1, 2018 By Locavesting

Solar Company Powers Up With Employee-Ownership Program Inclusive Economy Challenge Served as Framework for Business Restructuring What is it with solar companies? They seem to be among the leaders in sharing ownership with workers—see Namaste Solar, South Mountain Company, and PV Squared, for example. The latest convert is Technicians for Sustainability (TFS), a Tucson-based solar energy installation company and […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, Beyond Investing

Weekly Impact Investment Market Update

September 28, 2018 By IWV Partner

Impact Investing & ESG Why Foundations Should Step Up their Game in Impact Investing There’s a growing number of people in the world of social entrepreneurship focused on not just building impact-oriented companies, but on creating a more fundamental systemic change. Impact Investment: Private Equity Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Hasn’t Been Impact investing […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

TriLinc Celebrates 5 Years of Impact Investing

September 27, 2018 By IWV Partner

TriLinc celebrates 5 years of its impact investing strategy: Private Debt Plus®. The post TriLinc Celebrates 5 Years of Impact Investing appeared first on TriLinc.

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Women-Owned Businesses Surge, Led by Black and Latina Owners

September 25, 2018 By Locavesting

Women are creating more businesses than their male counterparts, and African American and Latina women are driving that trend. However, women, especially non-white women, still lag in  revenue and job creation. Those are some of the top line findings from the 2018 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, an annual report commissioned by American Express and prepared […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Noted Community Capital Lawyers Launch Crowdfund Mainstreet

August 28, 2018 By Locavesting

With more than 40 approved funding portals for Regulation Crowdfunding, the launch of a new portal might elicit a yawn. But Crowdfund Mainstreet, which debuts on Friday, has a unique pedigree—and a mission to match. The Oakland, CA-based portal is the creation of a pair of lawyers-Jenny Kassan and Michelle Thimesch-who have been on the front […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing

Weekly Impact Investment Market Update

August 27, 2018 By IWV Partner

Impact Investing & ESG To Invest for Impact, We Need to Start by Agreeing What ‘Impact’ Means  Michele Giddens, partner at Bridges Fund Management, explains how the Impact Management Project is the first sector-wide effort to produce a commonly-recognized convention for analyzing and talking about impact. State of the Small & Growing Business Sector- 2017 […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Community Development Loan Funds: An Effective Partner for Local Impact Investing

August 7, 2018 By IWV Sponsor

Bonny Moellenbrock, LOCUS’ advisor, shares insights on how Community Development Loan Funds (CDLFs) can be used for impact investing. This spring, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) and investment firm Symbiotics released The Financial Performance of Impact Investing Through Private Debt, the latest in a series of reports benchmarking impact investing opportunities in different asset […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Weekly Impact Investment Market Update

August 7, 2018 By IWV Partner

Impact Investing & ESG The Rise of ESG & Sustainable Governance in Blockchain A changing of the guard is taking place right now, as the Baby Boomer generation moves into retirement and Millennials form a growing proportion of total capital investments. The Rise of B Corps Highlights the Emergence of a New Way of Doing […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Is JOBS Act 3.0 About to Become Reality?

July 24, 2018 By Locavesting

Investment crowdfunding may finally get the fixes that advocates have long called for. On Wednesday, a sweeping collection of bipartisan bills known collectively as the JOBS Act 3.0 passed the House of Representatives with broad support. The package now moves to the Senate. Sponsored by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Ranking […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

Weekly Impact Investment Market Update

July 23, 2018 By IWV Partner

Impact Investing & ESG When Will “Socially Responsible” Investing Become Just “Investing” This year marks the 10th anniversary of the global financial crisis, bringing with it an inescapable reminder of the power of the finance industry. While many tangible things have changed over the past decade—from stricter regulation to big banks’ leadership ranks—more subtle, yet […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing

40 Years in the Making

July 11, 2018 By IWV Sponsor

Ms. Jessie Ball’s fortunes changed in 1920. It was during this year that Jessie, having returned to her childhood home in the Northern Neck of Virginia, reconnected with a long-time friend, Mr. Alfred I. duPont – of the distinguished duPont Family. Shortly thereafter, the two wed, and Jessie adopted the name that would become associated […]

Filed Under: -Community Investing, -Impact Investing

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