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Episode 41 | April 15, 2019

Sustainable Funds US Landscape Report: More Funds, More Flows, Strong Performance in 2018

with Jon Hale, Global Head of Sustainability Research, Morningstar

Hale gives us the numbers from Morningstar’s 2019 Sustainable Funds US Landscape Report showing strong performance across the board for sustainable investing in 2018.

Episode Webinar | April 11, 2019

How to Bridge the Generational Divide and Transition Your Sustainable Practice

with Randy Kaufman, Senior Vice President, EMM Wealth; David Aaron, Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer, EMM Wealth; Glen Macdonald, Bronfman Rothschild Managing Director, Impact Investing Advisor

Our panelists discuss their approaches to sustainable and impact investment integration for multiple-generation, high net worth clients, including how wealth advisors and foundations are using ESG risk and impact measurements to optimize portfolio strategies and participate in growth opportunities in the transition to a low-carbon economy. Learn how the divide between multi-generational investors can be […]

Episode 40 | April 8, 2019

Adding Trillions to the Global Economy through Educational Opportunities for Women and Girls

with Joe Keefe, President, Pax World Funds

Keefe shows how integrating global social and environmental policies that support better education for women and girls can potentially add trillions of dollars to economic growth.

Episode 39 | April 1, 2019

Opportunities for Women Advisors: The Invest in Women Conference 2019

with Dorothy Hinchcliff, Executive Editor, Financial Advisor Magazine

Hinchcliff explains how the Conference, now in its 5th year, helps women in finance develop partnerships with investors as stewards of family wealth. Keynote speakers span the generations of activist women leaders who are addressing the most pressing financial and social issues.

Episode 38 | March 25, 2019

Achieving SDG #9: U.S. Needs $3 Trillion for Sustainable Infrastructure Upgrades

with Hazel Henderson, Founder & President, Ethical Markets Media

Where does capital need to be deployed in the US to build resilient infrastructure, foster innovation, and promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization? Henderson explains how her Green Transition Scoreboard tracks the requirements for funding.

Episode 37 | March 16, 2019

ESG Metrics and Shareholder Advocacy Drive Appleseed’s Top Performance on Morningstar World Allocation

with Matt Blume, Portfolio Manager and Head of ESG Research, Appleseed Capital

APPLX ended 2018 with performance in the top 5% of Morningstar’s World Allocation category for 1, 3 and 10 years. Blume tells us how shareholder advocacy can influence the integration of ESG metrics into the long term value creation of companies owned in the Appleseed Fund (APPLX), for which his firm is the adviser.

Episode 36 | March 9, 2019

“The Purpose of Capital”: Blended Value and Impact Investing Across the Generational Divide

with Jed Emerson, Founder, Blended Value Group; Senior Fellow at Center for Social Investing, University of Heidelberg, Germany

In this episode Emerson talks about his eighth book, The Purpose of Capital, and shares insights from his personal and professional journey as an internationally recognized Thought Leader in impact investing, social entrepreneurship and strategic philanthropy.

Episode 35 | March 4, 2019

Blending Behavioral Finance and Multi-generational Impact Investing Advice

with Randy Kaufman, Senior VP & Strategic Growth Advisor, EMM Wealth

Kaufman talks about how incorporating behavioral finance principles with impact investing advice can strengthen client relationships with family offices and foundations. She especially likes working with women who are stewards of family wealth.

Episode 34 | February 23, 2019

Beyond Risk & Return: Purpose Driven Investment at Bernstein

with Michael Lear, Vice President & CFA, Bernstein Private Wealth Management

After two decades integrating impact and values-driven purpose into equity and fixed income portfolio strategies for entrepreneurs, foundations and family offices, Lear is a man on a mission: using public and private capital market funding to help his clients achieve sustainable investment goals.

Episode 33 | February 15, 2019

Digital Assets 2019: How Blockchain-based Capital Markets Are Creating Financial Value

with Vincent Molinari, Co-Founder, Templum, Inc. and Jane King, CEO, LilaMax Media

King and Molinari talk about how digital assets will continue to change the way we use financial assets. Advisors and investors will learn how blockchain-based technologies can reduce cost and diversify ownership and how regulators are responding.