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For retiring business owners, employee buyout options can go head-to-head with private equity
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (1508+ words) Introducing Impact Alpha Edge. Track capital, LPs & GPs, and allocations. Retiring business owners that sell their companies to their employees can have their cake, and eat it too." "Provided the seller's business meets certain criterias, employee ownership will win on…...
Better financing can make employee ownership a game-changer for workers
2+ week, 2+ day ago (743+ words) Get a sneak preview of the data behind the stories. Track LPs, GPs and allocations. Was KKR's $4. 75 billion sale of Cool IT Systems, announced last week, good for workers? That depends on who you ask. Many employees of the Calgary-based…...
The Brief: Financing better buyouts for employee owners
2+ week, 2+ day ago (45+ words) Get a sneak preview of the data behind the stories. Track LPs, GPs and allocations. Greetings Agents of Impact! Dealflow overflow. Investment news crossing our desks: " View (or post) impact investing jobs on Impact Alpha's Career Hub. Thank you for…...
Larry Fink calls for long term investing and wealth-building solutions
3+ week, 2+ day ago (406+ words) Get a sneak preview of the data behind the stories. Track LPs, GPs and allocations. Larry Fink wants you to keep calm and stay invested. "When people invest their savings'over decades, not days'the capital markets put that money to work,…...
An unexpected partnership is boosting savings for low-income families
4+ week, 2+ day ago (408+ words) Get a sneak preview of the data behind the stories. Track LPs, GPs and allocations. Building savings is critical to'establishing'financial security. The ability to save underpins financial health for low-income and low-wealth households. It also serves as an important indicator…...
How impact investors are building portfolios for the 'longevity economy' (video)
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (617+ words) Longer lifespans, coupled with over-50 Americans" spending power and productivity, are fueling a "longevity economy" that would rank third among the world"s largest economies. Impact investors are seizing opportunities to support adults as they age. "Our focus is entirely…...
How "entrepreneurship through acquisition" can deliver benefits to workers, too
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (536+ words) Much ink has already been spilled about the $10 trillion transfer of business assets that is underway across the United States. Millions of small and mid-sized companies, many of them essential anchors of local economies, have baby boomer owners who are…...
Building foundation " and personal "portfolios that value and support aging
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1235+ words) By the end of this fall's Denver gathering of the philanthropy network Grantmakers in Aging, it's possible a few more foundations will choose to be known also as Impact Investors in Aging. The nearly 150 foundations in the network represent nearly…...
Sharing wealth with workers creates value for private equity buyout firms. So why not share more?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1529+ words) For The Riverside Company, a $13 billion private equity buyout firm, broad-based employee ownership has evolved from a values-driven experiment into a proven lever for value creation. The New York and Cleveland-based fund manager launched its Riverside Value Fund six years…...
Purpose trusts" power a business movement toward broader ownership and stakeholder governance
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (834+ words) Values-led founders are rethinking their exit options, and broadening the ownership of the businesses they've built. "Perpetual purpose trusts can help mission-driven organizations stay mission-driven forever," RSF's Dana Stranz and Issie Corvi of Purpose Trust Ownership Network, or PTON, wrote…...