Don't miss our new Private Credit: The Original Impact Investment white paper from Stephen Hester, CFA, CommonGood's VP of Investments - as recently featured in ADISA's AI Quarterly magazine (Volume 17, Issue 2). The paper provides insights into the historical...
It's official - Jonathan Shafer, Managing Director of Fortis Green Renewables recently made the announcement... We are thrilled to announce our strategic investment with Hydrobox, a portfolio of eight small hydropower assets situated in Central Kenya. This...
Prior to 2010, allocations to private credit in endowment or high worth client portfolios were rare. Today, strategies under this umbrella exceed $1.2 trillion in assets under management (AUM). Many average investors now have exposure through Business Development...
In 2015, I was increasingly concerned with protecting the downside in our personal investments. At that point in my career, I had been in the financial services industry for 20 years. Nearly 18 of those years were directly involved in different types of real estate:...
Walker & Dunlop released their Multifamily Outlook for the first half of 2023. The report is full of insights from their seasoned team of commercial real estate professionals, clients, and partners in the multifamily space, in which they are an industry...
Alliant Strategic Investments (ASI), the manager behind the ASI Multifamily Impact Fund, recently released their Impact Report for 2022. In short, ASI focused on improvements both in the properties they served and in their ability to streamline internal processes...
Having been to many Alliant Strategic assets in the past, it was a privilege earlier this month to take a few RIAs on a site visit and due diligence tour of the first property acquired in ASI Multi-Family Impact Fund. Oak Hill Village is a 181 unit property...
The ADISA conference taking place April 24-26th, will feature a presentation by Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, on "The State of Impact." This will be part of the 2023 Spring Conference's General Session I, which will provide an in-depth overview of the...
The ASI Multi-Family Impact Fund, LP, which is focused on providing Affordable and Workforce housing primarily serving minority populations and lower income residents, recently acquired Crosswinds Apartments - an affordable, 109-unit multifamily property situated in...
Forty minutes south of Orlando, I sat in an old prison “classroom” with 40 men all working towards improvement, change and new beginnings. While an observer could easily tell the outward difference between the volunteers and the men in “blues,” that same observer...
The ASI Multi-Family Impact Fund (MFIF), formed by Alliant Strategic Investments (“ASI”) and CommonGood Capital, recently made some exciting progress as the second investor close was announced to occur on January 16th. The MFIF sources, acquires, enhances,...
The ASI Multi-Family Impact Fund, LP, which is focused on providing Affordable and Workforce housing primarily serving minority populations and lower income residents, recently acquired Oak Hill Village Apartments - an affordable, 181-unit multifamily property...
One of the central missions of CommonGood Capital is to bridge the disconnect between the growing number of investors wanting to see their investments making a positive impact in the world and wealth managers struggling to incorporate these relatively new ideas into...
There are numerous human and financial factors pertaining to affordable housing. As of the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau, over 30 U.S. states, including Florida, California, and Texas – the three largest by population - have at least 5% of adults...
Wealthmanagement.com recently published a great article on how family offices are seeing new challenges in succession planning due to the increasingly wider investment values differences between older and younger generations... "In particular, succession...
CommonGood Capital is proud to announce Virtual Summit: AFRICA, an informational webinar featuring 9 guest speakers gathered to share their experiences of Impact in one of the fastest growing economies in the world. With one of the fastest-growing regional economies...
Don't miss Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital on May 6th at 8:30am for a panel on ESG & Impact in Alternative Investments at the IPA Summit in Washington D.C. ESG and Impact Investing fall under the umbrella of Sustainable Investing. Already confused? With a...
Ellevest, a leading advisory service designed with the goal of closing gender money gaps, recently released a white paper titled "Impact Alternatives: Seeking Double (or Triple) Bottom Lines" that answers the question: What if you could invest to mitigate climate...