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Capital Has Power through the Hands that Steward It

Capital Has Power through the Hands that Steward It

Growing up, my dad would always tell me, “What makes you good can also make you bad.” I never gave much thought beyond his gentle reminder, but as the years have rolled by, I now know what he was referring to. At the time, I was an overly-driven teenager working...

Bridging the Disconnect

Bridging the Disconnect

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...

Impact Investing: From Talking to Doing

Impact Investing: From Talking to Doing

After 5 years of relationship building, we can now assemble a room of over 25 top RIAs from across the country who are trying to figure out how to implement Impact investing into their service offerings. This was not even possible 2 years ago. The rationale for this...

It Starts By Asking Questions and Then Listening

It Starts By Asking Questions and Then Listening

At the beginning of my Impact Investing journey, I was humbled and overwhelmed as I sat in meeting after meeting trying to learn as much as I could about the industry. With a passion for Impact Investing and a vision to go after, I realized that in order to get to a...

Stephen Hester Joins CommonGood as New VP of Investments

Stephen Hester Joins CommonGood as New VP of Investments

CommonGood Capital is proud to announce the addition of Stephen Hester to our team. Stephen serves as the VP of Investments. He leads CommonGood’s Due Diligence and Investment committee for our Impact Investment Platform. Stephen’s capital markets career began in the...

The Values Of Older And New Generations Are Increasingly Difficult To Reconcile

The Values Of Older And New Generations Are Increasingly Difficult To Reconcile

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...

Advisers who ignore ESG do so at their own R-I-S-K

Advisers who ignore ESG do so at their own R-I-S-K

Investment News wrote a great article detailing how as interest in ESG investing grows over time, advisers are rapidly reaching an inflection point with clients who want their assets to line up with their values… A FlexShares survey last year of 285 people who work...

Come See Us at IPA Summit

Come See Us at IPA Summit

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...

Jeff Shafer: On Impact

Jeff Shafer: On Impact

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, on the origins of Impact Investing, the benefits for investors, the balance of traditional and impact investments, and more... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsnQBCLy_p0

Green Loan Principles Explained

Green Loan Principles Explained

The Green Loan Principles (GLP) have been developed by an experienced working party, consisting of representatives from leading financial institutions active in the global syndicated loan markets, with a view to promoting the development and integrity of the green...

Interview with a Financial Advisor

Interview with a Financial Advisor

One of our most important tenets at CommonGood is to intentionally pursue a diverse spectrum of perspectives from as many angles of the Impact Investing industry as possible. To this end we regularly reach out to investors, fund managers and of course - financial...