Impact Investing
Opportunity Zones: A Boon For Investors or Real Opportunity For All?
On May 15, 2019
This article was originally published by Minnesota Council on Foundations in Giving Forum Magazine’s Spring 2019 Edition Written by Susan Hammel, CFA Call me Pollyanna but...
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Building a Place-Based Impact Investing Ecosystem in Minnesota
On November 15, 2018
This article by Mission Investors Exchange originally appeared on the Mission Investors Exchange blog in May 2017 A Closer Look at the Minnesota Collaboration Mission Investors...
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How to Launch a Collaborative Fund
On October 25, 2018
How to Launch a Collaborative Fund By Eric White, CAIA and Susan Hammel, CFA, Cogent Consulting Ever since we launched the Minnesota Impact Investing Initiative in...
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Why I Love Impact Hub
On August 09, 2018
Getting Out of My Basement: Why I Love The New Impact Hub/FINNOVATION Lab At first, it was all about the coffee. Consulting entails many coffee meetings...
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Good Intentions In Impact Investing Are Not Enough
On March 13, 2018
Good Intentions In Impact Investing Are Not Enough I didn’t get into impact investing because of a life goal to become a banker, a dream to become a...
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Impact Investing Is Hot: Why Am I Worried?
On January 10, 2018
Impact Investing Is Hot: Why Am I Worried? In this article for Minnesota Council on Foundation’s Giving Form I describe the challenges I see facing the...
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What’s Up With Women and Impact Investing?
On January 03, 2018
I was inspired; I was impressed; and I was informed by the High Water Women Foundation’s 5th annual Investing for Impact Symposium in New York City....
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Local Matters: Why Not Invest Where You Live?
On October 05, 2017
Local Matters: Why Not Invest Where You Live? Philanthropy Northwest is developing a fund inspired by the Minnesota Impact Investing Initiative which Cogent facilitated for Minnesota...
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“But For Us?” Is It Still a Useful Impact Investing Question
On August 07, 2017
When I worked for Prudential Financial Impact Investments, we could only invest in projects that met the “but for us, this project won’t happen” test. For example, but for...
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How to Grow an Impact Investing Ecosystem
On May 30, 2017
In February of 2016, in partnership with Impact Hub MSP and support from the Bush Foundation, Cogent Consulting began a year long project to grow the...
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