Heron Bond Portfolio Retrospective

As the Heron Foundation's first impact bond portfolio manager, they asked me to do a look back at what impact investing looked like 15 years after the portfolio's creation.  The first report posted at Heron.org examined a taxable municipal bond that financed the construction and development...

Climate Gentrification

Weather disproportionately affects those least able to afford it. Termed “climate gentrification”, the displacement of poor income residents by wealthier residents following weather-related disasters, is occurring throughout the country.   In an essay on Bloomberg.com, Christopher Flavelle highlights how housing authorities across the country are failing...