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From Securitizations to Affordable Housing: Working Toward a Positive Change

In our latest insight, IMPACT’s General Counsel Liz Kang reflects on what inspired her to join IMPACT as she approaches the anniversary of her first year.

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A Path into IMPACT

IMPACT’s newest team member, Director of Investor Relations and Capital Markets Melissa Radic, explains what led her to IMPACT and why she is excited to take on the opportunity in our most recent insight.

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Mitigating the Widening Affordability Crisis

Portfolio Manager Paul Hwang discusses how the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 has only amplified what businesses already recognize — the importance of affordable housing for their employees, customers, partners and the communities in which they operate.

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Q&A Series: Insights From Farmers' Tony Tomich

In the last insight of our Q&A series IMPACT owner and investor, Farmers Insurance, Tony Tomich, Head of Pension Investments, helps bust some of the myths of investing for impact.

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Impact Investing Q&A with Institutional Investors

Q&A Series: Pacific Life Offers Insider's Look at Impact Investing

In our ongoing Q&A series with our institutional investors, Pacific Life's Violet Osterberg discusses the challenges and opportunities of investing for impact.

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Impact Investing Q&A with Institutional Investors

Q&A Series: Nuveen's Perspective on Impact Investing

IMPACT is excited to debut a new series of Q&A’s with several of its investors. Hear insights from one of these pioneers in impact investing, Rekha Unnithan from Nuveen.

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Opportunities in Tax-Exempt Financing

Director Andrew Zimmerman explains how and why targeting niche or overlooked market segments has defined IMPACT’s value proposition and its ability to finance more than 45,000 affordable residences.

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Innovating securitization with Freddie Mac

Relying on an existing Freddie Mac security structure, the newly created Private Placement PC Swap execution was closed in April with IMPACT—the first investment manager to utilize it.

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Why IMPACT May Offer Stability in an Institution's Fixed-Income Portfolio

While many investors use impact strategies to fulfill a desire to promote social good, we believe that affordable housing has built-in characteristics (along with the low correlation we’ve discussed in previous posts) that make affordable housing debt a source for stable, attractive, long-duration investment.

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The Opportunities of Investing in Affordable Housing: Part 2

In our last blog, IMPACT presented analysis of the performance potential of affordable housing investments in the post-2008 era. In this follow-up blog post, we’ll examine another opportunity for institutional investors seeking entry into impact investing: The diversification attributes of affordable housing investments.

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