Appointments reflect rapid growth as impact investments surge 60 percent and grants jump 76 percent in 2020.
Northampton, MA –News Direct– ImpactAssets
BETHESDA, Md., September 22, 2021 /3BL Media/ – ImpactAssets, a leading $1.6 billion impact investing firm, announced three promotions across its investment and business development teams:
Sandra Osborne Kartt, CFA has been promoted to Managing Director, Investments
Nick Peters has been promoted to Director, Investments
Deb Parsons has been promoted to Managing Director, Business Development
The promotions follow a rapid growth of the firm’s leading-edge impact investment offerings for individuals, advisors, foundations, corporations and other partners. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, ImpactAssets and its clients made 220 investments in funds and companies that are having a transformative impact on people and planet, totaling $415 million in impact investments. Clients also doubled down on their commitment to solving the world’s greatest challenges, generously giving $181 million in grants, a 76 percent increase.
CEO and Chief Investment Officer Margret Trilli said, “I am thrilled to announce these well-deserved promotions. Sandy and Nick have each been vital in building a best-in-class lineup of impact investments, leading the team in completing 21 due diligences last year, and Deb has been instrumental in strengthening top tier service amidst explosive growth in new clients. With continued expansion in our impact investment and charitable activity, I am tremendously excited to see what they will accomplish next.”
Sandra Osborne Kartt, CFA
As Managing Director of Investments, Sandra manages the team responsible for sourcing, due diligence and selection for investment options spanning asset classes and impact themes. With expertise in social equity and microfinance, she oversees the ImpactAssets’ Impact Notes Program. Prior to joining ImpactAssets, Sandra served as a Risk Officer at Developing World Markets, an impact investment asset manager focused on linking the capital markets and financial institutions serving the bottom of the pyramid in emerging and frontier economies. She also worked at Keefe Bruyette & Woods, a boutique investment bank, as a sell-side equity research analyst covering the U.S. banking industry. Sandra holds an MA in Economics from New York University, a BS in Economics from Louisiana State University, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Nick Peters
Nick’s new duties as Director of Investments include overseeing the sourcing, due diligence and selection of investment options with expertise in Climate Solutions. Prior to ImpactAssets, Nick was on the investment teams at AiiM Partners and Factor[e] Ventures, where he led investments in early and growth stage investments delivering positive environmental and social change. He also worked as a Financial Fellow at Project Drawdown, where he focused on financial and impact modeling of climate solutions, mobilizing climate-friendly capital, and launching a new global modeling platform. Nick holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA with a BA in Economics and International Studies.
Deb Parsons
As Managing Director of Business Development, Deb leads all client engagement and business development at ImpactAssets. She has 15+ years working with investors, donors and large-scale initiatives to create positive social and environmental change. Deb has played key roles in consulting projects focused on bringing together disparate stakeholders for a common good with specific focus on gender and racial equity. She has worked in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors across impact areas. Deb holds an MBA from Kenan Flagler Business School, UNC Chapel Hill, where she was a Carolina Venture Fellow.
About ImpactAssets
ImpactAssets is the leading impact investing partner for individuals, families and philanthropists tackling the world’s greatest challenges by investing in the world’s brightest ideas. We make it easy for our clients to “discover, connect and invest” in game-changing entrepreneurs and funds. Founded in 2010, ImpactAssets increases flows of money to impact investing with our 100% impact investment platform and field-building initiatives, including the IA 50 database of private debt and equity impact fund managers.
The ImpactAssets Donor Advised Fund is an innovative vehicle that empowers donors to increase the impact of their giving by combining it with strategic, sustainable and responsible investing to build a sophisticated philanthropic endowment. The Fund currently has more than $1.6 billion in assets in 1,700 donor advised funds, working with 350 wealth advisors across 60 financial services firms.
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Tesla soared Wednesday as investors bet that the electric vehicle maker and its CEO Elon Musk will benefit from Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Tesla stands to make significant gains under a Trump administration with the threat of diminished subsidies for alternative energy and electric vehicles doing the most harm to smaller competitors. Trump’s plans for extensive tariffs on Chinese imports make it less likely that Chinese EVs will be sold in bulk in the U.S. anytime soon.
“Tesla has the scale and scope that is unmatched,” said Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, in a note to investors. “This dynamic could give Musk and Tesla a clear competitive advantage in a non-EV subsidy environment, coupled by likely higher China tariffs that would continue to push away cheaper Chinese EV players.”
Tesla shares jumped 14.8% Wednesday while shares of rival electric vehicle makers tumbled. Nio, based in Shanghai, fell 5.3%. Shares of electric truck maker Rivian dropped 8.3% and Lucid Group fell 5.3%.
Tesla dominates sales of electric vehicles in the U.S, with 48.9% in market share through the middle of 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Subsidies for clean energy are part of the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022. It included tax credits for manufacturing, along with tax credits for consumers of electric vehicles.
Musk was one of Trump’s biggest donors, spending at least $119 million mobilizing Trump’s supporters to back the Republican nominee. He also pledged to give away $1 million a day to voters signing a petition for his political action committee.
In some ways, it has been a rocky year for Tesla, with sales and profit declining through the first half of the year. Profit did rise 17.3% in the third quarter.
The U.S. opened an investigation into the company’s “Full Self-Driving” system after reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian. The investigation covers roughly 2.4 million Teslas from the 2016 through 2024 model years.
And investors sent company shares tumbling last month after Tesla unveiled its long-awaited robotaxi at a Hollywood studio Thursday night, seeing not much progress at Tesla on autonomous vehicles while other companies have been making notable progress.
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index was up more than 100 points in late-morning trading, helped by strength in base metal and utility stocks, while U.S. stock markets were mixed.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 103.40 points at 24,542.48.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 192.31 points at 42,932.73. The S&P 500 index was up 7.14 points at 5,822.40, while the Nasdaq composite was down 9.03 points at 18,306.56.
The Canadian dollar traded for 72.61 cents US compared with 72.44 cents US on Tuesday.
The November crude oil contract was down 71 cents at US$69.87 per barrel and the November natural gas contract was down eight cents at US$2.42 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract was up US$7.20 at US$2,686.10 an ounce and the December copper contract was up a penny at US$4.35 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 16, 2024.
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index was up more than 200 points in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets were also headed higher.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 205.86 points at 24,508.12.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 336.62 points at 42,790.74. The S&P 500 index was up 34.19 points at 5,814.24, while the Nasdaq composite was up 60.27 points at 18.342.32.
The Canadian dollar traded for 72.61 cents US compared with 72.71 cents US on Thursday.
The November crude oil contract was down 15 cents at US$75.70 per barrel and the November natural gas contract was down two cents at US$2.65 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract was down US$29.60 at US$2,668.90 an ounce and the December copper contract was up four cents at US$4.47 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 11, 2024.
