Bipartisan support for CDFIs under Trump, and Canada's first Employee Ownership Trusts

🎧 This Week in Impact. Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Why Trump's order to cut a Main Street lending program led to a rare GOP rebuke. How Canadian employee ownership trusts offer a path to shared prosperity along with protecting national sovereignty (06:17). And finally, as private equity fundraising becomes more competitive, how GPs can differentiate on impact (12:53).RSVP for the call:⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3AUkUaVZTyivXhXx0oVsrw⁠Story links:“⁠⁠Threat to CDFI Fund gives community lenders a chance to flex bipartisan support⁠⁠,” by David Bank and Amy Cortese“⁠In Canada, employee ownership trusts offer a path to shared prosperity and national sovereignty⁠,” by Roodgally Senatus.“⁠Differentiating on impact, tapping retail investors: Charting the changing private equity landscape⁠” by Amy Cortese