Housing is critical to quality of life, especially for older adults. A 2014 report released by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and AARP Foundation discusses how America’s older population is experiencing unprecedented growth, but the country is not prepared to meet the housing needs of this aging group.
Category: Impact Investing
Picture a large office building in your nearest city. At night, there are usually a handful of lights on in various rooms and offices which you notice from miles away. Now picture that same building during the day with every light on and consider the amount of energy that is […]
If you’ve gone through the home buying or renting process during the past few years, you may have seen something called a Walk Score while exploring properties online. This metric, which is patented by a company with the same name, has become a popular addition to online real estate sites such […]
Impact/ESG investing myths have been widely dispelled through much academic and practical research over the years, yet they still persist. Responsible investing is rapidly growing, having enjoyed a 135% increase in assets under management since 2012 to $8.72 trillion, yet the skeptics still remain.1 We recently co-hosted a webinar with Jeff […]
As we enter the second half of the year, we highlight our most popular blog posts to date from 2018. Enjoy! -The CCM Team
In honor of National Homeownership Month, the team at CCM is shining a spotlight on one of our most important impact themes: affordable housing. Since our inception in 1999, we have helped facilitate 18,300 home mortgages for low- and moderate-income borrowers, provided $895 million in statewide homeownership and down payment […]
Did you know that women make 83 percent of the household consumer decisions and control about $14 trillion in assets? Through inheritance, a minimum of $22 trillion in assets will shift to women in the coming years. A recent article in WealthManagement.com highlighted the increasingly powerful role women are playing […]
In response to client requests and trends in the impact investing space, the team at CCM is continually evaluating opportunities to find additional themes that can contribute to positive environmental and social outcomes while looking to delivering superior risk-adjusted returns. You may recall a previous blog post on how CCM’s […]
With tremendous growth in SRI, ESG and Impact Investing, many RIAs are only scratching the surface of how impact can enhance client relationships and grow their business. As more clients look to align their portfolios with their values, are your clients embracing impact investing? Do you know if they are […]
There was a lot of discussion and heightened interest in 2017 by institutional investors looking to align their investments with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a collection of 17 global goals adopted by the United Nations in late 2015. The broad goals are interrelated, covering a range of social and […]