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Episode Synopsis
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How green lenders are scrambling to salvage investable deals as a federal appeals court maintains a Trump freeze on billions of dollars from the greenhouse gas reduction fund. Employee ownership takes a big leap forward as a company with 100,000 employees sells a 30% equity stake to an employee ownership trust (07:15). And, a look at fusion nuclear energy, a sector receiving the attention and billions of dollars of investments from family offices among other very patient investors (14:15).Story links:“In-home caregivers get a stake in Consumer Direct Care Network as bigger companies discover employee ownership trusts,” by Roodgally Senatus“Green lenders scramble to salvage deals as appeals court OKs freeze on accounts,” by David Bank and Amy Cortese“As fusion energy advances, so does its capital stack,” by Amy Cortese.
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