The seventh annual Sorenson Impact Summit with SOCAP Global took place May 25 through May 27. The summit featured three days of inspirational conversations around innovations in impact investing, building equitable entrepreneur ecosystems, the future of higher education, and using data to drive impact. This year, the summit gathered virtually, with the objective of delivering a more inclusive and accessible summit. For three days, [...]
Opportunity zones are emerging as a hot investment for Wall Street firms seeking a big tax break. The zones, long championed by Jim Sorenson and the Sorenson Impact Center at the David Eccles School of Business, are seeing a flurry of activity, according to The New York Times.
We had a day full of inspiration and innovation at the Winter Innovation Summit, hosted by Sorenson Impact Center. The event brings together the brightest minds in innovation and impact investing to brainstorm new ways to improve social good. Every session at the Winter Innovation Summit was packed with information and new ways of thinking, but here are a few of our favorite moments [...]
Giving back as we give gifts to others embodies the spirit of the holidays. It's also good business. That's according to Jim Sorenson, impact investing pioneer and founder of Sorenson Impact. In a new op-ed, he argues the case for making 2018 the year of the philanthropic investor. Read the full piece in Forbes.
This week, Dean Taylor Randall, Jeramy Lund and I had the privilege of traveling with Jim Sorenson to an event he sponsored in New York City that is hosted by the Financial Times called “FT Investing for Good USA.” The convening of 150 people is billed as an event spotlighting “Innovative Finance as a Force for Global Change.” It attracted speakers such as the [...]
James Lee Sorenson provided the Eccles School of Business with gift in 2013 to create the James Lee Sorenson Global Impact Investing Center (SGI Center) which focuses on impact investing. He wrote this guest post about the subject in Forbes. ### Charitable giving has hit a record high in the United States; household, charitable, and foundation giving are all on the rise. In 2014, Americans [...]
Pre-business student Lauren Vandertoolen attended the recent lecture by guest speaker Curt Bassett, an investment advisor brought to the David Eccles School of Business by the U's Ethics Club. Bassett has more than 25 years of experience in investment consulting, wealth management and impact investing, and is the founder of Impact Investment Leaders, and previously worked for Merrill Lynch as the company's National Director [...]