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Recommended read: Fiduciary duty comes up in nearly every asset owner space that I'm in, from large institutional investors and their trustees, to investment managers and consultants. If you're in this space (new or a veteran of it), thinking deeply about FD is so valuable. Kudos to my friend and former colleague Sandhya Nakhasi for adding a sharp and creative perspective to the conversation.

In the midst of continued and concerted #backlash to #racialprogress, it feels difficult to think beyond our current conditions to create the enabling conditions for a world where all people can thrive. But, it’s necessary, now more than ever, to make space for imagining what is possible by examining the concepts that keep the status quo of concentrated wealth and power in place. Reframing the concept of #fiduciaryduty is just one of these examples of how to challenge underlying arguments that are cutting off capital to the communities and organizations that need them most. I hope this reframe offers space for us think differently about our responsibilities to each other in ensuring that we all have the resources to thrive. I want to recognize Agnetha Jaime Gloshay, Jennifer Swayne Njuguna, Esq. SHRM-SCP, Jess Yupanqui Feingold, Ryan Glasgo,Victoria Monteiro, Donovan Ervin, Marjorie Kelly, Lisa Nutter, Leslie Christian, CFA, and Steve Dubb for your thought partnership (in small and big ways) to help bring this piece from musings and frustrations over the past few years to something productive. Article: https://lnkd.in/eEEe4PDu #impactinvesting #fiduciaryresponsibility #fiduciaryduty #systemschange #communityinvestment #philanthropy #economicdevelopment

I love this piece, Sandhya. I am particularly struck by how you often say to investors, “You can’t build wealth for Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color by continuing to extract wealth from these same communities that have faced multigenerational exclusion and extraction from our financial systems.” And then you are met with blank stares. We need to make the clear case that financial returns do not fall from the sky, pristine and unblemished. They far too often come through extracting from workers, debtors, communities, the environment. Redefining fiduciary duty beyond obligation to wealth holders is critical. And this one technical solution is best understood as part of a broad rethink: who is an economy for? https://lnkd.in/gb9pHkDT When financial assets are 5 times GDP, their relentless, single-minded focus on maximum returns is no longer a private matter. It is a form of bias toward wealth that harms the rest of us. Thank you for speaking out, Sandhya. We need more voices like yours. Find fodder for argument in Wealth Supremacy: https://lnkd.in/gWN45S8w

To create new systems, we must first challenge, reconsider, and redefine our current extractive systems. Sandhya Nakhasi, co-CEO here at Common Future explores what it might take to create a "reoriented framework that centers humanity" by exploring finance, and the role fiduciaries have for the communities we center. https://lnkd.in/eW2s3Dc4

Yes - this from Marjorie Kelly "We need to make the clear case that financial returns do not fall from the sky, pristine and unblemished. They far too often come through extracting from workers, debtors, communities, the environment. Redefining fiduciary duty beyond obligation to wealth holders is critical. And this one technical solution is best understood as part of a broad rethink: who is an economy for? " Who is an economy for? WHAT is an economy for? Is it there to aid flows of value (aka power) in wholistic circles? Or does it exist to extract value and flood it up to the very, very top of a steep-sided pyramid. For sure, it can't be both.

Here's a vital political question around economic inequality and the erosion of democratic institutions - why should the super-rich be able to transform their wealth into political power, and just how far can they go? 👉A provocative and timely counter-narrative: https://loom.ly/cdha8lE #billgates #gatesfoundation #economicinequality #economy #politics

"248 years later, those ideals are the subject of today's culture wars as head into the general election: What and who represents America? Yet, we have not asked ourselves as a nation the most looming question: how have we changed since 2020?" Dive into my latest blog for a powerful exploration of grief, America, and the high-stakes 2024 election season. Don’t miss it! #grief #America #2024election

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