CuttingEdgeX Has Officially Launched! Post-Recession, Making Main Street Investing Possible.

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  Investment Crowdfunding for the 100% CuttingEdgeX, the Direct Public Offering marketplace, has gone live!  Direct Public Offerings are now online and more accessible than ever!   Direct Public Offerings (DPOs) are open to 100 percent of investors – from wealthy professional “accredited” investors to those who have never invested in anything before. …

The Challenge of Institutional Investment in Renewable Energy

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance

David Nelson and Brendan Pierpont, Climate Policy Initiative, March 2013             Available via Creative Commons A move toward renewable energy sources will require significant long-term, low-cost investment. Policymakers, faced with fiscal constraints and a still-recovering financial system, have begun to look to institutional investors – principally pension funds and insurance …

Carson Beadle joins EMM Advisory Board

Jay OwenAdvisors' Forum

For-Profit Organizations – Current ·         Chairman, Executive Committee, Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, plus Finance, corporate governance, marketing. ·         Member, Advisory Board, SelectMinds, Inc., NYC     Non-Profit – Current ·         Chairman, co-founder, The Health Project, White House supported C. Everett Koop National Health awards. ·         Elected …

Federation Issues Major Study of CDCUs and CDFI Industry

kristyCommunity Development Solutions

Federation Issues Major Study of CDCUs and CDFI Industry (March 14, 2012 – New York, NY) A major new study by National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (Federation) President/CEO Cliff Rosenthal, entitled Credit Unions, Community Development Finance and the Great Recession, has been released by the Federal Reserve Bank …