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JFI Social Wealth: Notes from our London Climate Action Week Reception
JFI and the Forum of Brazilian Sovereign Wealth Funds co-hosted a receiption at LCAW.
JFI at the 2026 Global Aluminum Symposium in Miami
On macroeconomic conditions, policy developments, and supply-chain dynamics.
HudsonUP Basic Income Pilot: Fifth and final report
"A mixed-methods evaluation (biannual surveys and interviews) shows that steady, unconditional cash reduces financial stress but cannot overcome systemic barriers...
New Research: Rebuilding American Higher Education
"From an Engine of Inequality to a Pillar of the Public Interest."
Press Release: JFI Kicks Off African Regional Integration Fund Engagements
JFI and partners launched discussions to explore a procurement-led Regional Integration Fund with high-level engagements in Zambia, South Africa, and...
JFI and CVF-V20 Advance Proposal for Multi-Sovereign Investment Fund at World Bank & IMF Annual Meetings
A press release from JFI's Social Wealth initiative.
JFI at the Indonesia Sustainability Forum in Jakarta
JFI Fellow Madeline Craig-Scheckman attended to build out her research series, Minerals-Based Industrial Policies in a Fragmenting World.
New Series: Unpacking Mineral Markets
"The future of mineral markets is promising, but deeply uncertain."
Now live: 2025 Proxy Voting Data from the Center for Active Stewardship
Find free data on how asset managers such as Vanguard and Blackrock have voted on corporate activity.
New Research: The (In)accessibility of OBBB’s New Tax Cuts
Does the One Big Beautiful Bill benefit working families?
Editorial: Proposing a Price Observatory in Brazil
Isabella Weber, Laura Carvalho, and JFI collaborate on a proposal to examine food price inflation
New Publication from the Compton Pledge: Insights for Tax Credit Policy Design
Lessons from an 800-family study in California.
Announcing the Center for Active Stewardship’s Proxy Voting Database
The first public database of proxy votes cast by U.S. asset managers
Now Hiring: Managing Editor, Phenomenal World
PW seeks a managing editor to manage the full scope of PW’s editorial workflow.
New Report Explores How Sovereign Wealth Funds Integrate Social Impact
Survey-based report is the first systematic look at how social impact is defined, measured, and monitored across the $13 trillion SWF...
New Publication: Benchmarking Opportunity in Transition-Critical Mineral Markets
On a new tool for policymakers from the Critical Mineral portfolio.
New Publication Series: Low-Income Families with Children and The Reconciliation Debate
"Rather than assessing the reconciliation package as a whole, this series focuses on the specific policies and debates that matter...
Regulation roundtable at the Fórum de Fundos Soberanos Brasileiros
JFI's Paul Katz moderated a panel on strategic investment
Experts Convene to Discuss Social Impact Practices for Sovereign Wealth Funds
High-level workshop gathers SWF representatives, academic researchers, international financial institutions, and asset managers to debate social impact measurement and monitoring.
JFI and Climate Vulnerable Forum move towards multi-sovereign investment fund
April 23 meeting with V20 representatives from eleven member countries kicks off discussions on new South-South mechanism to organize climate investment.
HudsonUP Basic Income Pilot releases year four report
Qualitative and quantitative research on how guaranteed income has affected recipients.
New Higher Education Finance Research covered in Marketwatch
“The people who do have their student loans cancelled, this clearly lifts a significant financial burden."
Phenomenal World partners with Chartbook China
The first in a series of Phenomenal World pieces translated for a Chinese-speaking audience.
Phenomenal World’s Andrew Elrod in New York Magazine
On Bidenomics.