CDVCA’s Kerwin Tesdell and Julian Wood attended the CDFI Institute, the annual conference of the CDFI Coalition, in Washington, DC on March 15 & 16, 2023. The Coalition is the advocacy organization for the CDFI industry, including community development venture…
On October 22, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued Interpretive Bulletin 2015-01 ("IB 15-01"), which provides clarification on the conditions under which a fiduciary of a plan that is subject to the fiduciary standards of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") may invest plan assets in economically targeted investments ("ETIs"). Put simply, the conditions required for ERISA pension funds to able to invest in ETIs.
Today, July 30, 2015, Senators Stabenow, Shaheen, and Peters are reintroducing the Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2015 to provide another $1.5 billion in funding for the State Small Business Credit Initiative.
Yesterday, (July 23, 2015) the Senate Appropriations Committee reported out a Fiscal Year 2016 spending bill for Financial Services and General Government which included appropriations for the Treasury Department and the CDFI Fund. The Committee’s reported bill included a level of $221…
The Senate Finance Committee approved on July 21, 2015 a tax extender package. The bill includes an amendment by Senator Cardin to increase NMTC credit authority to $3.94 billion for 2015 and 2016. The cost of the amendment is $230 million…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today a national listening tour to solicit public opinion regarding a new strategic framework for the CDFI Fund. The CDFI Fund is particularly interested in hearing…
On June 15, the U.S. Treasury Department’s CDFI Fund announced that more than $3.5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) awards would aim towards spurring investment and economic growth in low-income urban neighborhoods and rural communities throughout the country.…
The CDFI Fund is sponsoring a great opportunity to learn about and receive training and assistance in forming and operating a Community Development Venture Capital (CDVC) fund. We are cooperating with our sister CDFI trade associations in providing a series…
The pace has begun to pick up on Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Appropriations. On April 22nd, the House Appropriations Committee approved the 302 (b) allocations for the 12 appropriations subcommittees. For the Financial Services Subcommittee, the total available is $20.25 billion,…
Three members of the House Ways and Means Committee, including Congressmen Pat Tiberi (R-OH), Tom Reed (R-NY) and Richard Neal (D-MA), introduced a bill to permanently extend the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program. New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2015…