Manny Friedman – EJF on Economic Opportunity Zones (EP.91)

<p>Manny Friedman is the founder of EJF Capital.  Manny discussed his background and his nuanced take on markets last July in Episode 61 of the podcast. In that conversation, he mentioned a new regulation in the U.S. that created an area of investing called Economic Opportunity Zones.  I started learning about Economic Opportunity Zones from Manny and dove in for my day job.  Since then, more and more eyes are viewing investments in Opportunity Zones, and I asked Manny to sit down with me to share his perspective.</p> <p>Our conversation covers the governments broad, bipartisan effort to reallocate capital to underinvested areas of the country, how tax incentives will potentially unlock trillions of dollars of unrealized capital gains, the future attraction of Economic Opportunity Zones to nontaxable and ESG investors, the ways in which the program could fall short of its lofty goals, and specific examples of how a virtuous circle can get created and make a meaningful dent in the economic divide in the United States</p> <p style= "margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; color: #262626; -webkit-text-stroke: #262626;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><u><strong>Learn More</strong></u></span></p> <p style= "margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 12.0px;">  </p> <p style= "margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; color: #6b006d; -webkit-text-stroke: #6b006d;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href= "http://capitalallocatorspodcast.com/transcripts"><u>Discuss show and Read the Transcript</u></a></span></p> <p style= "margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 12.0px;">  </p> <p style= "margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; color: #6b006d; -webkit-text-stroke: #6b006d;"> <span style= "font-kerning: none; color: #262626; -webkit