Brad Swanson

Brad Swanson is an adjunct faculty member in the Costello College of Business at George Mason University. He is a partner in a socially responsible fund management firm, Developing World Markets (www.dwmarkets.com).  He has extensive experience in international finance with business travel to more than 60 countries. Prior to entering the finance industry he served as a foreign service officer in the U. S. Department of State, with tours of duty in Senegal and Liberia. He has an MBA from Columbia University.

Media Clippings

• Do Better ESG Ratings Boost Bond Holders? CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor, August 30, 2023
• Republicans Are Gaslighting Us on Poverty, The Nation, August 21, 2023
• The Right Hates Ethical, Social, Governance (ESG) Investing. The Left Should, Too., The Nation, June 29, 2023
• Do ESG Funds Have Higher ESG Scores?, CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor, March 31 2023
• Three Ways to Reboot ESG for Social Value, Impact Alpha, May 31, 2022
• Everyone Loses With Shareholder Value, Including Shareholders. Medium.com, 31 Aug. 2020
• Securitization in Microfinance. Microfinance Insights, June 2007

Working Papers

• The Role of International Capital Markets in Microfinance. In S. Sundaresan (Ed.), Microfinance: Emerging Trends and Challenges. Edward Elgar, 2008 (available on ResearchGate and SSRN)