Asset ownership can significantly enhance an individual or family’s ability to build and most critically pass on wealth. However discriminatory policies and practices have prevented households of color from accumulating and passing on intergenerational wealth, in addition to cultural barriers that impact people’s confidence or willingness to engage in the financial system. Most people think of home ownership as the primary way to accumulate wealth, however, financial asset ownership and employee ownership are also two critical pathways to closing the racial wealth gap. Learn about an accelerated baby bonds pilot in Atlanta, an innovative platform to increase capital market investments for Black consumers and an employee ownership model that builds wealth and improves job quality for businesses across the country.

This session is brought to you in partnership with Prudential Financial.