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• Hidden Risks of Securitization – Part II: Establishing a Sounder Basis for Microfinance

  

  By Daniel Rozas and Vinod Kothari, Microfinance Focus , August 19, 2010 : Our earlier article on the Hidden Risks behind Microfinance Securitization raised serious concerns about the inherent and largely unrecognized risks embedded in securitizations of microcredit assets.  While we believe that this article provided a useful contribution to microfinance sector, we ...

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• Editor`s Pick: 10 Must Read Exclusive Interviews on Microfinance Focus Website

  

  Editorial staff at Microfinance Focus has picked out the best and most interesting read interviews based on number of readings, discussion and feedback. Need ...0 comments

• SPANDANA could be next in IPO trail from Indian Microfinance sector

  

  Microfinance Focus, Aug 1, 2010: Seeing spectacular performance of SKS Microfinance IPO, other big players in the sector are also gearing up to explore the gains of capital market. Hyderabad based Spandana Sphoorty Financial Ltd, ...1 comment

• Enterprise-wide Risk Management in Microfinance Institutions: The ASA Experience

  

  By Saleh Khan, Country Director , ASA International, Nigeria This paper explores the typical risks that microfinance institutions (MFIs) face in their operations and outlines some of the steps that ASA, one of ...3 comments

• Islamic Microfinance – An idea whose time has come in India?

  

  By Priyanka Jayashankar and Robert Goedegebuure, Microfinance Focus, July 16, 2010 : As a plethora of financial inclusion models emerge across India, vast segments of the Muslim community still remain under-banked. In recent years, a handful ...0 comments

• The Fundamental Premise of Securitisation: The Microfinance Case Study

  

  By Vineet Sukumar, IFMR Capital, Microfinance Focus , July 14, 2010 : In a recent post in Microfinance Focus, Daniel Rozas and Vinod Kothari have argued that microfinance securitisation does not, in reality, separate ...0 comments

• The Hidden Risks behind Microfinance Securitization

  

  By Daniel Rozas and Vinod Kothari, Microfinance Focus , July 06, 2010 : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently promulgated proposed guidelines for securitization by non-banking finance companies that if implemented, would essentially ...21 comments

• How to calm the charging bull – An agenda for CGAP in the decade of the “teenies”

  

  By Sanjay Sinha, Microfinance Focus, June 15, 2010 : Synopsis : International microfinance is at a critical juncture in 2010.  As a sub-sector of the financial services industry, microfinance has evolved from the slow moving ...6 comments

• Microfinance in the Field: Spawning Microentrepreneurs in God’s own Country

  

  By Priyanka Jayashankar & Robert Goedegebuure, Microfinance Focus, June 15, 2010: The portico of a rustic household is abuzz with the chatter of women in the midst of a joint liability group meeting convened by ...0 comments

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• Expert Meeting on Social Performance of Microfinance Institutions

  Microfinance Focus, Sep 3, 2010: Netherland based microfinance investment manager Triple Jump in collaboration with Oikocredit and CGAP will be ...

• BMZ contributes EUR 8m to Green for Growth Fund

  Microfinance Focus, Sep 3, 2010: Increasing the fund’s size to EUR 128 million, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation ...

• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gives $5.6m grant to Water For People

  Microfinance Focus, Sep 3, 2010: Water For People, a non-profit international development organization, has received a $5.6 million grant from ...

• EBRD lends 2.9 billion roubles loan for Russian SMEs

  Microfinance Focus, Sep 2, 2010: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – EBRD will be lending up to 2.9 ...

• Microinsurance essential for Financial Inclusion – Pranab Mukherjee

  Microfinance Focus, Sep 2, 2010: Addressing a gathering at the Global Insurance Summit organized by ASSOCHAM in Mumbai on Wednesday, ...

• IFC, Daiwa announce second bond to support microfinance in developing countries

  Microfinance Focus, Sep 2, 2010:  World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Daiwa Securities Group have announced their plan to ...

• Microfinance Insti VEF appoints Dianne Calvi as President and CEO

  Microfinance Focus, Sep 2, 2010: Village Enterprise Fund (VEF) has appointed Ms. Dianne Calvi as its new President and Chief ...

• IFC annual investments surpass $2 billion in Africa

  Microfinance Focus, Sep 1, 2010: International Finance Corporation (IFC), the financial arm of World Bank increased its investments in Sub-Saharan ...

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