Investments
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Incofin aims at closing fundraising for Rural Impulse Fund II in 2 months
By Nagesh Narayana Microfinance Focus, Feb. 5, 2010: Incofin, a Belgium-based microfinance fund, is raising funds for its second Rural Impulse Fund with a target of about ...0 comments
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Asian Microfinance Investors to meet at Singapore, Focus on wholesale microfinance strategy
Microfinance Focus, Jan 25, 2010: Leading Minds in the Asian microfinance industry meet at a conference in Singapore bringing together central banks and policy makers, commercial banks, asset managers, private and institutional investors, multilateral investors, ...0 comments
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Apoyo Integral Inversiones acquires Mexico’s Semisol microfinance
By Nagesh Narayana Microfinance Focus, Dec. 16, 2009: Apoyo Integral Inversiones, a microfinance investment company in Central America, has acquired acquired a controlling interest in the Mexican MFI Semisol, last October, through a buy-out of “Investisseur ...0 comments
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Incofin gets Govt guarantee for microfinance investments in Congo
Microfinance Focus, Dec. 16, 2009: The Flemish government has approved the request for guarantee for the Incofin investment in DR Congo, which will facilitate Incofin to invest safely in Finca Congo, a microfinance institution with ...0 comments
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Microfinance investments independent from capital market fluctuations: LuxFlag
By Matthew Fuchs Microfinance Focus, Dec. 16, 2009: Microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) remain "largely de-correlated" from other capital markets, a study of by LuxFlag of MIV performance during the economic crisis has found. Despite a slowing ...0 comments
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Nicaraguan crisis continues to impact Dexia Microfinance Fund: BlueOrchard
By Matthew Fuchs Microfinance Focus, Dec. 15, 2009: Dexia Microcredit Fund (DMCF) posted slightly negative returns in November due to continued provisioning against loans to microfinance institutions in Nicaguara, according to fund manager BlueOrchard. The fund ...0 comments
More in Investments
- Grameen Koota NBFC-Microfinance receives over 27.5 crore equity funding
- IDB provides $3.5M to Chilean AgroDesarrollo fund
- Mexico’s Financiera Independencia launches ADR program in US
- Mexico’s Financiera Independencia to acquire Financiera Finsol for $41 million
- OPIC $25 million loan to ProCredit to boost SME lending
Conferences
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BRAC founder Fazle Abed to address Africa-Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit
Microfinance Focus, Jan.8, 2010: Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of BRAC in Bangladesh and a pioneer in the fight to end poverty, will participate in the Africa-Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit to be held April ...0 comments
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SA-DHAN- FICCI conference to focus on responsible microfinance and financial inclusion
Microfinance Focus, Jan 05, 2010: SA-DHAN, a network of microfinance institutions in India, in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is organizing national level microfinance conference on 17th & 18th ...0 comments
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Spain to host 2011 Global Microcredit Summit
Microfinance Focus, Dec. 7, 2009: Spain will host the Global Microcredit Summit 2011. Spain is the second largest bilateral donor to international microfinance. The 2011 Global Summit to be held in Valladoid, Spain is expected to ...0 comments
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Srijan 2009 to spur discussion on Social vs. Commercial Aspects of Microfinance
Microfinance Focus, Dec. 05, 2009: Srijan 2009 Microfinance Forum and Awards hosted by Intellecap & Standard Chartered Bank at Hyatt Regency in Mumbai will address and spur the discussion around Social vs. Commercial Aspects of ...0 comments
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IFC, EBRD to hold workshop on governance codes
Microfinance Focus, Dec. 1, 2009: The IFC Global Corporate Governance Forum and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will hold a two-day workshop on Corporate Governance in Tbilisi this week to be attended ...0 comments
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Claims of 100% financial inclusion nominal: RBI Governor
Microfinance Focus, Nov. 28, 2009: Even where 100% financial inclusion is claimed (Karnataka state in India), oftentimes it is inclusion only in a nominal sense, said RBI Governor Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao in a keynote address ...0 comments
