Posts Tagged ‘Nicaragua’

By Naagesh Naaraayana Microfinance Focus, Jan. 20, 2010: ResponsAbility microfinance fund invested a total fo $123 million in 2009 despite the difficult economic environmen, of which $11.1 million was invested in December 2009, said its monthly report. In December,  the fund placed a total of $11.1 million via numerous small investments in twelve countries, including Kenya and the Philippines.  The fund, which was skeptical about Nicaraguan situation ... Full story

By Matthew Fuchs Microfinance Focus, Jan. 20, 2010: Microfinance institutions are anticipating demand for loans to recover in the first quarter of this year, according to Vienna-based Dual Return Vision Microfinance Fund in its monthly update for december . It stated that some investee MFI predictions for 2010 were optimistic after a cautious year in 2009, ... Full story

By Matthew Fuchs Jan. 16, 2010: With its mature and dynamic microfinance sector, Latin America is one of the world’s largest microfinance investment markets. As a result, the region’s response to the financial crisis has profound implications for microfinance investment globally. To gauge the current state of the investment climate in Latin America, Microfinance Focus has ... Full story

By Matthew Fuchs Jan. 15, 2010: With its mature and dynamic microfinance sector, Latin America is one of the world’s largest microfinance investment markets. As a result, the region’s response to the financial crisis has profound implications for microfinance investment globally. To gauge the current state of the investment climate in Latin America, Microfinance Focus has ... Full story

By Matthew Fuchs Jan. 14, 2010: With its mature and dynamic microfinance sector, Latin America is one of the world’s largest microfinance investment markets. As a result, the region’s response to the financial crisis has profound implications for microfinance investment globally. To gauge the current state of the investment climate in Latin America, Microfinance Focus has ... Full story

By Matthew Fuchs Jan.11, 2010: Microfinance Focus has conducted a survey of fund managers about the investment climate in Latin America. Here are the views of Eelco Mol, Regional Director for Latin America at Triple Jump, a global fund manager with strong presence in Latin America. The funds they manage include the Oxfam-Novib Microfinance Fund and ... Full story

By Matthew Fuchs Microfinance Focus, Dec. 16, 2009: The Dual Return - Vision Microfinance Fund has posted a positive result for November, with a gain of 0.21% for its public share class (Class P) and 0.26% for its institutional class (Class I) in November, according to the fund's monthly report. Returns year-to-date are 2.85% and 3.46% for Class P and Class I respectively.  The fund made $3 ... Full story

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 declined 0.04% during November but year-to-date performance remains on track, says BlueOrchard in its monthly report. The microfinance sector in Nicaragua has been affected significantly by the international financial crisis, which ... Full story

By Matthew Fuchs Microfinance Focus, Dec. 15, 2009: The ResponsAbility's Global Microfinance Fund (rAGMF) registered negative performance in November, said its monthly report. The performance declined 0.23% in November for the US dollar-denominated share class while the returns year-to-date remained flat at 0.77%, suggesting fund performance this year will be down considerably compared to last year. The rAGMF returned 6.44% in 2008. "Demand from microfinance institutions for financing ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Oct. 5, 2009: A new report on microfinance sponsored by International Finance Corporation has ranked India number four while Peru topped the list among surveyed countries for having the best business conditions for microfinance. This is the second year in a row that Peru tops the charts in the Microscope Index, part of the microfinance report, which also is sponsored by the Multilateral ... Full story