Posts Tagged ‘Central America’

By Matthew Fuchs Microfinance Focus, Feb 4, 2010: While microfinance institutions in Latin America are recovering as the general economic climate stabilizes, demand from MFIs for debt will remain subdued in the first half of 2010. And when growth returns, it is unlikely to be at the pace the industry has enjoyed previously. In terms of investment, Latin ... 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 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 & Partenaire pour le dévéloppement”, said a statement. Impulse Microfinance Investment Fund is shareholder of Apoyo Integral Inversiones, a microfinance investment company in Central America.  Since 2008 Apoyo Integral Inversiones is ... Full story