MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Financial Research Associates, LLC to host Microfinance West 2.0: The Social and Commercial Investor’s Summit on July 13-14, 2009 in Washington, D.C

Microfinance West 2.0: The Social and Commercial Investor’s Summit

July 13-14, 2009, Washington, D.C.

Financial Research Associates (FRA), LLC the research firm in California providing focused business information to executives and managers, will host Microfinance West 2.0: The Investment Opportunity Summit in Washington D.C. on the 13^th and 14^th of July, 2009. The two day event will be geared specifically towards social and commercial investors and will focus on an array of topics including the role of intermediaries in a microfinance deal, the value of ratings in today’s economy, new opportunities for microfinance professionals and new investment strategies for pensions, foundations and endowments. The event is open to current and prospective microfinance investors, public pension funds, private pension funds, foundations, endowments, other institutional investors, investment consultants, social entrepreneurs, microfinance managers, high net worth individuals, family offices, microfinance funds, attorneys, investment and commercial banks. The event details have been posted on the FRA website

The agenda for the two day event will include presentations and panel discussions on the following topics:

Deal-making in an Environment of Falling Asset Prices
Microfinance Mergers: Consolidation in Hard Economic Times vs. More Efficient Mechanism for Growth
Optimal Structures in the Face of Foreign Investor Restrictions
Establishing the Value of Microfinance Ratings, Indexes, and Performance Standards
New Products in Microfinance
Intermediaries and Financial Advisors: Their Role and the Key Players
The Resilience of Microfinance in the Credit Crunch crisis and the Unforeseen Risks
The Equity Investor Panel: Private Equity, Venture Capital, & Convertibles
Innovative Business Models, Tools and Strategies for 2010
Ways in which replicators have surpassed or have fallen short of the original microfinance model
Investing in Publicly Traded MFIs and Identifying and Evaluating Pre-IPO MFIs

The names of moderators, panelists and participating speakers at the event haven’t been disclosed yet.

The organizers will also host a pre-conference workshop targeting people who are new to the field of microfinance. The topics of the workshop will focus on:

Basic investment strategies
Common terms and phrases of microfinance
Microfinance players and the roles they play in the investment organization.
Microfinance deals

The registration fee for the conference and the workshop is USD 2095. To attend only the conference, the fee is USD 1795. To register online for the event, please click here. Discounts for group registration are also available. For more information on discounts, please email tmclaughlin@frallc.com or call 704-341-2442.

Suggestions for topic ideas or speakers concerning this event can be directed to Alyson Runnion at (831) 465-2294 or arunnion@frallc.com.

For information on exhibit opportunities or to learn more about sponsoring the event, please contact Christy Tester at (704) 341-2446 or ctester@frallc.com.

By Bharathi Ram, Research Assistant

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