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MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Investments in Microfinance 2009: Conference on Surviving the Liquidity Crisis and Ensuring Sustainable Growth to be held in London, United Kingdom from July 7-8, 2009

Investments in Microfinance 2009: Surviving the Liquidity Crisis and Ensuring Sustainable Growth

July 7-8, 2009, London, United Kingdom

HansonWade Ltd., a London based research firm will host Investment in Microfinance 2009, a two-day conference event in London on the 7th and 8th of July, 2009. The event is focused specifically on the theme ‘Surviving the Liquidity Crisis and Ensuring Sustainable Growth’ and will explore how key microfinance institutions (MFIs) and funds are changing their strategies to ensure survival amidst the financial crisis. Participants at the event include institutional investors, portfolio managers, equity investors, consultants, asset managers, philanthropic investors and socially responsible investors. Key organizations participating in this event include the Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, CitiGroup, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, SKS Microfinance, Blue Orchard, IFC, KFW and Women’s World Banking among others. The event will be held at the Hilton Easton Hotel in London.

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

  • Analyzing the timeline of the capital market credit crisis and its effect on investors and microfinance institutions
  • Exploring how MFIs can create more efficient, sustainable financial structures by adopting sophisticated cash and treasury management techniques
  • Examining the role foundations have played traditionally and how they can continue to drive market efficiency
  • Emerging risk assessment models being deployed to offset the financial crisis
  • Effective use of risk capital
  • Sources of funds still available to microfinance today
  • Resilience of microfinance asset quality
  • Importance of rating in microfinance and third party validation in an economic crisis
  • Efficiency in reducing costs and increasing profitability in microfinance
  • Legal issues in microfinance transactions
  • Role of equity in the growth of the microfinance industry

The complete agenda for both days can be obtained here. Speakers at the event include Asad Mahmood, Managing Director at the Duetsche Bank; Elizabeth Littlefield, Director and CEO, CGAP; André Laude, Chief Information Officer, IFC; Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO, Woman’s World Banking; Bob Annibale, Global Head of Microfinance, CitiGroup and Christian Speckhardt, Member of the Board, responsAbility. The complete list of speakers and panelists at the event can be found here.

Two post-conference workshops will also be held on the 9th of July. The first workshop will focus on the subject ‘New Approaches for Managing Foreign Exchange and Interest Risk’. The second workshop will be on Effective Management Tools to Mitigate Refinancing Risk. For detailed information on the workshops, please click here.

The event registration fee for microfinance institutions (MFIs), microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) and Fund Managers is:

  • EUR 1997 for the conference and both workshops
  • EUR 1598 for the conference and one Workshop
  • EUR 1199 for the conference only.

Discounts of up to EUR 350 and EUR 250 are available for registering before May 1st and June 5th respectively.

The registration fee for all other participants is:

  • EUR 2497 for the conference and both workshops
  • EUR 1998 for the conference and one Workshop
  • EUR 1499 for the conference only.

Discounts of up to EUR 400 and EUR 300 are available for registering before May 1st and June 5th respectively. Group discounts are also available. For details on the complete pricing information, please click here.

The event brochure along with the registration form can be downloaded here.

To register online for the event, please click here. To register over the phone, call 0203 178 3420. The registration forms can also be faxed to 0203 008 6180. Registration forms along with the registration fee (made payable to Hanson Wade) can also be mailed to:

Hanson Wade Ltd,

83 Victoria Street,

London,

SW1H 0HW

In case of queries, please fill the callback form available here with contact details, following which an event representative would get in touch to respond to the query.

Sponsors for the event include MFXSolutions the hedging services company; Incofin Investment Management the specialized fund management company; Southtech the Bangladesh based microfinance management solution software company and Triple Jump the Amsterdam based microfinance fund manager. Media Partners include MicroCapital and Microfinance Insights among others.

To learn more about sponsoring the event, please contact Miles Harley at 020 3178 3421 or email miles.harley@hansonwade.com.

By Bharathi Ram, Research Assistant

Additional Resources:

Event Website: Investment in Microfinance 2009

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