According to a recent article in The Business Times, a daily Singaporean newspaper, “Asia’s institutional and private investors have yet to warm to the microfinance sector, despite its prominence in the region and its resilience as an asset class this past downturn.”
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Releases January 2010 Newsletter
The Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), the microfinance information clearinghouse, has released its January 2010 issue newsletter in English, Spanish and French.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: The Second Microfinance & New Technologies Summit, March 11-12, 2010, Marrakech, Morocco
Event Name: The Second Microfinance & New Technologies Summit
Event Date: March 11-12, 2010
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Publishes Latest Trends in Kosovo Microfinance Institutions
In conjunction with the Association of Microfinance Institutions in Kosovo (AMIK), Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) published a report titled, “The 2009 Kosovo Microfinance Analysis & Benchmarking Report.”
KNOW A MICROFINANCE FOUNDATION: Rockdale Foundation
Overview:
The Rockdale Foundation provides grants for Arab microfinance institutions (MFIs).
KNOW A MICROFINANCE ORGANIZATION: Omidyar Network
Overview:
The Omidyar Network is an investment firm which invests in socially-oriented organizations.
KNOW A MICROFINANCE FOUNDATION: Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
Overview:
The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation provides grants to socially-oriented organizations.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: MIX Releases MicroBanking Bulletin No. 19, Providing Insight Into the Impact of the Global Economic and Financial Slowdown on the Microfinance Industry
The Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), a business information and data services provider for the global microfinance industry, recently released the latest issue of The Microbanking Bulletin, an industry journal of microfinance performance.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Dubai Slump Affects Remittances to Poorer Neighbors in Middle East
According to a recent article in Indian daily The Economic Times, Dubai’s financial crisis has caused a ripple around the Arab world, “eating away at the money many Middle East families depend on, sent home from relatives who work in Persian Gulf countries.”
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Awards $38m in Grants to Help Microfinance Institutions Expand Savings Initiatives for Poor
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded six grants worth a total of USD 38 million to help 18 microfinance institutions (MFIs) expand or launch savings initiatives.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: ICICI Prudential Asset Management Invests $900k in $10m Securitized Offering by Chennai-based Equitas Microfinance
ICICI Prudential Asset Management, an Indian fund manager, has invested in a securitized offering by Equitas Microfinance, an Indian microcredit lending firm based in Chennai, India.
WHO’S WHO IN MICROFINANCE: MicroEnsure
MicroEnsure was founded in 2005 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Opportunity International, a global non-profit microfinance network created in 1974.
MEET THE BOSS: Sebastien Duquet, Managing Director of PlaNIS (PlaNet Investment Services), a member of the PlaNet Finance Group
Sébastien Duquet is the Managing Director of PlaNIS (PlaNet Investment Services), a member of the PlaNet Finance Group.
MicroCapital: What is your background?
SD: Until recently, I was the Managing Director of PlaNet Finance, where I have worked since 2002. Previously, I was an auditor for Andersen and Ernst & Young for ten years, and I also worked for two years at HSBC bank.
MC: Please describe PlaNet Investment Services.
KNOW A MICROFINANCE FOUNDATION: Ford Foundation
Overview:
The Ford Foundation provides grants and loans to organizations and individuals that address social causes.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Closes First Microfinance Deal, $4.2m to Kashf Foundation
Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Ltd, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered PLC, has closed its first microfinance deal, a two-year term loan to Kashf Foundation worth PKR 350 million (USD 4.2 million).
KNOW A MICROFINANCE FUND: Unitus Equity Fund I
Overview:
The Unitus Equity Fund I is a private equity fund that invests in microfinance institutions (MFIs).
KNOW A MICROFINANCE FOUNDATION: Citi Foundation
Overview:
The Citi Foundation provides grants and guarantees to socially-oriented companies, including microfinance institutions (MFIs).
KNOW A MICROFINANCE FUND: Sequoia Capital
Overview:
The Sequoia Capital is a venture capital fund that allocates part of its portfolio to microfinance investments.