responsAbility, a Swiss-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) manager, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has invested USD 201,000 in equity financing from two of the funds it manages in two microfinance-focused investment firms.
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund and responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds Lend $1.5m to Arnur Credit of Kazakhstan, AfK of Kosovo and Arvand of Tajikistan
responsAbility, a Swiss-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) manager, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has provided USD 1.5 million in debt financing from two of the funds it manages to three microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Kosovo and Central Asia.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund and responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds Disburse $72,000 to KapitalMujer and Te Creemos of Mexico
responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund, a Swiss-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) manager, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has provided MXN 942,000 (USD 72,000) in debt financing to two Mexican microfinance institutions (MFIs).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund and responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds Commit $3.3m to Microfinance Institutions Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Armenia (ACBA) Credit Agricole Bank and Nor Horizon Universal Credit Organization (UCO) Limited Liability Company (LLC) of Armenia
responsAbility, a Swiss-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) manager, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has executed debt investments totaling USD 3.3 million in two microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Armenia. Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Armenia (ACBA) Credit Agricole Bank, a microfinance bank that is partially held by Credit Agricole of France, will receive USD 1 million from responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds and USD 2 million from the responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund. Nor Horizon United Credit Organization (UCO) Limited Liability Company (LLC), a regulated MFI, will receive USD 300,000 from responsAbility Global Microfinance. The investment funds are two of four funds operated by responsAbility, the others being responsAbility Base of the Pyramid and responsAbility Microfinance Leaders.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund and responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds Disburse $2.5m to Bank Constanta and Credo, Microfinance Institutions in Georgia
responsAbility, a Swiss-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) manager, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has executed debt investments totaling USD 2.5 million in two microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Georgia. Joint Stock Company (JSC) Bank Constanta, a microfinance bank in Georgia, will receive USD 375,000 from responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds and USD 1.25 million from the responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund. Limited Liability Company (LLC) Microfiance Organization (MFO) Credo, a non-bank financial institution, will receive USD 400,000 from responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds and USD 600,000 from responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund. The investment funds are two of four funds operated by responsAbility, the others being responsAbility Base of the Pyramid and responsAbility Microfinance Leaders.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds and responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund Loan Total of $500,000 to Microfinance Institution Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) in Ghana
responsAbility, a Swiss-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) manager, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has executed debt investments totaling USD 500,000 in Ghana. Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT), a private non-governmental organization (NGO) established in Ghana in 1994, will receive USD 350,000 from responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund and USD 150,000 from responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds. The investment funds are two of four funds operated by responsAbility, the others being responsAbility Base of the Pyramid and responsAbility Microfinance Leaders.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Pledges $1b to Small Business in Southeast Europe In Preparation For Annual Meeting to be Held from June 8-10, 2010
European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), an organization based in Germany that attempts to foster economic development in Southeast Europe through the provision of microcredit, pledged EUR 900 million (USD 1 billion) to various financial institutions to support small businesses in the Southeast region of Europe at a press conference held in Skopje, FYR Macedonia. The conference was held in order to prepare for the Fund’s Annual Meeting, which is to be held from June 8-10, 2010 in Ohrid, FYR Macedonia. The money is specifically meant to finance long-term loans to small business, in particular to micro- and small enterprises (MSEs), as well as housing improvement loans to low-income households.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds Disperses Total of $3.2m to Microfinance Banks Inecobank of Armenia, AFK of Kosovo, Lazika Capital of Georgia and Coomuldesa of Colombia
The responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds, a microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) founded in 2007, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has executed debt investments totaling USD 3.2 million in four microfinance banks. The largest amount, USD 1.5 million, went to Inecobank, an Armenian bank founded in 1996 with a gross loan portfolio of USD 91.7 million [1]. The MIV reports total assets of USD 108.5 million as of 2009, and is one of four funds operated by responsAbility, the others being responsAbility Base of the Pyramid, responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund and responsAbility Microfinance Leaders Fund.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund Invests Total of $2.76m in Microfinance Banks Crezcamos Colombia and Coomuldesa of Colombia and Nueva Vision of Peru
The responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund, headquartered in Switzerland and founded in 2003, has executed debt investments totaling the equivalent of USD 2.76 million to three microfinance banks, according to a report submitted by responsAbility to MicroCapital. The microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) reports total assets of USD 358 million as of 2009 and is one of four funds operated by responsAbility, the others being responsAbility Base of the Pyramid, responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds and responsAbility Microfinance Leaders Fund.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund and responsAbility Microfinance Leaders Fund Disperse Total of $750k to Indian Microfinance Investment Vehicles Indian Financial Inclusion Fund and LOK Capital Fund
responsAbility Microfinance Leaders Fund and responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund have executed respective equity investments of USD 411,000 and USD 339,000 in MIVs that invest primarily in Indian microfinance institutions (MFIs) according to a report submitted to MicroCapital.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund Invests total of $4.6m in Microfinance Banks Inencobank of Armenia, Lazika Capital of Georgia, Aregak of Armenia and Centurion of Russia
The responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund, based in Switzerland founded in 2003, has executed debt investments totaling USD 4.6 million in four microfinance banks. The MIV reports total assets of USD 358 million as of 2009, and is one of four funds operated by responsAbility, the others being responsAbility Base of the Pyramid, responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds and responsAbility Microfinance Leaders Fund.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds and responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund Invest Total of $2m in Tanzanian Microfinance Bank PRIDE
responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds and responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund have executed respective debt investments of USD 500,000 and USD 1.5 million in PRIDE (Promotion of Rural Initiative and Development Enterprises Limited), a Tanzanian microfinance institution. PRIDE was founded in 1994 and reports total assets of USD 36.8 million, a gross loan portfolio of USD 27.9 million and a return on assets of 1.93 percent. PRIDE has been primarily funded by Norad, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation [1, 2]. Through a mix of loans and grants, Norad has committed USD 7.3 million to PRIDE. The organization uses a “modified Grameen” methodology where borrowers form groups to guarantee each group member’s loan. Loans range from TZS 50,000 (USD 36) to TZS 100 million (USD 72,706).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Vision Microfinance Fund Invests $2m in EcoFuturo of Bolivia
Vision Microfinance Fund, a Luxembourg-based fund that focuses on microfinance institutions (MFIs) in emerging countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, recently invested USD 2 million in EcoFuturo, a Bolivian microfinance institution (MFI) with 43,486 active borrowers and total assets of USD 118 million as of 2009.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility to Stop Issuing Shares for Global Microfinance Fund
Effective May 26, 2010, the responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund (rAGMF), which directly invests in microfinance institutions (MFIs) and microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs), will temporarily stop accepting investment. A statement released by responsAbility suggests high liquidity, resulting from steadily high net investment inflows and slowing demand for microfinance credit from MFIs driven by the global economic crisis, as the cause of the stoppage [1].
KNOW A MICROFINANCE FUND: responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds
Overview:
The responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds is a microfinance investment vehicle, which mobilizes capital for microfinance institutions (MFIs).
KNOW A MICROFINANCE FUND: responsAbility Microfinance Leaders
Overview:
ResponsAbility Microfinance Leaders (rAML) is a microfinance investment vehicle that mobilizes capital for microfinance institutions (MFIs).
KNOW A MICROFINANCE FUND: Hivos-Triodos Fund (HTF), Incofin Rural Impulse Fund (RIF), Incofin VDK MFI Loan Portfolio, ACCION Latin America Bridge Fund (LABF)
The following microfinance investment funds are profiled in this brief:
Hivos-Triodos Fund (HTF)
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Hivos-Triodos+Fund+%28HTF%29
Incofin Rural Impulse Fund (RIF)
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Incofin+Rural+Impulse+Fund+%28RIF%29
Incofin VDK MFI Loan Portfolio
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Incofin+VDK+MFI+Loan+Portfolio
ACCION Latin America Bridge Fund (LABF)
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=ACCION+Latin+America+Bridge+Fund+%28LABF%29
KNOW A MICROFINANCE FUND: Dual Return Fund
Overview:
The Dual Return Fund loans money to microfinance institutions (MFIs), which are retail micro-lenders.