MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) and CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) Criticize Muhammad Yunus’ Method of Judging Microfinance Institutions’ (MFIs’) Interest Rates

Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Lead Researcher, Mr Adrian Gonzalez, has published a report on MIX titled, “Analyzing Microcredit Interest Rates: A Review of the Methodology Proposed by Mohammed Yunus.”

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: LeapFrog Investments Microinsurance Fund Raises Additional $65m in Commitments from International Finance Corporation (IFC), KfW, Flagstone Reinsurance, and Soros Economic Development Fund

LeapFrog Investments, an international for-profit microinsurance fund, recently announced that it had raised an additional USD 65 million in commitments, bringing the fund’s total to USD 112 million.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Releases 2009 Benchmarking Report on Latin America and Caribbean Region

The nonprofit Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) has released the 2009 Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report in English and Spanish.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: XBRL International Publishes Case Study from The Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX)

XBRL International has published a case study from the nonprofit Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) outlining MIX’s efforts to implement and develop an XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) taxonomy for microfinance.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Releases Third Annual Global Ranking of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)

The Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), the microfinance information clearinghouse, recently released its third annual ranking of microfinance institutions (MFIs), The Mix Global 100.

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.”

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.

KNOW A MICROFINANCE FUND: Luxembourg Microbanking Intermediary Scheme Appui au Developpement Autonome (Luxmint ADA), Microcred Group, MicroCredit Enterprises, CRS CORDAID Microfinance Alliance Fund

The following funds are detailed in this brief:
Luxembourg Microbanking Intermediary Scheme Appui au Developpement Autonome (Luxmint ADA)
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Luxembourg+Microbanking+Intermediary+Scheme+Appui+au+Developpement+Autonome+%28Luxmint+ADA%29

Microcred Group
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=MicroCred

MicroCredit Enterprises
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=MicroCredit+Enterprises

CRS CORDAID Microfinance Alliance Fund
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=CRS+CORDAID+Microfinance+Alliance+Fund

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