MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments of Loans $8m to Contactar of Colombia, Vision Banco of Paraguay, Forjadores de Negocios of Mexico and Ecuadorian Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) COAC Progreso, Fundación Alternativa

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has made debt investments totaling the equivalent of approximately USD 8.25 million in microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Mexico.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments of Switzerland Makes Loans Totaling $3m to Gata Daku of the Philippines; Koperasi Mitra Dhuafa (Komida) of Indonesia; and Cambodian Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) AMRET, Sathapana and Thaneakea Phum Cambodia Limited (TPC)

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has made loans totaling the equivalent of USD 3.06 million to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Cambodia, the Philippines and Indonesia [1].

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Tajikistan Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) Arvand, Bank Eskhata, FINCA Tajikistan, Oxus Microfinance Borrow $4.7m From responsAbility Social Investments of Switzerland

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has made loans totaling USD 4.7 million to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Tajikistan.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: In Partnership with BlueOrchard and responsAbility Social Investments AG, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Syndicates $40m to Banco Continental of Paraguay to Support Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a US-based multilateral development organization operating in Latin America and the Caribbean, recently finalized a USD 40 million syndicated loan to Banco Continental, a commercial bank established in Paraguay in 1980, to help fund lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: MicroCred Senegal, Middle East Micro Credit Company (MEMCC) of Jordan Borrow $2m From responsAbility Social Investments of Switzerland

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has made local currency loans totaling the equivalent of USD 2 million to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Senegal and Jordan.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments of Switzerland Makes Loans Totaling $2.9m to CREDIT of Cambodia, Sathapana Limited of Cambodia, HUMO and Partners of Tajikistan, Community Economic Ventures Incorporated (CEVI) of the Philippines

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, has recently reported to MicroCapital that it has made loans totaling the equivalent of USD 2.9 million to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Cambodia, Tajikistan and the Philippines.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments Loans Total of $5.8m to Banco Solidaro of Ecuador, Fundación de Apoyo Comunitario y Social del Ecuador (FACES) of Ecuador, Edpyme Alternativa of Peru, Apoyo Integral of El Salvador

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has made loans totaling approximately USD 5.8 million to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Ecuador, Peru and El Salvador.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments of Switzerland Loans $11m to Indian Microfinance Institutions via UTI Fund

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently reported to MicroCapital that it invested approximately USD 11 million in an unspecified Indian money market fund via the UTI Wealth Creator 4 fund, which is organized under UTI International Limited, a subsidiary of UTI Asset Management Company of India.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments Announces Equity Investment in PlaNet Finance Investment Services (PlaNIS)

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, has recently invested an undisclosed amount in PlaNet Finance Investment Services (PlaNIS), a subsidiary of Paris-based nongovernmental organization(NGO) PlaNet Finance. PlaNIS is a limited liability company that advises social investment funds in the areas of sourcing, due diligence and risk assessment of microfinance investments. The subsidiary will now operate under the name PlaNIS responsAbility SAS.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments Makes Loans Totaling $12.5m to Belarusian Bank for Small Business (BBSB) of Belarus, Khan Bank of Mongolia, XacBank of Mongolia

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently invested USD 12.5 million across three financial institutions based in Belarus and Mongolia.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments of Switzerland Makes Loans Totaling $2m to FINCA DRC of Democratic Republic of the Congo, First Allied Savings and Loans Limited (FASL) of Ghana

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, has recently reported to MicroCapital that it has made loans totaling USD 2 million to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ghana.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments of Switzerland Makes Loans Totaling $10m to FINCA International Subsidiaries in Azerbaijan, Russia, Ecuador and Mexico

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently reported to MicroCapital that it has invested loans approximately equivalent to USD 10.2 million to FINCA International subsidiaries in Azerbaijan, Russia, Ecuador and Mexico. FINCA International is a global microfinance network operating in 21 countries reporting total assets of USD 467 million as of 2009 [2].

MICROCAPITAL PAPER WRAP-UP: Over-Indebtedness and Microfinance: Constructing an Early Warning Index; by Vivien Kappel, Annette Krauss and Laura Lontzek; published by Center for Microfinance, University of Zurich, responsAbility Social Investments AG, Triodos Bank and Council of Microfinance Equity Funds

By Vivien Kappel, Annette Krauss and Laura Lontzek; published by Center for Microfinance and the University of Zurich, responsAbility Social Investments AG, Triodos Bank and Council of Microfinance Equity Funds; December 2010; 53 pages; available at:?http://www.triodos.com/downloads/276627/over-indebtedness-report-full-st…

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments AG of Switzerland Launches responsAbility Ventures I, a Venture Capital Fund That Invests in Companies Aiming for Development Impact

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently launched responsAbility Ventures I, a venture capital fund that invests in companies that provide basic services in the areas of energy, agriculture and information and communication technology (ICT) to the bottom of the pyramid (BOP). The BOP refers to approximately 3 billion people in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe who do not have adequate access to these services.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments of Switzerland Makes Loans Totaling $13m to Banco Continental of Paraguay, Financiera Confianza of Peru

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently reported to MicroCapital that it invested the equivalent of USD 13 million in two microfinance institutions (MFIs) in South America.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Loans $8m to Cooperativa Mixta Mujeres Unidas Limitada (COMIXMUL) of Honduras, Apoyo Integral of El Salvador, Mutual Cartago de Ahorro y Prestamo (MUCAP) of Costa Rica, Fondo de Desarrollo Local (FDL) of Nicaragua

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently reported to MicroCapital that it invested a total of USD 8 million in microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Latin America.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments of Switzerland Loans $11.3m to PRASAC, Thaneakea Phum Cambodia Limited (TPC) of Cambodia, LOLC Micro Credit Limited (LOMC) of Sri Lanka

responsAbility Social Investments AG, an investment company based in Switzerland, recently reported to MicroCapital that it made seven investments totaling USD 11.3 million to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Asia.