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SEEP Conference: “Panel Explores Tools to Help Manage Funding Risk in Current Economic Climate”

The following post was published on the USAID‘s Microlinks blog today, Thursday, Nov. 4. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010 Annual SEEP Conference in Arlington, Va. this week for Microlinks. Click here to see the original post. When the global financial crisis hit in Read more…

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SEEP Conference: “Newspaper Headline Risk for MFIs-Transparency in Interest Rates and Returns”

The following post was published on the USAID‘s Microlinks blog on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010 Annual SEEP Conference in Arlington, Va. this week for Microlinks. Click here to see the original post. The microfinance industry in India has Read more…

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SEEP Conference: “Our Best Thoughts Come from Others”

The following post was originally published on the USAID‘s new Microlinks blog on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010 Annual SEEP Conference in Arlington, Va. this week  for Microlinks. Click here to see the original post. Ralph Waldo Emerson once quipped that Read more…

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Will Microfinance Institutions Ever Be an Asset Class on Wall Street?

Last Friday at the Chicago Microfinance Conference, a group of investors explored the issue of microfinance investments and capital markets in a session entitled “Microfinance and Wall Street: Will MFIs ever be an Asset Class?” The conversation revolved around two primary questions: has the perception of institutional investors changed with the financial crisis, and would MFIs Read more…

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