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Opportunity Participates in the 2011 Global Microcredit Summit
This week, one of the largest microfinance industry conferences in the world launches in Valladolid, Spain. The 15th annual Global Microcredit Summit runs Monday, Nov. 14-Thursday, Nov. 17 and features Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, and more than 2,000 delegates from over 100 countries, including Opportunity International‘s Read more…
Tagged BRAC, Ending Poverty, Events, Facebook, Financial services, Fonkoze, Global Microcredit Summit, Grameen, ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth, International Labour Organization, MFI, Microcredit, Microensure, Microfinance, Microfinance Information Exchange, Microinsurance, MIX Market, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, Opportunity International, Richard Leftley, Social Media, Spain, Twitter, videos
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…
Tagged 2010 SEEP Conference, Blogging, Conference, Ending Poverty, Eric Meyer, Financial services, Guest Post, Loans, MFI, MFX Solutions, Microfinance, Microfinance Information Exchange, Microlinks blog, mitigate risk, MIX Market, Opportunity International, Poverty, Risk management, Risks, SEEP Conference, SEEP Network, USAID
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…
Tagged Accion, Creation Investments Social Ventures Fund, Education, Eric Meyer, IFMR Capital, LLC, Loans, Managment, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance industry, Microfinance Information Exchange, Microplace, Opportunity International, OptINnow, Poverty, Savings, Students, Wall Street, Women's Opportunity Network, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
