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First EU microfinance project gets off the ground in the Netherlands

Posted on February 13th, 2011 in credit small business, Dutch Microfinance Institution, dutch princess, EU Microfinance Facility, European Investment Fund, India Shares, Micro Entrepreneurs, microfinance market europe, Microfinance Netherlands, Microfinance World, Princess Maxima, Qredits microfinance, start-up microfinance

european microfinanceThis EU-wide initiative will allocate various European funds to the Dutch Microfinance Institution Qredits (www.qredits.nl) to facilitate loans of over EUR 20 million (Rs 125 Crore approximately) to small businesses and people in the Netherlands who have lost their jobs and want to set up their own company. Microfinance in European Union Access to credit is [...]
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40 Global Investors launch Inclusive and Responsible Finance Principles

Posted on January 28th, 2011 in Accion Investments in Microfinance, Achmea, APG, Bamboo Finance, Blue Orchard Finance, Blue Orchard Investments, Calvert Foundation, Caspian Advisors, Cordaid, Developing World Markets, Dutch Microfund, Finance-in-Motion, FMO, global investors, Goodwell Investments, Grassroots Capital Management, Inclusive Finance, Incofin Investment Management, India Shares, Investors in Inclusive Finance, Leger des Heils, Microfinance Private Equity, Microvest Capital Management, Minlam Asset Management, MN Services, Municipality of Eindhoven, Nedlloyd Pension Fund, Norwegian Microfinance Initiative (NMI), Oikocredit, Pensioenfonds Vervoer, Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW), Pensionfund of the Ministers in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, PGGM, PMA, PNO Media, Princess Maxima, Principles for Responsible Investment, Reaal, responsAbility Social Investments, responsible finance, Responsible Finance Forum, Sarona, SNS Asset Management, SPF Beheer, Stichting Pensioenfonds SNS Reaal, Symbiotics, TIAA-CREF, Triodos Investment Management, Triple Jump

UNEP Finance InitiativeA group of 40 global investors have become the first to sign the Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance. The principles have been formally launched today at the Responsible Finance Forum, hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, the Netherlands. Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance Principles for Investors in Inclusive [...]
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Nobel Laureate slams poster child of Indian Microfinance

Posted on September 23rd, 2010 in Clinton Global Initiative, Debate Microfinance, Grameen Bank, India Shares, Microfinance India, Microfinance Profits, Princess Maxima, SKS Microfinance

sks microfinance debateMicrofinance Or Loan Sharks? Grameen Bank And SKS Microfinance Fight It Out On the sidelines of the Clinton Global Initiative, a special session was held with the topic: Profiting from the Poor? A Discussion on Microfinance IPOs. At this session a war of words erupted between Vikram Akula, founder of SKS Microfinance and his one [...]

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Princess Máxima of the Netherlands named new UN advocate on inclusive finance

Posted on September 22nd, 2009 in Financial Inclusion, International Year of Microcredit, Microfinance Netherlands, Microfinance World, Millennium Development Goals, Princess Maxima, United Nations

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named Princess Máxima of the Netherlands has his new Special Advocate on Inclusive Finance, which he said can spur poverty reduction and advance development.

“Your extensive knowledge and expertise makes you a perfect choice for this important undertaking,” Mr. Ban said yesterday. “You will be able to work for the well-being of [...]

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