Live Blog Archive
AMF 2014
11:15 to 12:30 CST: This panel session of the 2014 Asia Microfinance Forum focused understanding client needs and applying insights from behavioral economics when thinking about product design and innovation
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AMF 2014
15:30 to 17:00 CST: Financial capability means equipping an individual with both practical skills and access to useful financial products, permitting them to manage their money in a way that
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AMF 2014
9:00 to 10:30 CST: In this morning’s Plenary Session at the 2014 Asia Microfinance Forum, we heard leading officials and experts in Chinese microfinance describe programs, regulations and
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AMF 2014
13:30 to 15:00 CST: Improving access to financial services for the world’s poor, to a large extent, hinges on the actions of State-owned banks (SOBs), often the primary
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EMW 2012
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November 16, 2012
Blaine Stephens (MIX Market): A market lady needs a sum to invest in her business, pulls up her phone, checks her savings balance, realizes she’ll need a loan
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EMW 2012
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November 16, 2012
Hans Deiter Seibel: the current financial institutions in Europe have deep roots. They arose in 18th and 19th century in Germany and elsewhere — in Italy going back
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EMW 2012
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November 16, 2012
Axelle Ferey (Ernst & Young): Alternative Investment Fund Management (AIFM) directive is an EU-wide requirement that lays out a framework for qualifying as an European Social Investment Fund (EuSEF):
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EMW 2012
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November 16, 2012
Sebastien Juhen (Blue Orchard): What do clients expect from microfinance investments? Mainly social return. But microfinance investing comes with risk, the most important of these being liquidity. After
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EMW 2012
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November 16, 2012
Sebastian von Stauffenberg (Microrate): what funds present seems transparent, but many questions remain about what it all really means. People in microfinance think that they are unique from
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EMW 2012
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November 16, 2012
Joerg-Peter Hayn (Banque de Luxembourg): why does a private bank offer microfinance investments to its clients? Countries like Greece, Portugal or Spain have become high risk investments; countries
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