Posts Tagged ‘MIV’

Microfinance Focus, Oct 26, 2010: The Luxembourg Fund Labelling Agency (LuxFLAG) has granted its Microfinance Label to 5 new Microfinance Investment Vehicles (MIVs) which include the KCD‐Microfinance Fund I "Global" and II "Latin America", Finethic Microfinance SCA, Triodos SICAV II – Triodos Microfinance Fund and Wallberg Global Microfinance Fund. The number of MIVs labelled by LuxFLAG has almost doubled since the beginning of 2010 from 8 ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, July 23, 2010: Fueled by the attractiveness of the industry’s social mission and strong performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs), MIVs grew rapidly over the last five years. In 2009, that growth slowed only marginally (to 22% from 28% in 2008). However, microfinance assets grew much more slowly than total MIV assets with the result that MIV liquidity increased dramatically. The assets of MIVs ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, May 19, 2010: Luxembourg Government, LuxFLAG, and MicroRate have recently announced the launch of LUMINIS Microfinance (“LUMINIS”) which will provide critical information on Microfinance Investment Vehicles (MIVs) to facilitate future growth and investment in microfinance. The goal of LUMINIS is to create widespread transparency in the universe of MIVs. For the first time, MIVs’ critical performance data will be collected, analyzed and disseminated ... Full story

By Matthew Fuchs Microfinance Focus, Oct. 22, 2009: Microfinance Investment Vehicles (MIVs) recorded a 31% growth in their total assets in 2008 amounting to $6.6 billion, according to the CGAP MIV Benchmark Survey released recently. Though the estimates show that MIVs grew a further 16% in annualized figures in the first half of 2009, managers of many MIVs are not expecting more than 29% growth ... Full story