In times when stockmarkets are falling

Almost everywhere around the world the stockmarkets have been falling in the last time, due to things like banks loosing money in subprime loans. But not everything are loosing value nowadays. The microfinance industry is developing and more traditional financial institutions are opening their eyes for microfinance because they starts to see the huge opportunities.… Fortsätt läsa In times when stockmarkets are falling

S&P and IDB are setting up global rating system for MFIs in Latin America

The Inter-American Development Bank(IDB) sponsors a new pilot rating program in Latin America set up by S&P to improve the infrastructure of microfinance institutions for national capital markets. S&P and IDB are cooperating in this project with the aim to gain acccess to the capital markets for the MFIs. Standard&Poors involvement is a breakthrough in… Fortsätt läsa S&P and IDB are setting up global rating system for MFIs in Latin America