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Incofin is pleased to announce the second edition of its Impact Newsletter. 2018 was an intense and rewarding year for impact at Incofin. Incofin was created with the belief that “inclusive progress” can only be achieved if every business decision takes into account financial and impact criteria. We hope that this latest newsletter provides you […]

18/01/2019

Microfinance Organization (MFO) Crystal was awarded the ‘Grand Prix’ at the national contest Meliora, becoming Georgia’s ’Best Responsible Large Company of the Year’. The Responsible Business Award Ceremony took place in Tbilisi on December 13, bringing together 41 companies and 76 projects. The independent jury was comprised of the leading Georgian and international experts from […]

21/12/2018

Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) signed the partnership ‘Beyond Chocolate’; Belgian’s first big charter in collaboration with Belgian chocolate- and retail business, civil society organizations, social impact investors and universities to make chocolate more sustainable. The partnership is supported by the Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo (Open Vld).

21/12/2018

Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) participated in the European Microfinance Week (EMW), which was held in Luxembourg on from 14 to 16 November. The EMW is one of the top events in the microfinance calendar. Regional Director for East Asia and Impact Manager Dina Pons spoke at two panel discussions giving insights on how to use […]

17/12/2018

Incofin Investment Management, a leading emerging markets impact investment firm, announces the sale of its remaining equity stake in Fusion Microfinance to Warburg Pincus, bringing an end to a successful eight year partnership. Established in 2010 and headquartered in New Delhi, Fusion focuses on servicing unbanked women living in the rural and semi-urban areas of […]

11/12/2018

Through its Rural Finance Partnership technical assistance program, Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) is supporting two local microfinance institutions (MFIs) – Fundenuse and Micrédito – to implement the first ever meso-model agricultural index insurance product in Nicaragua.

06/12/2018
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Incofin is pleased to announce the second edition of its Impact Newsletter. 2018 was an intense and rewarding year for impact at Incofin. Incofin was created with the belief that “inclusive progress” can only be achieved if every business decision takes into account financial and impact criteria. We hope that this latest newsletter provides you […]

18/01/2019

Incofin is pleased to announce the first edition of its Impact Newsletter. We are convinced that in order to build sustainable businesses, managing social performance the same way we manage financial performance makes good business sense. This enables institutions to better understand the needs of their clients and to be more results and outcomes oriented, […]

15/10/2018

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) published a new report, Financing the Sustainable Development Goals: Impact Investing in Action, that reiterates the need for impact investors to raise and direct new capital to help meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

14/09/2018

Drawing upon data and insights from the portfolios of 12 financial institutions, the Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance (CSAF) published its “State of the Sector 2018” Report. Last year, Incofin Investment Management and the 11 other CSAF members collectively provided $716 million in loans to 794 agricultural SMEs around the world. This just-released “State of […]

01/08/2018

Incofin cvso announces with pleasure its new Annual Report 2017. Discover the latest updates and financial achievements of the Fund in 2017.  

30/04/2018

How can investors, fund managers, financial institutions and donors overcome the “last mile” challenge of attending hard-to-reach rural populations with targeted financial services?

19/10/2017
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Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) participated in the European Microfinance Week (EMW), which was held in Luxembourg on from 14 to 16 November. The EMW is one of the top events in the microfinance calendar. Regional Director for East Asia and Impact Manager Dina Pons spoke at two panel discussions giving insights on how to use […]

17/12/2018

Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) is pleased to announce the first successful investment of the Fairtrade Access Fund (FAF) in East DR Congo. The FAF invested USD 300.000 in a coffee cooperative. Operating in this region of Congo is particularly challenging because of the unpredictable political situation. In fact, FAF is one of the very few […]

26/11/2018

Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) Regional Director for East Asia and Impact Manager Dina Pons spoke in a joint panel at The Global Impact Investing Network Forum in Paris on 31 October. The Forum brought together over 1.000 active and inspiring impact investors such as Incofin.

23/11/2018

Incofin was present at the Ninth Annual Responsible Finance Forum (RFF), co-hosted by the IFC, the Germany Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and Making Finance Work for Africa. At this two-day event held in early October, Incofin became a new Signatory to the “Guidelines for Investing in Responsible Digital Financial Services”, as well […]

19/10/2018

Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) Regional Director for East Asia and Impact Manager Dina Pons was the keynote speaker at the Asian Venture Philanthropy (AVPN) Roundtable held in Beijing on the 17th of August 2018, an event co-sponsored by CVP Investment and Narada Foundation.

13/09/2018

It was a successful first half of the year for the Technical Assistance Facility of the Fairtrade Access Fund (FAF TAF), managed by Incofin Investment Management (Incofin IM). On June 27th, the FAF TAF Committee, represented by Fairtrade International and Incofin IM on behalf of the FAF Fund and its donors – KfW and FMO […]

27/07/2018
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Microfinance Organization (MFO) Crystal was awarded the ‘Grand Prix’ at the national contest Meliora, becoming Georgia’s ’Best Responsible Large Company of the Year’. The Responsible Business Award Ceremony took place in Tbilisi on December 13, bringing together 41 companies and 76 projects. The independent jury was comprised of the leading Georgian and international experts from […]

21/12/2018

Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) signed the partnership ‘Beyond Chocolate’; Belgian’s first big charter in collaboration with Belgian chocolate- and retail business, civil society organizations, social impact investors and universities to make chocolate more sustainable. The partnership is supported by the Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo (Open Vld).

21/12/2018

Incofin Investment Management, a leading emerging markets impact investment firm, announces the sale of its remaining equity stake in Fusion Microfinance to Warburg Pincus, bringing an end to a successful eight year partnership. Established in 2010 and headquartered in New Delhi, Fusion focuses on servicing unbanked women living in the rural and semi-urban areas of […]

11/12/2018

Through its Rural Finance Partnership technical assistance program, Incofin Investment Management (Incofin) is supporting two local microfinance institutions (MFIs) – Fundenuse and Micrédito – to implement the first ever meso-model agricultural index insurance product in Nicaragua.

06/12/2018

Incofin Investment Management (Incofin IM) is pleased to announce the launch of the EUR 2 million Technical Assistance Facility (the agTAF) to foster agricultural and rural lending in developing countries The new Facility will provide advice to the investees of the agRIF Fund to better serve smallholder farmers and rural entrepreneurs

29/10/2018

Leading impact investment manager Incofin Investment Management (Incofin IM) is pleased to announce the MXN 188 million (USD 10 million) investment in Financiamiento Progresemos, S.A. de C.V. SOFOM ENR (Progresemos), a leading rural Mexican non-bank financial institution serving micro and small entrepreneurs.

18/10/2018
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