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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 IM 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) 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 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

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
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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

Incofin cvso announces with pleasure its new Annual Report 2016. Discover the latest updates and financial achievements of the Fund in 2016.

27/04/2017
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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

Financial inclusion has increasingly transformed the lives of millions of entrepreneurs in developing countries. However, it is widely accepted that greater access to financial services is not a panacea for eliminating poverty.

19/07/2018
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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 IM 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

Shareholders in AMK, one of Cambodia’s largest deposit-taking microfinance institutions, have confirmed the sale of 80.01% of the Company’s shares to SCSB. Current shareholders, Rural Impulse Fund II, Proparco, and the Cambodian Laos Development Fund (CLDF) have exited their shareholdings completely, while current majority shareholder, Agora Microfinance has divested part of its shareholding. 

03/09/2018

Incofin Investment Management is pleased to announce a full exit from Annapurna Finance, India with its Rural Impulse Fund II (RIF II). Together with SIDBI Venture Capital Incofin decided to fully sell a total 12,5 % holding for approximately Rs 90 crore, putting the valuation of India’s eight largest microfinance company at Rs 850 crore.

15/06/2018
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