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Microfinance Cracking the Capital Markets III

THE Conference for Microfinance Investment

Conference presentations now available

 

Registration is now CLOSED.  Please register in-person at the conference on Monday, March 10th. 

March 10–11, 2008
Credit Suisse
New York City
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“A Focus on Risk, Reward & Innovation in Microfinance Investment”
With New Deals, New Players, New Speakers

The third ACCION conference on microfinance investment will again bring together a wide range of finance professionals – hedge fund managers, institutional and private investors, leading microfinance institutions, emerging markets specialists and rating agencies – to discuss the successes, challenges and trends of microfinance investment. Attendees will meet the new players, explore recent deals and assess the marketplace in an engaging 1.5 day program with plenty of time for networking. The conference is hosted by Credit Suisse and ACCION International.

Topics Include:

  • New Deals & New Structures
  • Markets in Turmoil: Has MFI Performance Been Affected?
  • Investment Opportunities in Small and Medium Enterprise, Green Energy, & Essential Services for Low-income People in the Developing World 
  • Is Performance of Microfinance Investment Correlated – or Not – with Other Emerging Markets Investment?  New Results from the Ingo Walter-Nicolas Krauss Study
  • Microfinance Meets the Internet – Implications for Investors  
  • Forum for Qualified Investors: Meet the Market Makers
  • Forum for Debt MIVs

Who Should Attend?

  • Institutional, private and social investors
  • Banks; leading microfinance institutions
  • Private wealth advisors; family offices
  • Microfinance investment funds
  • Rating agencies, banking and investment supervisory agencies
  • Hedge fund managers; emerging markets specialists

The two-day seminar is $550 per person including all sessions, conference materials, refreshments and two lunches.

Space limited to just 300 participants.