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Grassroots Capital Management News: Emphasis on Analysis and Improving Operations, not just Collection and Reporting
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Friday, November 14, 2014. Emphasis on Analysis and Improving Operations, not just Collection and Reporting. Collecting social data is not the objective; rather it is selecting those metrics that best support the Board's ability to design and oversee social strategy and management's efforts to execute that strategy in progressively more efficient and effective ways. Studies, surveys, institution data, client data… there is a lot of data being collected. And the GIIRS Rating. With what intended results?
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Grassroots Capital Management News: Regulatory Threats to Microfinance Plus in Latin America
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Thursday, October 2, 2014. Regulatory Threats to Microfinance Plus in Latin America. MFIs are forced to stop these offerings. Grassroots is dedicated to supporting the mission-driven MFIs that are working to continue offering these much-needed integrated non-financial services despite regulatory setbacks. Microfinance Plus (MF ) and the importance of integrated offerings. Threats to MF multiply in Latin America through increased regulations. This has been seen in microfinance repayment crises around the ...
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2015 Summit Sponsors | Slow Living Summit
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SPEAKERS & ARTISTS. What Is Slow Living? 2011: Who was there. 2012: Who was there. 2012 Summit session reports. 2013: Who was there? 2014: Speakers and artists. 2014: Who was there? 2015 Speakers and artists. 2015: Who was there? The GREEN MOUNTAIN CREAMERY. Brand, made in Brattleboro VT, adheres to a very basic philosophy: a healthy, responsibly made yogurt that tastes great, and is affordable! LineSync Architecture satisfies client needs through creativity, ingenuity, and attention to detail. Socia...
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Grassroots Capital Management News: Social Performance Infrastructure’s Big Barriers
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Thursday, May 7, 2015. Social Performance Infrastructure’s Big Barriers. A recent CFI blog by Gail Buyske,. What’s Going On with Microfinance’s Information Infrastructure? While providing benchmarks and setting goals can help MFIs improve their own performance, reporting was and still is largely investor-driven. Investors, fund managers and competitive pressure play a large and very important role in promoting social performance monitoring and reporting requirements. Transparency is encouraged if...
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Grassroots Capital Management News: Evolution of Pricing Transparency in Microfinance
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Sunday, September 15, 2013. Evolution of Pricing Transparency in Microfinance. For the fifth anniversary of its founding, MFTransparency traces the evolution of the pricing transparency movement in microfinance with the help of four industry leaders: Chuck Waterfield – CEO of MFTransparency, Mårten Leijon – CEO of Microfinance Information eXchange (MIX), Paul DiLeo – Founder and Managing Partner of Grassroots Capital Management PBC, and Rupert Scofield – CEO of FINCA. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Grassroots Capital Management News: Is the impact first / financial first distinction useful?
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Thursday, June 5, 2014. Is the impact first / financial first distinction useful? We wanted to share this post, Impact Investing: Can We Pay Her Less? Bottom lines are faced by managers of double bottom line companies on a daily basis. Unless managers, board members and shareholders are aligned around a clearly articulated set of social and financial priorities to guide these decisions, they will face constant battles and generate sub-optimal social (and perhaps even financial) performance.
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Grassroots Capital Management News: Manager's Reflections on Ten Years of the Gray Ghost Microfinance Fund
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Manager's Reflections on Ten Years of the Gray Ghost Microfinance Fund. Click "Read more" below for the manager's comments. The Gray Ghost portfolio is over half exited, and its history is sufficiently complete that the broad outlines of its performance are clear:. Gray Ghost operationalized the concept of “balanced returns” early on, integrating a social value model into its investment process in 2004. Because of Gray Ghost’s multiple, interacting objectives and heterogene...
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India | Center for Financial Inclusion blog
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Center for Financial Inclusion blog. The Center for Financial Inclusion. You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘India’ tag. Borrowing and Saving Not Two Sides of the Same Coin. August 16, 2016 in Center for Financial Inclusion. The Center for Financial Services Innovation. By Center for Financial Inclusion. Posted by Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, CFI, and Michael Mori, Senior Designer, Dalberg Design Impact Group. The following post was originally published. And conducted by Dalberg.
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Sustainable Investment Advisory/Asset managers | Sustainable Investing 4 All
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Sustainable Investing 4 All. Everything you could ever want to know about sustainable, responsible, and impact investing. Non-profits advancing sustainable investing. Non-profits offering sustainability information. Others promoting sustainability in business. For-profit sources of information. Asset management and mutual fund companies offering portfolios with sustainable investments. CDFIs and Other Impact Lenders. Sustainable investing research, ratings, and indexes. Blogs on sustainable investing.
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News | Creation Investments
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SMEs: The Missing Middle. Equitas IPO Forges Path for Investing in Inclusive Finance. August 18th, 2016. May 4, 2016 in Center for Financial Inclusion. Posted by Anna Kanze, Chief Operating Officer, Grassroots Capital Management. Funds managed by Caspian Impact Investment Adviser. Caspian), an Indian investment management and advisory services company that invests capital in businesses delivering both financial and social value, were early investors in Equitas and active in its governance. (Another C...
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