IFMR Rural Channels launches Vellaru KGFS
IFMR Rural Channels launched its fourth KGFS – Vellaru Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services to serve Ariyalur, Perambalur and Cuddalore districts of Tamil Nadu.
IFMR Rural Finance appoints Facilitator for NPS-Lite distribution
Given the important role pensions play in the financial well-being of households, NPS-Lite, a pension plan geared towards economically disadvantaged populations, is crucial to achieving complete financial inclusion.
A New Approach to Funding Social Enterprises – Harvard Business Review mentions IFMR Capital’s work
A recent article in the Harvard Business Review on new approaches to funding social enterprises cites IFMR Capital’s work in securitisation and structured finance of microfinance loan portfolios.
IFMR Capital completes its first round of capital markets transactions through issuance of Commercial Paper & NCDs
IFMR Capital raised INR 360 Million through its first issuance of senior non-convertible debentures (NCDs) listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Microfinance: Translating Research into Practice – Conference
RBI’s College of Agricultural Banking together with the Centre for Micro Finance, IFMR Research will host their fifth annual conference, “Microfinance: Translating Research into Practice” on January 9th and 10th 2012 in Pune.
Transparent Chennai launches ‘Urban Housing – Access to Finance’ study
According to a Monitor Group report there is a ‘vibrant housing market in urban India’ seen from the spectacular growth in housing finance at 36% CAGR for more than a decade.
IFMR Financial Systems Design Conference 2011 – Risk Transmission
We have covered in our earlier posts, two of the three functional sessions of the IFMR Financial Systems Design Conference 2011, namely Origination and Risk Aggregation. This post summarises the third: Risk Transmission.
Notes from the IFMR Capital Partners Meet
On November 22nd and 23rd, IFMR Capital held its first partners meet, a two day meet with all its partners to re-envision access to finance for institutions that impact low income households.
IFMR Finance Foundation launches ‘Financial Access for Small Cities’ initiative
High-quality access to financial services is important not only for households and enterprises, but also for cities and Panchayats so that they have the ability to undertake projects that provide essential goods and utilities to citizens.
PFRDA Aggregators’ Meet
IFMR Finance Foundation worked with Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of India (PFRDA) as Knowledge Partners to help organise their first NPS-Lite Aggregators’ Meet in New Delhi, on 21st November, 2011.
