KNOW A MICROFINANCE FUND: Triodos Fair Share Fund (TFSF)

Overview:
Triodos Fair Share Fund (TFSF) is a microfinance investment vehicle, which mobilizes capital for microfinance institutions (MFIs).

Description:
The Triodos Fair Share Fund (TFSF) is offered by Triodos Bank, a fully licensed independent bank with branch offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom and Spain. The Fund, founded in 2002, is a closed mutual fund held by private Dutch investors. The Fund invests in microfinance institutions (MFIs) in developing countries and in Central and Eastern Europe. The Fund’s main lines of business are loans and equity investments.

Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Profile:
http://mixmarket.org/funders/tfsf

Organization’s Website:
http://www.triodos.com/com/international_funds/microfinance/spec_microfinance_funds/46181/

Just the Facts:
Country of Incorporation: The Netherlands
Year Founded: 2002
Legal Status: Mutual Fund
Fund Assets (as of day/month/year): USD 82.6 million (as of 31/December/2008)
Fund Assets Allocated to MFI Investment (as of day/month/year): USD 72.1 million (as of 31/December/2008)
Number of MFI Investments (as of day/month/year): 28 (as of 31/December/2008)
Area of Operation: Global
Participant(s)/Backer(s)/Investor(s): Triodos Bank NV
Instruments: Loans and Debt Securities, Equity
Fund Currency: EUR
Investment Horizon: 5-10 years
Fund Manager: Triodos Investment Management

Contact Information:
microfinance@triodos.nl

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Additional Resources:
Triodos-Doen Foundation, Triodos Fair Share Fund and Hivos-Triodos Invest a Total of $7.5M in Latin American Microfinance Institutions: Organización de Desarrollo Empresarial Feminino (ODEF OPDF), EPDYME Edyficar, Fondo Financiero Privado para el Fomento a Iniciativas Economicas (FIE FIE) and FIE Gran Poder S.A. (May 2008)
https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-story-triodos-doen-foundation-t…

Marilou van Golstein Brouwers, Managing Director of Triodos Investment Management B.V., Talks to MicroCapital (December 2007)
https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-feature-marilou-van-golstein-br…

WHO’S WHO IN MICROFINANCE: Triodos Fair Share Fund (September 2007)
https://www.microcapital.org/who’s-who-in-microfinance-triodos-fair-share-fund/

Triodos-Doen Foundation, Hivos-Triodos Fund Foundation, and Triodos Fair Share Fund Loan USD 1.86 Million to Ugandan Microfinance Ltd. (UML) (July 2007)
https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-story-triodos-doen-foundation-h…

Dutch Hivos-Triodos Fund and Triodos Fair Share Fund Make a USD 1.45 mn Loan to K-REP Bank of Kenya (May 2007)
https://www.microcapital.org/dutch-hivos-triodos-fund-and-triodos-fair-sh…

Nicaraguan Microfinance Institution Findesa Receives a USD 1.25 mn Loan from Triodos Fair Share Fund (March 2007)
https://www.microcapital.org/nicaraguan-microfinance-institution-findesa-…

Tridos Fair Share Fund Invests USD 1 million in the Cambodian Entrepreneur Building Ltd. (February 2007)
https://www.microcapital.org/tridos-fair-share-fund-invests-usd-1-million…

Triodos-Doen and Triodos Fair Share Fund Purchase USD 154,000 in Equity from Mongolian XacBank (December 2006)
https://www.microcapital.org/triodos-doen-and-triodos-fair-share-fund-pur…

Prodem of Bolivia Receives a $1.5 Million Loan from Triodos-Doen and Triodos Fair Share Fund. FIE of Bolivia Sells $526,352 USD Shares Worth to Triodos-Doen, Hivos-Triodos Fund, and Triodos Fair Share (December 2006)
https://www.microcapital.org/prodem-of-bolivia-receives-a-15-million-loan…

Triodos-Doen and Triodos Fair Share Fund Lend a Total of $250,000 to FINDESA of Nicaragua (November 2006)
https://www.microcapital.org/triodos-doen-and-triodos-fair-share-fund-len…

Dutch Triodos-Doen and Triodos Fair Share Fund Loan USD2 Million to Microfinance Bank of Azerbaijan (October 2006)
https://www.microcapital.org/dutch-triodos-doen-and-triodos-fair-share-fu…

Link to Microcapital Universe wiki page
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Triodos+Fair+Share+Fund+%28TFSF%29

Authored by Kenny Kline, Research Associate

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