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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Hanson Wade Hosts “Impact Investing Summit: Advanced Investment Strategies for the Bottom of the Pyramid” in Washington DC, USA, September 20 – September 21, 2011

Event Name: Impact Investing Summit: Advanced Investment Strategies for the Bottom of the Pyramid

Event Date: September 20 to September 21, 2011

Event Location: Holiday Inn Central / White House, Washington DC, USA 

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Cost: The standard registration fee for for-profit organizations is USD 2099, with rates of USD 1699 for microfinance institutions (MFIs) and social entrepreneurs and USD 1499 for nonprofit representatives and microfinance investors. Two additional workshops are also available for an extra fee. A 10-percent discount is available to MicroCapital readers indicating the priority code “MicroCapital”, and you may save up to USD 400 by registering prior to July 8, 2011.

Summary of Event: Organized by Hanson Wade, a business conference organizer based in London, this summit will bring together commercial, institutional and private investors as well as social entrepreneurs and MFIs to focus on tools and knowledge needed for impact investments.  The Agenda will include:

1. Capitalizing on impact investing

2. Gaining insights into what is worth investing in

3. Understanding how to penetrate the market

4. Standardizing impact measurement

Background on Sponsor: Symbiotics provides for-profit investment intermediary services to the microfinance industry as well as business services to investors and practitioners of micro- and small- enterprise development. Its mission is to reach out through investments to people at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Overall, Symbiotics has provided investment services to approximately eighteen microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) and investment funds, providing USD 895 million of capital to about half a million micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises through 150 financial institutions in emerging economies.

Event Website: http://impactinvesting-usa.com/

For additional information, you may contact Hanson Wade via email at info@hansonwade.com or via telephone at +44 (0) 203 141 8700.

Submit Your Event: http://microfinanceassociation.ning.com/events

By Carol Kim, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources:

Impactinvesting-usa.com, “Impact Investing Summit” http://impactinvesting-usa.com/

MicroCapital.org: “MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Impact Investment Forum 2010, London, England, November 30 – December 1, 2010”, https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-event-impact-investment-forum-2010-london-england-november-30-?-december-1-2010/

MicroCapital’s Universe Profile: Symbiotics Group: https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Symbiotics+Group

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