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Financial Planning
May 1, 2010
Ron Cordes |
Impact Investing Microbank investments have returned a consistent 6% annually over the past three years. What's more, the loans those obscure little banks made have enabled entrepreneurs living in some of the world's least developed countries to start or expand small businesses.   |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Eric Uhlfelder |
Micro Loans, Solid Returns Microfinance funds lend small amounts to the poor in developing nations to help them launch small enterprises. Investors benefit from these funds. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
David A. Twibell |
Community Investing Special loan funds for underserved communities are popping up like condos. Now you can help clients jump into the lending pool. |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006
Jay Greene |
Taking Tiny Loans To The Next Level An idea, not a person, was the most powerful force in philanthropy in 2006. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2009
Ron Cordes |
Good Deeds, Done Well The changes social entrepreneurship and microfinance are bringing to Buyobo, Africa are obvious and tangible |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Ina Kota |
Microfinance: Banking for the Poor Although microfinance appears to be a promising way to provide financial services to the poor, there is considerable debate about its future. |
U.S. Banker
February 2009
John Engen |
Microfinance: Ready For Its Big Leap? Janie Barrera's nonprofit microfinance institution seeks out borrowers on the fringe of society, offering them not only small-business loans but also credit and business-development counseling. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Mary Dalrymple |
A Helping Hand Mohammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize last week for pursuing a revolutionary idea -- that the poorest of the poor can help themselves to self-employment with tiny loans. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2011
Gary M. Stern |
Impact Investing The latest catchphrase in the socially responsible investing community is "impact investing," intended to appeal to institutional and high-net-worth investors focused on private equity or nonprofit projects rather than public stock |
Entrepreneur
July 2009
Jennie Dorris |
Sharing the Micro Wealth Kiva.org connects people making microloans to entrepreneurs around the world. |
BusinessWeek
December 26, 2005
Jeffrey Gangemi |
Muhammad Yunus: Microcredit Missionary This economics professor wasn't afraid to turn the rules of banking upside down. As a result, he inspired a whole category of lending and propelled to the top of a powerful financial institution. |
BusinessWeek
May 6, 2010
Bruce Einhorn |
A Microfinance IPO in India SKS, India's top lender to the poor, may trigger a spate of IPOs in microlending - though how much the poor would benefit is an open question. |
AFP eWire
October 10, 2005 |
Socially Responsible Investing on the Rise More than one out of every nine dollars invested and professionally managed in the United States, or $2.16 trillion, is involved in a socially responsible investment, according to a new report. |
BusinessWeek
June 17, 2010
Ruth David |
Worrying Signs in India's Microfinance Boom As IPOs of some of India's microfinance companies near, there are fears of rising defaults among poor borrowers. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2000
Hans Dieter Seibel |
Agricultural Development Banks Close Them or Reform Them? Agricultural development banks were established to extend credit and other financial services to customers not considered creditworthy by commercial banks. Should these banks be closed or are they worth revamping? |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Consumer Credit Use economic data to gain the upper hand in your investing. The Federal Reserve's consumer credit report provides some useful information about the borrowing practices of typical consumers. |
Entrepreneur
January 2008
Carole Moore |
A Loan But Not Alone Businesses give hope to third world entrepreneurs. |
FDIC FYI
February 27, 2002 |
Loan Weakness Spreads; Banks' Defenses Hold Large banks' business loans have been hit hardest by the recession, but some weakening is now appearing for smaller banks and for other kinds of loans... |
Fast Company
December 1, 2006
Garcia et al. |
Class of '07: The The Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award Winners From AIDS medicine to eyeglasses, here are our picks for the most socially-conscious companies. |
Entrepreneur
March 2010
Asheesh Advani |
Finally, Someone Wants to Give You Money If you dismissed micro loans in the past, it's time to look again. |
U.S. Banker
April 2010
Laura Thompson Osuri |
Coming to America Grameen, one of the world s best-known microlenders, is out to prove that small loans can make a difference for the poor in developed countries, too. |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006 |
A Big Stage For Small Loans Muhammad Yunus hopes to use his new-found status to get world governments behind microfinance. |
Financial Advisor
October 2008
Gail Liberman |
Deep Freeze Financial advisors may need to don debt management caps now that banks are freezing and/or cutting client home lines of credit amid falling home values. |
Financial Advisor
January 2004
Marla Brill |
Bank Loan Funds Regain The Spotlight Funds that invest in variable rate loans to below-investment-grade companies may sound like a gamble, but it's one that an increasing number of financial advisors worried about the impact of rising interest rates are willing to take. |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
Manjeet Kripalani |
Tiny Loans, High Finance Microfinance institutions have been making loans in India since the 1980s -- with near-zero default rate. Now the women of Pothaipalli are linking up with global capital markets. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2007
Ben Johnson |
Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Neil Gregory & Stoyan Tenev |
The Financing of Private Enterprise in China A 1999 survey of more than 600 private Chinese enterprises revealed that they relied primarily on self-financing. For China's private sector to thrive, firms will need increased access to external loan and equity financing... |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2010
Donald Jay Korn |
College Loans Say Uncle The new law excluding banks from making federal education loans should be a PLUS for borrowers who can now turn to the Bank of Uncle Sam. |
BusinessWeek
December 26, 2005 |
Can Technology Eliminate Poverty? Grameen Bank Founder Muhammad Yunus thinks so. And he explains why changing the world is a lot more fun than just making money. |
U.S. Banker
September 2009
Joseph Rosta |
Trickle-Down Effect MFIs are shaken by liquidity and credit-quality concerns, but remain healthy. So as loans decline, they can still help existing clients. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 11, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Kiva Looks to Bring Microlending to U.S. Entrepreneurs Kiva is gaining traction in the U.S. as an alternative loan source for small business owners in need of funding. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2008
Kevin McKinley |
Student Loans At A Trickle Dozens of education loan providers have either scaled back their lending operations, or announced a departure from the business altogether. |
Financial Advisor
June 2011
Alan Lavine |
Exotic Alternative Advisors should scrutinize the risk-return trade off of including floating-rate loans in client portfolios. |
BusinessWeek
July 31, 2006
Jessi Hempel |
A Little Money Goes A Long Way Kiva is using the power of social networking to help small businesses around the world obtain tiny loans. |
FDIC FYI
November 26, 2002 |
Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008
Kristen French |
The Lending Squeeze The tightening credit conditions is causing some financial advisors to have trouble getting loans for clients. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
Seeing Red Sallie Mae, the leading lender to college students, reported a $1.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2007. Sallie Mae isn't the only student lender that has been bloodied recently. Students and parents need to be cautious when looking for student loans. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 4, 2007
Garry Emmons |
The Business of Global Poverty What role should business play as the world confronts what may be the most explosive socioeconomic challenge of the new century? |
Financial Advisor
July 6, 2010 |
Advisor Emporium Calvert Foundation Launches Community Fund... Jefferson National Adds New Investments... Fidelity Launches Corporate Bond Fund... Nuveen Offers Diversified Fund... more... |
AskMen.com
March 4, 2001
Luis Rodrigues |
The Truth About Bank Loans When the time comes to borrow money from the bank to buy a house, a car or start a business, people still get extremely stressed about meeting with the banking loans officer... |
CFO
March 1, 2012
Alix Stuart |
Capital vs. Confidence Banks say they want to lend to smaller companies, but credit remains tight. Is relief in sight? |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2010
Jack Millligan |
A Short Leash on Risk Bankers all across the country are beginning to tighten up their lending practices as a response to the regulatory pressure they are under to keep lending plain, conservative, and firmly under control. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2006
Raghuram Rajan |
Separate and Unequal Instead of focusing on microcredit for the poor, we should make financial services available to all. On that path lies the possibility of a true, and large-scale, escape from poverty. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010 |
Why We Don't Need Any More Bank Charters Unless bank organizers can make a compelling case that consumers and business owners aren't being served by existing banks, regulators should continue to clamp down on new charters. |
Financial Advisor
December 2008 |
Advisor Emporium New products of interest to the financial advisory industry. |
Financial Advisor
September 2012 |
Alternatives Conference Educates Advisors, Expands Focus The need for investor education was a big theme at the third annual Innovative Alternative Strategies conference, held in Denver in late July. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 4, 2014 |
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering Lending to small businesses has not returned to levels seen before the financial crisis. Karen Mills, former head of the US Small Business Administration, explains the reasons. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Study Your College Loan Options Know when to use a private or a federal loan to pay your tuition bill. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2014
Pruitt & DeRensis |
CMBS Maturity Wave Commercial mortgage-backed securities lending has shown signs of health to the tune of $84 billion issued in 2013, and issuance anticipated to approach $100 billion in 2014 |
Fast Company
December 1, 2007
Keith H. Hammonds |
Now the Good News... Venture philanthropy. Patient capital. For-benefit corporations. What if you could actually make a profit while changing the world? |
