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The OXUS Group is currently working with the following financial partners:
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Crédit Agricole: a leading European banking group. As the number 1 retail bank in France, Crédit Agricole is the leading financial partner to the French economy and the largest retail bank in Europe. Its ambition: to create a world-class European leader in banking and insurance, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Global Compact.
For more information, please visit: http://www.credit-agricole.com/groupe-credit-agricole/index.html
Crédit Coopératif is a diversified banking group, which offers a wide range of banking products and services, especially to businesses and organisations, in the different sectors in which it is involved. Owned by its clients, Crédit Coopératif is a co-operative bank, which has been an active member of the Social Economy for more than one hundred years. It assists and accompanies the creation and development of co-operatives, mutual organisations, small businesses, trade associations and work committees. Crédit Coopératif stays close to its clients, developing a strategy that differentiates it from the rest of the banking sector. Cross-border co-operation is by no means restricted to Europe, Crédit Coopératif is highly active in organisations on a wider international level such as the International Cooperative Bank Association, an ICA affiliated.
For more information, please visit: www.credit-cooperatif.coop
Natixis is the corporate, investment and financial services arm of BPCE, the 2nd-largest banking group in France with 22% of total bank deposits and 37 million clients spread over two networks, Banques Populaires and Caisses d’Epargne. With around 22,000 employees, Natixis has a number of areas of expertise which are organized in three main business lines: Corporate and Investment Banking, Investment Solutions (asset management, private banking, insurance) and Specialized Financial Services. As a global player, Natixis has its own client base of companies, financial institutions and institutional investors as well as the client base of individuals, professionals and small and medium-size businesses of BPCE’s two retail banking networks.
For more information, please visit: http://www.natixis.com/jcms/c_5154/home
For OXUS MFIs
ACTED is an international relief agency founded in Afghanistan in 1993. Its vocation is to support vulnerable population worldwide and to accompany them in building a better future. With a budget of EUR 103 million in 2010, the organization developed 330 projects across 32 countries in fields as diversified as emergency relief, food security or advocacy.
For more information, please visit: www.acted.org
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development financial institution whose mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people. Headquartered in Manila, and established in 1966, ADB is owned and financed by its 67 members, of whom 48 are from the region and 19 are from other parts of the globe. ADB’s main partners are governments, the private sector, nongovernment organizations, development agencies, community-based organizations and foundations.
For more information, please visit: www.adb.org
Based in Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Agroinvestbank operates as a financial institution providing a wide spectrum of retail and corporate banking services. Considered as its most valuable asset, relationships with clients are based on the principles of accountability, reliability and responsiveness.
For more information, please visit: http://agroinvestbank.tj/en/private_individuals/chl/index.php
Akuo Energy is a private group which specializes in the development of industrial power production plants from renewable resources such as wind, sun, water, biogas, biomass and biofuel.
For more information, please visit: http://www.akuoenergy.com/en/home.html
Supported by ACTED from the outset, Babyloan is the first peer-to-peer micro-lending website in France. Babyloan puts micro entrepreneurs from developing countries all over the world in direct touch with private lenders. On Babyloan, you can choose the micro-entrepreneur you wish to support, lend the amount of money you want and get your money back at the end of the loan term. Babyloan is also an educational platform to exchange best practices and information on the microfinance sector. OXUS Tajikistan was Babyloan’s first partner microfinance institution (MFI), meaning that you can make a loan to OXUS MFIs’ micro entrepreneurs through Babyloan.
For more information, please visit: http://www.babyloan.org/fr/
Developing World Markets (DWM) is a socially oriented investment bank primarily investing in economically sustainable MFIs through the supply of debt and equity capital. To date, DWM has conducted transactions in 33 countries across 4 continents, including Asia and Africa.
For more information, please visit: http://www.dwmarkets.com/
Founded in 1983, FAR Chemical produces pharmaceutical reagents and intermediates. Its products service electronic, fragrance, cosmetic and imaging companies.
For more information, please visit: http://far-chemical.com
Finethic aims at allying finance with ethics through two policy initiatives: the Finethic Microfinance SICAR investing in MFIs and the Finethic Foundation which supports SMEs and projects in the fields of education, healthcare and child labour through the supply of microcredit.
For more information, please visit: http://www.finethic.org/
As a specialized microfinance fund management company, Incofin Investment Management invests in microfinance institutions (MFIs) that help enterprising people to set up their own business and thus get a chance to improve their living conditions. Incofin Investment Management provides MFIs with a broad range of products and funds as well as made-to-measure financial solutions that meet their specific objectives. Incofin Investment Management attaches great importance to the social dimension of its investments.
For more information, please visit: www.incofin.be
The Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA) was set up in 2003 at the invitation of the Afghan government — to get donor coordination right from the start and avoid the counter-productive efforts that have emerged from conflicting donor objectives in other post-conflict situations. It was established as a vehicle through which the Afghan Government and international donors could channel technical assistance and funding to build Afghanistan’s microfinance sector, though more recently this mandate was expanded to include the lower ranges of small and medium enterprises (SME) lending.
For more information, please visit: http://www.misfa.org.af
Oikocredit is a worldwide cooperative society that offers loans, capital and capacity building support to MFIs, cooperatives and SMEs, which are focused on building opportunities for people without access to credit with a special emphasis on rural areas and women. Through a global network of 35 offices, Oikocredit finances project partners in more than 65 countries, ensuring a close relationship and providing tailor-made services. With € 365 m capital outstanding in development financing (as of 31 December 2008), Oikocredit is one of the largest private financiers of microfinance in the world.
For more information, please visit: www.oikocredit.org
Founded in 2003, ResponsAbility Social Investments AG is one of the world’s leading social investment companies. With its investment products, responsAbility enables people in developing countries and emerging markets to access markets, information and other services important for their development in sectors such as microfinance, SME financing, fair trade and independent media.
For more information, please visit: www.responsability.ch
Symbiotics is a leading investment platform linking investment funds, Small-to-Medium-Enterprise’s (SMEs) and MFIs. Symbiotics has developed three business lines: research & advisory services in microfinance, brokerage and structuring services for MFIs, and asset management services to funds looking for microfinance investments.
For more information, please visit: http://www.symbioticsgroup.com
Tiaré Group is organised around four business lines: wealth management; strategic consulting services; foundations and associations and coaching to family members.
Triple Jump’s mission is to contribute to the sustainable development of emerging market economies by facilitating investment in micro and small enterprises. Triple Jump seeks to support the expansion of viable MFIs in all three stages of their development (emerging, expanding and mature) by providing both capital and advisory services. Triple Jump thus seeks to deliver an effective social impact in emerging markets by harnessing entrepreneurial spirit.
For more information, please visit: www.triplejump.eu
Set up in 2006, the Dual Return Fund-Vision Microfinance invests in microfinance institutions (MFIs) worldwide. It has a double bottom line strategy, on one hand maximizing its risk-return profile for the benefit of the investor, while in the meantime maximizing depth and breadth of outreach by investing in small and medium sized companies in emerging economies. At present the fund’s volume stands at EUR 80.8 million, with loans issued to 56 MFIs in 24 emerging markets. The fund is managed by Absolute Portfolio Management GmbH, with Symbiotics acting as investment advisor.
For more information, please visit: http://www.visionmicrofinance.com
The Wallberg Global Microfinance Fund is a microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) established in October 2008 in Luxembourg. It is managed by Symbiotics Investment Management SA and manages EUR 41 million (USD 57 million) in assets. It is labelled by the Luxembourg Fund Labeling Agency (LuxFLAG), an organization that investigates whether investment vehicles actually support the microfinance sector.
For more information, please visit: http://www.wallberginvest.eu/