Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

October 8, 2012

Over the last few months, ICRA has upgraded the ratings on securitisation transactions backed by micro-loan receivables structured and arranged by IFMR Capital.

October 4, 2012 | Dvara Research

Subsequent to our earlier post that briefly laid out the three approaches to consumer protection that were discussed in the IFMR Financial Systems Design Conference 2012, upcoming posts in this series will take you through these sessions in detail.

By Dvara Research
September 27, 2012 | Dvara Research

As part of our series on consumer protection, we seek to present views of leading experts in the field. Below is a guest post by Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion.

By Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion
September 24, 2012 | Dvara Research

The evolution of South African debt market can be divided in four phases. Debt market reforms under phase 1 and 2 were covered in the earlier post as part of our series on Long Term Debt Markets (LTDM). In this post, we shall cover phase 3 and 4 reforms.

By Rajeswari Sengupta, Vaibhav Anand
September 14, 2012 | Dvara Research

Structured finance approach has provided microfinance institutions (MFIs) the access to diverse funding sources. During last fiscal year 2011-12, MFIs raised more than INR 20 billion through securitisation transactions.

September 8, 2012 | Dvara Research

The second chapter of the IFMR Financial Systems Design Conference Series was held at our office on August 31-September 1, 2012.

September 2, 2012 | Dvara Research

This is the third post in our blog series on Long Term Debt Markets (LTDM) in the Indian context. In this post (and the next one) we discuss the evolution of LTDM in South Africa and identify key lessons for the Indian debt markets.

August 31, 2012

The principal goal of this conference series is to create a platform to discuss issues of significant importance to the future of the Indian financial system that interested researchers in India as well as elsewhere can start to explore and present solutions for.

By Dr. Nachiket Mor
August 27, 2012 | Dvara Research

As part of our series of posts on Consumer Protection, in this post Deepti George of IFMR Finance Foundation interviews Denise Dias of CGAP. Denise specializes in prudential banking and microfinance regulation and supervision, and shares valuable insights with us in this interview.

August 25, 2012

Over the last quarter, ICRA has upgraded the ratings on numerous securitisation transactions backed my micro-loan receivables, structured and arranged by IFMR Capital.