by Athena | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog, Financial Products/ Structures for DEI, Kaylene Alvarez, Publications, Resources, SME/SGB
By Kaylene Alvarez, Athena Global Founder and CEO Editor’s note: This is the second in a series by Grameen Foundation on what it takes for institutions that provide microfinance services to go digital. You can read the first post here. The speed and convenience...
by Athena | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog, Gender Lens Investing
By Kaylene Alvarez, Athena Global Founder and CEO The concept for this blog came out of a session I facilitated in 2018 at the Gender Smart Summit called “Gender Bonds: What comes next?” During this session, we got to hear from 3 world-class rock stars working to...
by Athena | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog, Gender Lens Investing, Kaylene Alvarez
By Kaylene Alvarez, Athena Global Founder and CEO One of the hurdles to effective, large scale gender bonds is what I call the “size/impact paradigm.” Historically, some of the “social” bonds that have been issued aimed at mid-size (US$1M) and retail (people...
