by Athena Global | Oct 31, 2022 | Blog, Gender Lens Investing, SME/SGB
Athena Global is pleased to partner with the Technical Mission of Taiwan in Guatemala (TECRO) and the United States International Development Finance Corporation (USDFC) to host an event, NexWomen in Guatemala City. The event will be held around the Latin...
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...
