RKJ Partners

AUGUST 6, 2017

In 1999, federal funding for microlending programs increased through the passing of the Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (“PRIME”) Act; however, during the Bush administration era from 2001 to 2005, federal funding for microfinance was cut drastically. By 2002, there were 650 separate organizations in microfinance.

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Accenture Capital Markets

JANUARY 22, 2024

As the name suggests, these are fixed-income financial instruments issued specifically to fund projects that generate positive environmental and/or climate benefits. The first green bond was issued by the World Bank in November 2008 and since then, they’ve become a well-established feature of the global financial landscape.

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 1, 2020

The answer relates to private equity and the availability of capital to fund acquisitions and the need to deploy this capital. As described by Prequin, the foremost provider of data, analytics, and insights to the alternative asset community: In 2019, 1,316 private equity funds closed, securing $595 billion.

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