According to the latest Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum, “Gender parity is not recovering. It will take another 132 years to close the global gender gap.... read more →
In a letter to The Wall Street Journal (June 9 2016), John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group, challenged Wall Street’s role in business capital formation in support of economic... read more →
When a factor in the Netherlands approached AGC about providing working capital to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), we looked at several indicators to determine if the partnership fit. AGC... read more →
Investment in emerging markets hits post crisis low” “China volatility adds to pressure on emerging markets” “Welcome to the Crisis Economy, Where Tumult Reigns” As we ushered out the old... read more →
When Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan announced the formation of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, they chose not to organize as a foundation. Instead, they created an LLC, potentially becoming... read more →
Aquilino Flores started his clothing business out of necessity. He grew up in a small village in the Andes Mountains and when his father passed away, he had to find... read more →
For a food products manufacturer in Kazakhstan, low interest rates in the U.S. and the collapse of oil prices around the world are a problem. Market demand is local, and... read more →
When scaling up microcredit showed that women were often more reliable clients than men, investors began to take notice. If women entrepreneurs were more likely to repay loans on time... read more →
Popular Brands Venture, Ltd, has a successful business, supplying packaged foods to Nakumatt, Tusky’s, and Uchumi, the leading supermarket chains in Kenya. Expanding their product line to include Soya beverages,... read more →
On a recent panel at The Hague discussing family office approaches to impact investment, Janet McKinley, Advance Global Capital (AGC) co-founder, was asked, “How do you address investors’ concerns about... read more →