I-AM GreenStars Market Commentary

Global equities continued their recovery in July, posting strong gains in some cases.

I-AM Vision Microfinance Market Commentary

As we’ve reached the middle of the year 2025 already, the I-AM VMF fund management currently prepares the regular semi-annual report for both Vision Microfinance Funds and the collected data shows, that throughout the first half of the year the economic conditions in multiple microfinance markets improved.

Symbiotics, the leading market access platform for impact investing, has arranged a USD 5 million gender sukuk for Kashf Foundation, one of the largest non-deposit-taking microfinance institutions serving low income communities in Pakistan. This transaction marks Symbiotics first sukuk issuance and the first gender-based sukuk to be deployed in Pakistan’s microfinance sector. The anchor investor to the transaction is I-AM Vision Microfinance. 

This is another step towards integrating with our new owner, Erste Asset Management. We are now working together under one roof at the same location, and after receiving such a warm welcome, we already feel right at home.

Since May 1, 2025, Magdalena Ujwary has been part of the management team of Impact Asset Management GmbH (IAM). The expansion of the leadership team is another step towards deepening the collaboration between Erste Asset Management GmbH (EAM) and IAM, following EAM's acquisition of 100% of IAM's shares in December 2024.

Adapted to our new owner, Erste Asset Management GmbH, we are now also presenting ourselves to the outside world in a new design.

We are delighted with our new logo, which also emphasises the merger of the two companies.

As part of EAM, we will be taking further branding steps in the coming weeks to emphasise our unity even more strongly.

Médecins Sans Frontières says THANK YOU for the generous donation and that I-AM stands by patients, especially in times like these, to provide them with medical care, they would otherwise not have access to.

We are pleased to announce that the I-AM Vision Microfinance Funds habe been awarded the LuxFLAG Microfinance Label, valid from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.

An interview with Birgit Havlik, member of the fund management team of the I-AM Vision Microfinance Funds, about investments in emerging and developing countries and the basis for such investments.

Erste Asset Management GmbH (Erste AM) has entered into a purchase agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Impact Asset Management GmbH (I-AM), which has been majority-owned by Cubic (London) Ltd. This strategic acquisition, which is still subject to regulatory approval, is intended to strengthen Erste AM’s position as a leading provider of ESG and sustainable investment solutions and also to expand its presence on the German market.