The IFC is in good financial standing and received the highest ratings from two independent credit rating agencies in 2010 and 2011.

The IDA received 2 billion in special drawing rights ($ 3 billion USD ) from the IBRD and IFC.

The IFC proposal had received complaints from some families of September 11 victims.

To service clients without ready access to low-cost financing, the IFC relies on structured or securitized finanicial products such as partial credit guarantees, portfolio risk transfers, and Islamic finance.

For companies that face difficulty in obtaining financing due to a perception of high credit risk, the IFC securitizes assets with predictable cash flows, such as mortgages, credit cards, loans, corporate debt instruments, and revenue streams, in an effort to enhance those companies ' credit.

The World Bank differs from the World Bank Group, in that the World Bank comprises only two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( IBRD ) and the International Development Association ( IDA ), whereas the latter incorporates these two in addition to three more: International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ( MIGA ), and International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ( ICSID ).

The IFC increasingly invested in private energy from 1966 to 1994, financing 34 projects in the electric power sector worth approximately $ 7. 4 billion USD ($ 11. 5 billion in 2012 dollars ).

The IFC approved a $ 90 million loan in 2007 for the upgrading of a slaughterhouse facility in the Amazon region owned by Brazil's biggest beef producer Bertin, despite opposition from local NGOs, the Sierra Club, and the advisement against by the Bank's Independent Evaluation Group.

Leasing companies and financial intermediaries may also receive loans from the IFC.

The IFC invests in businesses ' equity either directly or via private equity funds, generally from five up to twenty percent of a company's total equity.

Due to banks retrenching from lending across borders in emerging markets, in 2009 the IFC started to syndicate parallel loans to the international financial institutions and other participants.

The IFC reported a partial offset from lower liquid asset trading income, higher administrative costs, and higher advisory service expenses.

The IFC made $ 600 million in grants to IDA countries in fiscal 2011, up from $ 200 million in fiscal 2010 and $ 450 million in fiscal 2009.

The IFC held $ 24. 5 billion in liquid assets in 2011, up from $ 21 billion in 2010.

As of 2011, Showtime holds first-run premium cable rights to films from Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Miramax Films ( also including rights to Dimension Films releases ), DreamWorks Pictures ( live-action releases through Touchstone Pictures only ), CBS Films, First Look Pictures, IFC Films ( rights are shared with Starz ), THINKFilm and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

The IFC's towers have featured in several Hollywood films, including Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, where Lara Croft leaps off the then-under-construction 2 International Finance Centre, landing on a ship out in the Kowloon Bay, and The Dark Knight, where Batman leapt from 2 IFC to 1 IFC, where an action scene then takes place.

Image: HK_IFC_towers_from_bottom. jpg | IFC towers as seen from the street

Image: StarFerry-TST. png | The One IFC ( right ) and the Two IFC ( left ) as seen from the Star Ferry Pier at Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

The guidance and control area ( Integrated Fire Control, IFC ) was located at a distance ( about 1 mile ) from the area from where the missile was launched ( Launching Area, LA ).

There are 17 sororities from the Panhellenic Council and 26 IFC fraternities.

Buildings from left to right: Bank of America Tower, Hutchison Whampoa Building, AIG Tower, PLA Forces Hong Kong Building, Jardine House, Exchange Square Towers 1 & 2, The Center ( The antenna at the very background ), Exchange Square Tower 3, 1 IFC, ---, 2 IFC, 26 December 2007

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation ( TENS ) and interferential current ( IFC ) use a painless electric current and the physiological effects from low frequency electrical stimulation to relieve stiffness, improve mobility, relieve neuropathic pain, reduce oedema, and heal resistant foot ulcers.

S & P rated the IFC as having a strong financial standing with adequate capital and liquidity, cautious management policies, a high level of geographic diversification, and anticipated treatment as a preferred creditor given its membership in the World Bank Group.

Student Activities & Leadership Development is charged with advising the four Greek Councils at Fresno State: the Interfraternity Council ( IFC ), the Panhellenic Association ( PHA ), the National Pan-Hellenic Council ( NPHC ), and the United Sorority & Fraternity Council ( USFC ).

When R & B singer R. Kelly was asked on IFC how he defined his " Trapped in the Closet " series, Kelly stated that he described it as a hip hopera or musical opera, but that it's now too long to be called a song.

The station, retail mall, pedestrian tunnels, footbridges and IFC Masterplan were all designed by Arup Associates ( Hong Kong Office ) in collaboration with Rocco Design Architects Limited, Ove Arup & Partners, and Meinhardt.

In 2010, the Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman channeled a complaint by a collection of NGOs filed against the IFC for its equity and loan investments in an aluminum smelting operation in Mozambique which the NGOs allege could expose local inhabitants to harmful emissions.

In its fiscal year 2010, the IFC invested $ 12. 7 billion in 528 projects across 103 countries.

The IFC committed to approximately $ 5. 7 billion in new loans in 2010, and $ 5 billion in 2011.

The IFC issued $ 3. 46 billion in more than 2, 800 guarantees in 2010, of which over 51 % targeted IDA member nations.

The IFC syndicated a total of $ 4. 7 billion in loans in 2011, twice that of its $ 2 billion worth of syndications in 2010.

The IFC committed $ 797 million in the form of structured and securitized financing in 2010.

The IFC African, Latin American, and Caribbean Fund ( referred to as the IFC ALAC Fund ) was created in 2010 and is worth $ 1 billion.

In previous years, the IFC had reported a net loss of $ 151 million in fiscal 2009 and $ 1. 75 billion in fiscal 2010.

In 2011, the IFC reported total funding commitments ( consisting of loans, equity, guarantees, and client risk management ) of $ 12. 18 billion, slightly lower than its $ 12. 66 billion in commitments in 2010.

In September 2010, the IFC and Sundance television channels showed the film Ready to Work: Portraits of Braddock produced by Levi Strauss corporation.

There are 10 active IFC fraternities, 9 active Panhellenic sororities, ( Spring of 2010 Delta Gamma and Phi Gamma Delta joined the campus ) and 7 NPHC fraternities and sororities on campus.

In March 2010, IFC unveiled a newly redesigned logo and a new slogan-Always On.

IFC logo, used from 2001 to 2010 ; still used on IFC Canada.

Version 2012 also supports IFC GSA 2010 and IFC BCA ePlan Check in the Export to IFC dialog.

** Shanghai IFC, China ( Opened in June 2010 )

In 2007, the festival moved to the IFC Center and Japan Society, and in 2010, the Lincoln Center became the festival's primary home, though select screenings are also still held at the Japan Society, IFC Center, and Anthology Film Archives.