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Author : B. N. Rath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788191005851
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Investing Into Microfinance Investment Funds written by B. N. Rath and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roland Dominicé
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782839910934
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Microfinance investments : an investor's guide to financing the growth and wealth creation of small enterprises and low income households in emerging economies written by Roland Dominicé and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers investors an in-depth guide to understanding the microfinance investment value chain and its benefits. It aims to increase the awareness of this growing asset class among traditional investors by providing a detailed review of the current state of the industry. The book focuses on the two key intermediaries linking investors and small enterprises: financial institutions and investment funds, covering their respective markets, models, risks, performance and impact. By describing their dynamics, strengths and weaknesses, it helps the investor to better grasp the elements of choice when deciding to add microfinance in his portfolio."--Preface.
Author : Ingrid Matthäus-Maier
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Microfinance Investment Funds written by Ingrid Matthäus-Maier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microfinance spans the range of finance, from the most simple enterprise to the complexity of capital markets. KfW actively promotes microfinance investment funds and other activities that facilitate the growth of microfinance. This book is an expression of KfW's role as information broker and trend setter. It offers a comprehensive range of perspectives and themes related to microfinance investment and its promotion.
Author : Ingrid Matthäus-Maier
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540766413
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)
Download or read book New Partnerships for Innovation in Microfinance written by Ingrid Matthäus-Maier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microfinance has experienced dynamic development. Today, microfinance providers reach close to 100 million clients worldwide and are growing fast. New partnerships expand the impact of microfinance even further. Three types of partnerships are examined in this book, each consisting of a thematic pillar. Pillar I focuses on equity investments in microfinance, especially the possibilities for engaging private investors through structured microfinance investment funds. Rating agencies are involved in providing more transparency in this emerging fund industry. Pillar II focuses on collaboration among microfinance providers, governments, private investors and technology companies which help microfinance institutions to integrate new technologies into their business models, reducing cost and increasing outreach to clients. Pillar III covers micropensions, microinsurance and the role of securitisation for the future of microfinance.
Author : Ingrid Matthäus-Maier
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783540724230
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (242 download)
Download or read book Microfinance Investment Funds written by Ingrid Matthäus-Maier and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-06-14 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microfinance spans the range of finance, from the most simple enterprise to the complexity of capital markets. KfW actively promotes microfinance investment funds and other activities that facilitate the growth of microfinance. This book is an expression of KfW's role as information broker and trend setter. It offers a comprehensive range of perspectives and themes related to microfinance investment and its promotion.
Author : Damien Durand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (827 download)
Download or read book Can Investing Into Microfinance Investment Funds Reduce Portfolio Volatility? written by Damien Durand and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter A. Fanconi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119338190
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)
Download or read book Small Money Big Impact written by Peter A. Fanconi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make your money make a difference—and enjoy attractive returns Small Money, Big Impact explores and explains the globally growing importance of impact investing. Today, the investor's perspective has become as important as the actual social impact. Based on their experience with over 25 million micro borrowers, the authors delve into the mechanics, considerations, data and strategies that make microloans and impact investing an attractive asset class. From the World Bank to the individual investor, impact investing is attracting more and more attention. Impact investing is a global megatrend and is reshaping the way people invest as pension funds, insurance companies, foundations, family offices and private investors jump on board. This book explains for the first time how it works, why it works and what you should know if you're ready to help change the world. Impact investing has proven over the last 20 years as the first-line offense against crushing poverty. Over two billion people still lack access to basic financial services, which are essential for improving their livelihood. Investors have experienced not only social and environmental impact, but have received attractive, stable and uncorrelated returns for over 15 years. This guide provides the latest insights and methodologies that help you reap the rewards of investing in humanity. Explore the global impact investing phenomenon Learn how microloans work, and how they make a difference Discover why investors are increasingly leaning into impact investing Consider the factors that inform impact investing decisions Part social movement and part financial strategy, impact investing offers the unique opportunity for investors to power tremendous change with a small amount of money— expanding their portfolios as they expand their own global impact. Microfinance allows investors at any level to step in where banks refuse to tread, offering opportunity to those who need it most. Small Money, Big Impact provides the expert guidance you need to optimize the impact on your portfolio and the world.
Author : Robert Schmitt
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640438442
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Microfinance Investments in German Retail Banking written by Robert Schmitt and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 1.0, University of Applied Sciences - Bonn, language: English, abstract: Microfinance or the concept of providing small-sized loans to the unemployed poor through recent decades has transformed into an asset class that attracts commercially oriented investors from all over the world. While the majority of them still consist of institutional investors and high net worth individuals, large numbers of people who could potentially profit from a microfinance engagement lack access to appropriate investment products. Simultaneously, only a small fraction of the global funding demand of the microfinance industry is currently being met. This paper demonstrates that, for several reasons, German retail banking clients should be provided with opportunities to engage in this emerging asset class. It is shown that this client group not only can have a significant impact on poverty reduction by closing parts of the immense funding gap, but moreover it is able to gain advantages in terms of portfolio diversification from a microfinance engagement.
Author : Marc Moser
Publisher : Haupt Verlag AG
ISBN 13 : 3258078580
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Commercial Investments and Mission Drift in Microfinance written by Marc Moser and published by Haupt Verlag AG. This book was released on 2013 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The microfinance sector has witnessed various controversies and criticisms recently as a consequence of its commercialization and the related involvement of international investors. Against this background, the qualitative case study reported on examines the perceptions of stakeholders from the Swiss microfinance investment network. How do the various investor-related stakeholder groups perceive the motivation to become engaged in microfinance, the mission drift issue and the current state and potentials of mutual value creation? The findings suggest that common ground on fundamental questions facilitates superior mutual value creation among the investigated stakeholders. Implications include the need for enhanced coordination between private and public stakeholders.
Author : Elizabeth Rhyne
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071713654
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Microfinance for Bankers and Investors: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges of the Market at the Bottom of the Pyramid written by Elizabeth Rhyne and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-08-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What promise did Sequoia Capital recognize in SKS microfinance (India) that it had also seen in Apple, Oracle, and Google? Why would Vodafone help distribute money via cell phones for millions of Kenyans? How did a Mexican retailer create a financial-services empire, Banco Azteca, that would serve eight million borrowers in five years? From its origins as a nonprofit poverty alleviation strategy, microfinance has become a viable business model for providing financial services to the poor in ways that allow for both social responsibility and profit, even in the midst of economic turmoil. Longtime microfinance expert Elisabeth Rhyne and her team guide readers through the landscape of financial-inclusion opportunities, providing lessons from companies around the world that are leading the way in earning profits while addressing global poverty. Microfinance for Bankers and Investors reveals: Changes in the market allowing for increased private investment in microfinance New technologies and delivery channels that reduce costs for small transactions Proven ways to overcome the unique challenges of serving customers at the bottom of the pyramid Innovative products for grassroots finance, such as mobile phone banking and microinsurance The extraordinary social value and business sustainability of microfinance Microfinance for Bankers and Investors breaks new ground by showing how microfinance attracts top organizations to engage in double and triple bottom-line business activities. With deep insight and clear vision, it examines the unique opportunities and challenges of providing financial services for low-income people. Inclusive finance gives companies the prospect of aligning social values with long-term business strategies. Microfinance for Bankers and Investors offers the facts and insights you need to enter this fast-growing market with confidence.
Author : Naoyuki Yoshino
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 4431543090
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Hometown Investment Trust Funds written by Naoyuki Yoshino and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book records the first success stories of a new form of financial intermediation, the hometown investment fund, that has become a national strategy in Japan, partly to meet the need to finance small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. The hometown investment fund has three main advantages. First, it contributes to financial market stability by lowering information asymmetry. Individual households and firms have direct access to information about the borrowing firms, mainly SMEs, that they lend to. Second, it is a stable source of risk capital. The fund is project driven. Firms and households decide to invest by getting to know the borrowers and their projects. In this way the fund distributes risk but not so that it renders risk intractable, which was the problem with the “originate and distribute” model. Third, it contributes to economic recovery by connecting firms and households with SMEs that are worthy of their support. It also creates employment opportunities, at the SMEs as well as for the pool of retirees from financial institutions who can help assess the projects. Introduction of the hometown investment fund has huge global implications. The world is seeking a method of financial intermediation that minimizes information asymmetry, distributes risk without making it opaque, and contributes to economic recovery. Funds similar to Japan’s hometown investment fund can succeed in all three ways. After all, the majority of the world’s businesses are SMEs. The first chapter explains the theory behind this method, and the following chapters relate success stories from Japan and other parts of Asia. This book should encourage policymakers, economists, lenders, and borrowers, especially in developing countries, to adopt this new form of financial intermediation, thus contributing to global economic stability.
Author : Maria Cristina De Lorenzo
Publisher : Ibidem Press
ISBN 13 : 9783838202518
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Microfinance Investment Funds written by Maria Cristina De Lorenzo and published by Ibidem Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the traditional financial system, profit and social solidarity have often represented a dichotomy hard to beat. In this scenario, the Microfinance Investment Vehicles (MIVs) are emerging as tools to build a bridge between private and social interests, increasingly in recent years, despite the fact that the world economy has been shaken by a strong global recession.After clarifying the often confused meaning of MIVs, Maria Cristina De Lorenzo utilises financial indicators like returns, Jensen's alpha, Sharpe Index, Treynor Index, Beta, R-Squared to analyse the performance and the risk of a sample of ten MIVs over the last three years. She compares the results obtained to three benchmarks representing the overall equity market (Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index), the socially responsible investment market (Dow Jones Sustainability World Index), and the emerging bond market (J.P. Morgan Emerging Market Bond Index Global). Her study demonstrates that, in general, MIVs outperformed the benchmarks. They can successfully improve portfolio diversification because there is no positive correlation with broader markets (Beta parameters are next to zero).Ultimately, De Lorenzo aims to provide ways of research defining standard indicators of social performance associated with such investments in order to reinforce the idea that ethically and socially responsible funds are both a great financial and social opportunity for all involved.
Author : David Roodman
Publisher : CGD Books
ISBN 13 : 1933286539
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (332 download)
Download or read book Due Diligence written by David Roodman and published by CGD Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea that small loans can help poor families build businesses and exit poverty has blossomed into a global movement. The concept has captured the public imagination, drawn in billions of dollars, reached millions of customers, and garnered a Nobel Prize. Radical in its suggestion that the poor are creditworthy and conservative in its insistence on individual accountability, the idea has expanded beyond credit into savings, insurance, and money transfers, earning the name microfinance. But is it the boon so many think it is? Readers of David Roodman's openbook blog will immediately recognize his thorough, straightforward, and trenchant analysis. Due Diligence, written entirely in public with input from readers, probes the truth about microfinance to guide governments, foundations, investors, and private citizens who support financial services for poor people. In particular, it explains the need to deemphasize microcredit in favor of other financial services for the poor.
Author : Ira W. Lieberman
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815737645
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)
Download or read book The Future of Microfinance written by Ira W. Lieberman and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major source of financing for the poor and no longer a niche industry Over the past four decades, microfinance—the provision of loans, savings, and insurance to small businesses and entrepreneurs shut out of traditional capital markets—has grown from a niche service in Bangladesh and a few other countries to a significant global source of financing. Some 200 million people globally now receive support from microfinance institutions, with most of the recipients in the developing world. In the beginning, much of the microfinance industry was managed by non-governmental organizations, but today the majority of these institutions are commercial and regulated by governments, and they provide safe places for the poor to save, as well as offering much-needed capital and other financial services. Now out of infancy, the microfinance industry faces major challenges, including its ability to deal with mobile banking and other technology and concerns that some markets are now over-saturated with microfinance. How the industry deals with these and other challenges will determine whether it will continue to grow or will be subsumed within the larger global financial sector. This book is based on the results of a workshop at Lehigh University among thirty-four leaders in the industry. The editors, working with contributions from more than a dozen leading authorities in the field, tell the important story of how microfinance developed, how it has met the needs of hundreds of millions of people, and they address key questions about how it can continue to meet those needs in the future.
Author : Marco Deiana
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Ethical Investments and Microfinance Mutual Funds written by Marco Deiana and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through this article, we discuss the importance of asset performance evaluation of microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) in order to deeply understand the risk faced by microfinance investors and the relative benefit in terms of risk diversification. We also encourage the use of J.P. Morgan Emerging Market Bond Index as main benchmark for microfinance fixed income mutual funds.Using market data, we explore and analyze returns of MIVs and we show that microfinance, as an asset class, offers an adequate risk adjusted return and it is weakly correlated with global markets.In particular, our results show low correlation of MIVs during the subprime crisis in 2007 and global recession in 2008, a period where correlations among all others asset classes rose sharply.This particularity proves that investing in microfinance can offer protection during financial turmoil. Moreover, this paper shows that when we measure the performance of microfinance mutual fund we cannot disregard the social component, which should be carefully measured in order to avoid that poor performance are hidden though vague social goals.
Author : Laura Hilber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (814 download)
Download or read book Communicating Social Performance written by Laura Hilber and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent development of social investment funds has also given rise to microfinance funds. Microfinance funds are still at an early stage and standard regulatory guidelines have not yet been put in place, providing for a rocky road in conducting a sound analysis concerning social performance. Although many marketing techniques are used to attract private investors, microfinance is still a field more populated by institutional investors to diversify their portfolios, as microfinance funds exhibit lower volatility and their correlation to other asset classes is comparatively low. Shifting more of the asset allocation towards microfinance and increasing marketing to attract additional investors can help in creating a broader client base and thus more microfinance investments. By investing in microfinance, private investors are primarily interested in the social impact achieved, while financial return is secondary. In line with the outperformance hypothesis in the literature by Renneboog, Horst, and Zhang (2008), the hypothesis that microfinance funds can outperform conventional mutual funds is supported in the context of private investors. Investors investing in microfinance funds differ from investors investing solely in standard mutual funds.
Author : Elizabeth Rhyne
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071733051
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Microfinance for Bankers and Investors, Cases 4 - Financing Models written by Elizabeth Rhyne and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following chapter is from Microfinance for Bankers and Investors. Written in a non-academic, direct style, it is enhanced with detailed case studies that showcase innovative and entrepreneurial ventures into microfinance by some of the world's best-known corporations such as Citibank, Visa Inc. and Wal-Mart. The company-cases help bring microfinance to life, recounting the motivations that led these companies into inclusive finance, the opportunities, and the obstacles they saw and the results they have experienced so far.
