How Have Market Challenges Affected Microfinance Investment Funds?

Despite the global economic recession, total assets of the 10 largest Microfinance Investments Vehicles (MIVs) grew in 2011, reaching US$4 billion. During the year, MIVs continued to face many challenges, including increased credit risk in several...

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Main Authors: Glisovic, Jasmina, Moretto, Louise
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16541975/market-challenges-affected-microfinance-investment-funds
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spelling okr-10986-94422021-04-23T14:02:45Z How Have Market Challenges Affected Microfinance Investment Funds? Glisovic, Jasmina Moretto, Louise AGRICULTURAL FINANCE ASSET MANAGERS ASSETS CAPACITY BUILDING CREDIT RISK DEBT DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEMAND FOR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS DIVERSIFICATION ENTERPRISE FINANCE EQUITY FUNDS EQUITY INVESTMENTS EXCHANGE RATES EXPANSION EXPOSURES FINANCIAL ACCESS FIXED INCOME FOREIGN EXCHANGE FUND MANAGERS FUND PERFORMANCE GLOBAL PORTFOLIO GLOBAL PORTFOLIOS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEDGES HIGH INFLATION HIGH INTEREST RATES HOLDING HOLDING COMPANIES HOLDING COMPANY INDEBTEDNESS INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS INTEREST RATES INVESTING INVESTMENT FUND INVESTMENT FUNDS INVESTMENT MANAGERS INVESTMENT MARKET LOAN LOCAL CURRENCY LOCAL CURRENCY LOANS LOCAL MARKET LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET INTEREST MARKET INTEREST RATES MEDIUM ENTERPRISE MFI MFIS MICRO-CREDIT MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MICROFINANCE MARKETS MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIOS PRIVATE CAPITAL RECESSION RETAIL MARKET RETURN RETURNS RISK PREMIUM RURAL MARKETS SMALL ENTERPRISE SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL PERFORMANCE STARTUPS TOTAL MARKET TRANSPARENCY VOLATILITY WORLD MARKETS Despite the global economic recession, total assets of the 10 largest Microfinance Investments Vehicles (MIVs) grew in 2011, reaching US$4 billion. During the year, MIVs continued to face many challenges, including increased credit risk in several markets and lower returns, but the overall investment market was more active than in 2010, with renewed capital appetite from most microfinance services providers and more focus on underserved markets. Overall, lower fund returns since 2009 reflect lower market interest rates, higher loan loss provisions, and increased competition for placement of funds, especially in several saturated markets. 2012-08-13T08:36:23Z 2012-08-13T08:36:23Z 2012-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16541975/market-challenges-affected-microfinance-investment-funds http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9442 English CGAP Brief CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic AGRICULTURAL FINANCE
ASSET MANAGERS
ASSETS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CREDIT RISK
DEBT
DEBT INSTRUMENTS
DEMAND FOR CAPITAL
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
DIVERSIFICATION
ENTERPRISE FINANCE
EQUITY FUNDS
EQUITY INVESTMENTS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPANSION
EXPOSURES
FINANCIAL ACCESS
FIXED INCOME
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FUND MANAGERS
FUND PERFORMANCE
GLOBAL PORTFOLIO
GLOBAL PORTFOLIOS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HEDGES
HIGH INFLATION
HIGH INTEREST RATES
HOLDING
HOLDING COMPANIES
HOLDING COMPANY
INDEBTEDNESS
INFLATION
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
INTEREST RATES
INVESTING
INVESTMENT FUND
INVESTMENT FUNDS
INVESTMENT MANAGERS
INVESTMENT MARKET
LOAN
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOCAL CURRENCY LOANS
LOCAL MARKET
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MARKET INTEREST
MARKET INTEREST RATES
MEDIUM ENTERPRISE
MFI
MFIS
MICRO-CREDIT
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION
MICROFINANCE MARKETS
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIOS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
RECESSION
RETAIL MARKET
RETURN
RETURNS
RISK PREMIUM
RURAL MARKETS
SMALL ENTERPRISE
SMALL ENTERPRISES
SOCIAL PERFORMANCE
STARTUPS
TOTAL MARKET
TRANSPARENCY
VOLATILITY
WORLD MARKETS
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL FINANCE
ASSET MANAGERS
ASSETS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CREDIT RISK
DEBT
DEBT INSTRUMENTS
DEMAND FOR CAPITAL
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
DIVERSIFICATION
ENTERPRISE FINANCE
EQUITY FUNDS
EQUITY INVESTMENTS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPANSION
EXPOSURES
FINANCIAL ACCESS
FIXED INCOME
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FUND MANAGERS
FUND PERFORMANCE
GLOBAL PORTFOLIO
GLOBAL PORTFOLIOS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HEDGES
HIGH INFLATION
HIGH INTEREST RATES
HOLDING
HOLDING COMPANIES
HOLDING COMPANY
INDEBTEDNESS
INFLATION
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
INTEREST RATES
INVESTING
INVESTMENT FUND
INVESTMENT FUNDS
INVESTMENT MANAGERS
INVESTMENT MARKET
LOAN
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOCAL CURRENCY LOANS
LOCAL MARKET
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MARKET INTEREST
MARKET INTEREST RATES
MEDIUM ENTERPRISE
MFI
MFIS
MICRO-CREDIT
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION
MICROFINANCE MARKETS
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIOS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
RECESSION
RETAIL MARKET
RETURN
RETURNS
RISK PREMIUM
RURAL MARKETS
SMALL ENTERPRISE
SMALL ENTERPRISES
SOCIAL PERFORMANCE
STARTUPS
TOTAL MARKET
TRANSPARENCY
VOLATILITY
WORLD MARKETS
Glisovic, Jasmina
Moretto, Louise
How Have Market Challenges Affected Microfinance Investment Funds?
relation CGAP Brief
description Despite the global economic recession, total assets of the 10 largest Microfinance Investments Vehicles (MIVs) grew in 2011, reaching US$4 billion. During the year, MIVs continued to face many challenges, including increased credit risk in several markets and lower returns, but the overall investment market was more active than in 2010, with renewed capital appetite from most microfinance services providers and more focus on underserved markets. Overall, lower fund returns since 2009 reflect lower market interest rates, higher loan loss provisions, and increased competition for placement of funds, especially in several saturated markets.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Glisovic, Jasmina
Moretto, Louise
author_facet Glisovic, Jasmina
Moretto, Louise
author_sort Glisovic, Jasmina
title How Have Market Challenges Affected Microfinance Investment Funds?
title_short How Have Market Challenges Affected Microfinance Investment Funds?
title_full How Have Market Challenges Affected Microfinance Investment Funds?
title_fullStr How Have Market Challenges Affected Microfinance Investment Funds?
title_full_unstemmed How Have Market Challenges Affected Microfinance Investment Funds?
title_sort how have market challenges affected microfinance investment funds?
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16541975/market-challenges-affected-microfinance-investment-funds
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9442
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