This paper investigates investment performance of microfinance investment funds. The examined funds have recorded lower … revealed that investment in microfinance investment funds that focus especially on debt instruments represents an attractive … investors with a particular interest in the socially responsible aspect of investment into microfinance. -- Microfinance …

This paper investigates investment performance of the most commercially developed microfinance investment funds and it … also includes a discussion of major economic characteristics of microfinance investments. When we analyze the relation … between microfinance funds' returns and the performance of stock and fixed income markets in developed and emerging economies …

In today's competitive world, credit risk poses a significant challenge to lending institutions such as microfinance …

This paper is the first to draw a global picture of worldwide microfinance equity by taking full advantage of daily … quoted prices. We revisit previous findings showing that investors should consider microfinance as a self-standing sector …. Our results are threefold: 1) Microfinance has become less risky and more closely correlated with the financial sector, 2 …

An effective tool of economic development is found in microfinance and is believed to provide sustainable mechanism for … poverty alleviation. The microfinance institutions across the world operate on a few established models. The studies indicate … that the microfinance institutions have been able to make a considerable impact in the areas of financial inclusion and …

impact of macroeconomic and micro-level factors on credit risk for microfinance institutions during the period of 2010 …