Read up on Mexico's biggest MFI Banco Compartamos, S.A. Read up on Mohammed Younis. Check out www.kiva.org. MF is growing very fast in India, so read up on India-focused MFIs. Read "The Fortune at the Base of the Pyramid" by C.K. Prahlad. Lot of MFI activity is based on the West Coast so you'll have a lot more luck over there than on the East.

 

Glad there's a lot of interest in this area- I'm extremely busy the next few days but will get back to all of you that PMed me/left me a message relatively soon. I may possibly end up making a new post with this info, too. Response forthcoming in a few days!

 

wow, that looks pretty cool

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Microfinance firms according to a past professor of mine don't generally target traditional IBD analysts, a lot of the work they do is operational and regulatory. That being said I'm sure either of those would be a great way to get experience in finance in general, microfinance traditionally isn't as competitive since it's a less orthodox career path and less lucrative.

 

I'd say they're jumping on the emerging economies bandwagon. An EM fund focused on "safe" LatAm and Eastern Europe would do better than microfinance funds with a good bet on equities or FI (arbitrage between similarly rated bonds in different countries for example).

 
Edster:
I'd say they're jumping on the emerging economies bandwagon. An EM fund focused on "safe" LatAm and Eastern Europe would do better than microfinance funds with a good bet on equities or FI (arbitrage between similarly rated bonds in different countries for example).

Everyone's doing that. Bigger funds do not limit themselves to US/EU/Jap, especially not in the last 5-10 years.

 
Ruhm:
How would you explain this lower dispersion around a higher average ? Can it be explained solely by their smaller size (and higher manoeuvre potential) ?

Imagine a VC shop with 500 smaller investments instead of 10 big ones. This diversity helps them avoid a big fluke. The smaller size helps since they can be picky on their investment opportunities.

 

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