MFIs bank returns on rates: report
High returns on investment and healthy interest rates are helping Cambodia’s microfinance sector continue its rapid expansion, according to Cambodia-based investment firm Mekong Strategic Partners. With an average of 22 per cent return on equity and 48 per cent increase in loans across Cambodia’s 27 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 2013, Mekong Strategic Partners’ latest report states that the Kingdom’s microfinance industry is one of the world’s best performing. The report lists good management, a light and “pro-market” approach from the regulator, and a dynamic mix of NGO and private-sector shareholders as the driving forces behind the market’s expansion. …
Daniel de Carteret
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