Securitization: An alternative funding mechanism for the microfinance institutions / Shahadat Hossain and Rubaiyet Hasan Khan

Despite microfinance has been widely appreciated as an informal financial mechanism to provide financial services to the poor people in developing countries, this sector is still lacking behind in fulfilling the demand gap due to the dearth of adequate funds. Securitization opens a new horizon that...

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Main Authors: Hossain, Shahadat, Hasan Khan, Rubaiyet
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Published: Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press 2018
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spelling uitm-232122020-03-19T07:31:55Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23212/ Securitization: An alternative funding mechanism for the microfinance institutions / Shahadat Hossain and Rubaiyet Hasan Khan Hossain, Shahadat Hasan Khan, Rubaiyet Macroeconomics Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance Despite microfinance has been widely appreciated as an informal financial mechanism to provide financial services to the poor people in developing countries, this sector is still lacking behind in fulfilling the demand gap due to the dearth of adequate funds. Securitization opens a new horizon that overcomes the funding barriers of microfinance through which the top tier Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) can accumulate funds to enlarge their portfolio without issuing any debt or equity. This paper is a desk study that synthesizes how securitization can be used in the funding of the MFI portfolio and what are the benefits and risks associated with securitization of microfinance portfolio. As a case study, we use the two examples of cross-border securitizations in the microfinance industry to diagnose the role of securitization in microfinance Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23212/1/23212.pdf Hossain, Shahadat and Hasan Khan, Rubaiyet (2018) Securitization: An alternative funding mechanism for the microfinance institutions / Shahadat Hossain and Rubaiyet Hasan Khan. Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship (JIBE), 3 (2). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2550-1429 https://jibe.uitm.edu.my/
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topic Macroeconomics
Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance
spellingShingle Macroeconomics
Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance
Hossain, Shahadat
Hasan Khan, Rubaiyet
Securitization: An alternative funding mechanism for the microfinance institutions / Shahadat Hossain and Rubaiyet Hasan Khan
description Despite microfinance has been widely appreciated as an informal financial mechanism to provide financial services to the poor people in developing countries, this sector is still lacking behind in fulfilling the demand gap due to the dearth of adequate funds. Securitization opens a new horizon that overcomes the funding barriers of microfinance through which the top tier Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) can accumulate funds to enlarge their portfolio without issuing any debt or equity. This paper is a desk study that synthesizes how securitization can be used in the funding of the MFI portfolio and what are the benefits and risks associated with securitization of microfinance portfolio. As a case study, we use the two examples of cross-border securitizations in the microfinance industry to diagnose the role of securitization in microfinance
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author Hossain, Shahadat
Hasan Khan, Rubaiyet
author_facet Hossain, Shahadat
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title Securitization: An alternative funding mechanism for the microfinance institutions / Shahadat Hossain and Rubaiyet Hasan Khan
title_short Securitization: An alternative funding mechanism for the microfinance institutions / Shahadat Hossain and Rubaiyet Hasan Khan
title_full Securitization: An alternative funding mechanism for the microfinance institutions / Shahadat Hossain and Rubaiyet Hasan Khan
title_fullStr Securitization: An alternative funding mechanism for the microfinance institutions / Shahadat Hossain and Rubaiyet Hasan Khan
title_full_unstemmed Securitization: An alternative funding mechanism for the microfinance institutions / Shahadat Hossain and Rubaiyet Hasan Khan
title_sort securitization: an alternative funding mechanism for the microfinance institutions / shahadat hossain and rubaiyet hasan khan
publisher Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23212/
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http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23212/1/23212.pdf
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