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<strong>Impact</strong> Investments:<br />

An emerging asset class<br />

Global Research<br />

29 November 2010<br />

investments, it also means that the currency risk is more likely being borne by the<br />

recipients of these investments.<br />

Microfinance trends indicate that currency risk is increasingly borne by investors<br />

While currency risk remains a concern – we address this in more detail in Appendix<br />

I: Managing impact investments– the trend toward investments in local currency that<br />

has appeared in microfinance highlights that investors are increasingly taking over<br />

the currency risk from the microfinance institutions. According to CGAP, the amount<br />

of investment into local currency debt by microfinance investment vehicles increased<br />

by 54% in 2009, and now accounts for 31% of all outstanding direct debt<br />

investments 40 . We anticipate that as the other impact investment sectors mature, a<br />

similar trend will emerge.<br />

40 Microfinance Investors Adjust Strategy in Tougher Market Conditions, Xavier Reille,<br />

CGAP 2010.<br />

38

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