Posted on January 13, 2010 - by James
India: Investors happy as microfinance lenders discipline growth…
Microfinance institutions (MFIs)—firms that offer tiny loans to low-income groups—are moderating their pace of growth, but private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds that have invested in them aren’t complaining.
MFIs are going slow on opening branches and acquiring loan customers. In an attempt to improve quality control, the industry has prepared a code of conduct, following which MFIs will try to avoid heavy concentration in some regions and stop chasing the same set of customers.
High growth means high returns for PE and VC funds. Yet investors are pleased the Rs11,750 crore microfinance industry is starting to rein in lending to address concerns that unbridled growth may cause bad assets to pile up.
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