THE MODULES IN DETAIL

 

Below you can find the different modules of the microfinance trainings designed by ADA and its partner the IFBL for the Luxembourg banking sector. It consist of several separate courses, each one finishing with an optional examination.

  • Case studies :
  • 1- Debt fund for retail investors
  • 2- Structured Fund investing in debt
  • 3- Mixed Debt and Equity Fund
  • Microfinance investment fund management: a practical experience
  • Beyond microfinance with Impact Investing

M2: MICROFINANCE - FUNDAMENTALS AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF THE MFIs (12 hours)

  • Fundamentals of microfinance
  • Microfinance and investment
  • Principal actors in Luxembourg and elsewhere
  • Present challenges and future perspectives
  • Transparence, benchmarking, and key indicators in microfinance
  • Tools for the analysis of the performance of the MFIs
  • Case studies

M2 : MICROFINANCE - INVESTMENTS (8 hours)

  • Funding instruments for microfinance institutions
  • Developing microfinance investment vehicles
  • Key steps in creating an investment vehicle and its specificities in microfinance
  • Practical experiences
  • Case studies

M2 : MICROFINANCE - RISK MANAGEMENT (8 hours)

  • Principal risks associated with the microfinance sector
  • Understand and measure risks related to investments in microfinance
  • Microfinance in times of crisis

M3 : MICROFINANCE - LEGAL STRUCTURES OF THE MIVs (4 hours)

  • Legal specificities related to the creation of investment vehicles in microfinance
  • Advantages and inconveniences of the different possible legal structures
  • Case studies

MICROINSURANCE - INTRODUCTION (4 hours)

  • Background
  • Fundamentals of microinsurance
  • Demand and offer
  • Principal actors in Luxembourg and elsewhere
  • Present challenges and future perspectives

M' SPECIFICITIES OF MICROFINANCE STRATEGIES WITHIN PRIVATE EQUITY (4 hours)

  • Risks
  • Tax implications
  • Risk Management
  • Valuation
 

Information and registration

Download the presentation folder of the microfinance training modules

In English (PDF, 100 Ko)
In French
(PDF, 100 Ko)

You can download the IFBL trainings catalogue and register on the website www.ifbl.lu. Email : customer@ifbl.lu

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