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Market Commentaries


Microfinance Private Debt: A Source of Stability Amidst Global Market Volatility
July 21, 2021 In the past several months, accelerating inflation has caught central banks by surprise and pushed the Federal Reserve to...
Leela Vosko
Jun 1, 20246 min read
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1H 2022 Investment Outlook: Back to Basics
March 4, 2022 As the second month of 2022 draws to a close and we pass two full years of living with COVID-19, MicroVest has positioned...
Leela Vosko
Mar 1, 20245 min read
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Q2 2022 Investment Outlook: Balancing Country Allocations in a Rising Interest Rate Environment
June 15, 2022 For the first time in many years, global markets in the developed world are finding themselves in a rising yield...
Leela Vosko
Jun 11, 20223 min read
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CEO Letter: 2021 Year-in-Review
December 28, 2021 From our vantage point as both stewards of capital and an important source of financing for responsible Micro & SME...
Leela Vosko
Dec 28, 20214 min read
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2H 2021 Investment Outlook: Tracking Health and Political Developments in India and Myanmar
June 1, 2021 Despite public health challenges caused by a new wave of COVID-19 in several countries, the MicroVest team continues to...
Leela Vosko
Dec 3, 20214 min read
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Build Forward
In normal times, funding from Micro and SME Finance Institutions can help broader segments of the population pull themselves out of...
Leela Vosko
Nov 20, 20214 min read
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Year-End 2021 Investment Outlook: Stable Demand for Funding Despite New COVID-19 Outbreaks
November 30, 2021 Global Sector Outlook As we approach the end of 2021, we have seen how a majority of the world’s governments and...
Leela Vosko
Oct 31, 20215 min read
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Investment Outlook: Emerging Markets Capital Flows in the Wake of COVID-19
Looking back over the past year, the investment world hit peak uncertainty in the second quarter of 2020, shortly after COVID-19 was...
Leela Vosko
Dec 10, 20203 min read
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2020: A Year of Adaptation
2020 was a year marked by widespread uncertainty and adaptation. For many of the micro and small businesses served by our portfolio of...
Leela Vosko
Mar 6, 20204 min read
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