MFDAQ is a new breed of specialist Exchange for participants in the Microfinance industry who have requested the creation of a facility. Highly efficient and automated in its structure, it aims to deliver visibility, transparency and liquidity – facilitated by accessibility through a common browser interface.

To obtain scale, microfinance must be considered a serious asset class and more companies, banks and non-profit making organisations must form alliances to maximise their potential impact. The need to scale-up microfinance is enormous, with support just beginning from the US capital markets, but much more needs to be done, and that requires a platform basis to promote it.

MFI’s want to see a strong financial return but also a high social return. This sets them apart from the standard market since people are not doing it strictly for the credit or the yield, but for the social impact, this requires a fairly unique judgment set, and niche “tools” to present them.