The first private and fully commercial microfinance investment fund worldwide
Why invest
- Solid track record of more than 15 years
- 4.35 % annualized return since inception
- Purest microfinance debt (no equity or FX risk)
- Low correlation to other asset classes
- Highly optimized risk/return profile
- State of the art investment process combining rigorous on site due-diligence, proprietary research and tools with strong risk management
- Double bottom line investments: financial return and social impact
Financial profile
- Correlation to MSCI World -0.06
- 1.43 Sharpe ratio since inception
- Target return: USD 6M LIBOR+ 300 – 400 basis points p.a.
- Strong geographical diversification, low volatility
Investment Strategy
The BlueOrchard Microfinance Fund (BOMF) was founded in 1998 as the first private and fully commercial microfinance investment fund in the world. Since its inception, it has been managed strategically as a pure fixed-income fund, investing in microfinance institutions in emerging and frontier markets, with systematic currency hedging. This allows investors to obtain stable and attractive financial returns while fostering financial inclusion. It is open to institutional and private investors in USD/EUR/CHF.
Social impact
The BlueOrchard Microfinance Fund fosters financial inclusion and shared prosperity. Microfinance institutions provide loan capital and increasingly savings, insurance and related products to low-income groups, enabling them to create and grow income-generating activities and to break out of poverty. The BlueOrchard Microfinance Fund supports microfinance institutions in expanding their outreach, improving the quality and appropriateness of their financial services, and encourage the development of new products such as savings, insurance and payment services.
SDGs addressed by the Fund
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Fund Documents
- Subscription and redemption dates
Taxable Values
- German-domiciled investors
- Italian-domiciled investors
- UK-domiciled investors
Fund Facts
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Fund Name
BlueOrchard Microfinance Fund
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Fund structure
SICAV Luxembourg, part II
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Investment manager
BlueOrchard Finance Ltd
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Date of inception
18 September 1998
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Fund currency
USD / EUR / CHF
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P Share Terms
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Subscriptions
Monthly, 1 day notice
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Redemptions
Monthly, 30 days notice
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Minimum Investment
USD/EUR/CHF 10’000
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Management Fee
1.85%
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I Share Terms
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Subscriptions
Monthly, 1 day notice
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Redemptions
Quarterly, 45 days notice
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Minimum Investment
USD/EUR/CHF 5'000'000
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Management Fee
1.2%