# Small Money Big Impact: Fighting Poverty with Microfinance

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/small-money-big-impact-fighting-poverty-with-microfinance/
- Published: 2017-04-22T11:29:27+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Over two billion people globally still lack access to basic financial services–
essential for improving their livelihood. The smallest amount of money can have 
a big impact.**
 Part social movement and part financial strategy, impact investing
offers the opportunity for investors to power change with so-called microloans. 
In **Small Money Big Impact** authors Peter Fanconi and Patrick Scheurle explain
how this strategy is reshaping the way people invest, as pension funds, insurance
companies, foundations, family offices and private investors jump on board to not
only experience the social impact, but receive attractive, stable and uncorrelated
returns. [amzn_product_post]   _“Improving the state of the world inevitably means
improving the economic and social living standards of vulnerable and destitute segments
of the population; with the help of collaborations and projects based on public-
private partnership. Microfinance is unique and presents exceptional opportunities
in achieving this goal.”_ – Prof. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of
the World Economic Forum, Geneva (Foreword, Small Money Big Impact).

## **About the authors**

**PETER A. FANCONI** is the Chairman and former CEO of Swiss-based BlueOrchard Finance,
one of the leading asset man- agement companies in impact investing. Peter demonstrated
his entrepreneurial and social competences in various positions, including CEO of
the Vontobel Private Bank, CEO of Harcourt Alternative Investments and managing 
partner at PwC. He also serves as Chairman of Swiss bank Graubündner Kantonalbank(
GKB) and as board member of academic and charitable institutions worldwide. Peter
is a renowned lecturer and published writer in the field of finance and impact investing.
**
PATRICK SCHEURLE** is the CEO of Blue-Orchard Finance. Prior, he acted as COO and
CFO at BlueOrchard. His broad experience in finance includes senior positions at
Bank Vontobel and Credit Suisse. He further served with a leading management consultancy
focusing on governance and value creation. Patrick holds a PhD in finance from the
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he also held an assistant professorship.
He is the author of several well-known finance books and regularly publishes on 
developments and research in impact investing.

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