Financial transparency
as a tool for
Increasing investments
November 15, 2019
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
By Farida Abdulhafizova
2MFR all rights reserved 2019
is the only rating agency specialized in certification and
inclusive finance with a global coverage:
100+ countries served from 8 offices.
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MFR Company Profile: SERVICES
FINANCIAL
RATING
External Context
Governance
& Strategy
Financial Profile
Loan
Portfolio
Quality
Systems &
Controls
4MFR all rights reserved 2019
MFR Company Profile: SERVICES
SOCIAL
RATING
Social
Performance
Management
Systems
Client
Protection &
Social
Responsibility
OutreachQuality of the
services
5MFR all rights reserved 2019
MFR Company Profile: SERVICES
Appropriate
product
design and
delivery
CLIENT
PROTECTION
PRINCIPLES
Prevention of
over-
indebtedness
Mechanisms
for complaint
resolution
Privacy of
client data
Fair and
respectful
treatment of
clients
Responsible
pricing
Transparency
6MFR all rights reserved 2019
Diverse variety of services and client typologies
MFR Company Profile
RATING and PRE-RATING SERVICES
CERTIFICATIONS
SERVICES for INVESTORS
SERVICES for REGULATORS
Financial Rating • Social Rating • Credit Rating • Mini-
assessments • Diagnostics
Subscription • Country screening • Deal sourcing• Due diligence•
Investment advisory
Study • Advisory • Deal sourcing• Training • Supervision
Smart Campaign Certification • European Code of Good Conduct
SPI4 Audit • SPI4 Alinus • TrueLift • PPI Certification®
7MFR all rights reserved 2019
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conduct ratings for the purposes of
financial service providers accessing
affordable hedging products to mitigate
foreign exchange risk
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rating by MFR with a ranking of at least
“Creditworthy” to waive a requirement of
MFX to post collateral for a financial
institution’s access to the hedging
products
• MFR and TCX carry out due diligence of
MFR to maintain accreditation
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8MFR all rights reserved 2019
Experience with assessing financial
institutions offering Islamic banking
products:
Training to the Islamic Development
Bank, including a training in 2017 on
the following topics:
• Financial and operational
performance and risk profile of
financial institutions
• Social performance and client
protection
• Due diligence for investment
decisions
• Certifications
MFR Company Profile
9MFR all rights reserved 2019
As of December 2018,
2,206+ assignments in 101 countries
662
296
572
176
194
213
93
Product diversification
Financial Rat ings
Social Ratings and assessm ents
Credit Ratings
Certifications
Pre-Rating assessm ents
Other assessm ents and advisory services
Training services
55%
15%
13%
12%
6%
0 % 20% 4 0 % 60 %
Latin Am erica an d
Car ib b e an
Africa an d M EN A
In d u strialized Cou n t ries
Cen tral Asia
Asia
Global out reach
MFR Company Profile
www.mf-rating.com
INTRODUCTIONFINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
AS A TOOL
TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
11MFR all rights reserved 2019
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
CREDIT = TRUST*
*https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=credit
12MFR all rights reserved 2019
FINANCIAL
TRANSPARENCY
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
13MFR all rights reserved 2019
Financial transparency: WHY?
BOOST YOUR
GROWTH
THROUGH
MONITORING AND
BENCHMARKING
IMPROVE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
INCREASE
FUNDING
INCREASE
FINANCIAL
INCLUSION
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
14MFR all rights reserved 2019
Financial transparency: WHY?
BOOST YOUR
GROWTH
THROUGH
BENCHMARKING
IMPROVE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
INCREASE
FUNDING
INCREASE
FINANCIAL
INCLUSION
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
- What is the size of the loan portfolio of the overall financial
sector?
- What share of that portfolio is held by non-banking sector?
- What is the delinquency rate for the financial market and
that for MFIs?
- How is the portfolio distributed among administrative
divisions of the country?
- What share of the market is held by top players?
- What is a typical average loan size? How does performance
of my investee compare to that of the peers or of the
market?
15MFR all rights reserved 2019
Financial transparency: WHY?
BOOST YOUR
GROWTH
THROUGH
BENCHMARKING
IMPROVE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
INCREASE
FUNDING
INCREASE
FINANCIAL
INCLUSION
Source: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/12/brandao.htm)
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
16MFR all rights reserved 2019
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO RAISE INVESTMENT SENTIMENT
Financial transparency: WHY?
BOOST YOUR
GROWTH
THROUGH
BENCHMARKING
IMPROVE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
INCREASE
FUNDING
INCREASE
FINANCIAL
INCLUSION
Source: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/12/brandao.htm)
17MFR all rights reserved 2019
Financial transparency: WHY?
BOOST YOUR
GROWTH
THROUGH
BENCHMARKING
IMPROVE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
INCREASE
FUNDING
INCREASE
FINANCIAL
INCLUSION
- Non-transparent corporate entities are more prone to
investor sentiment (Firth, M., Wong, K. P., & Wong, S. M. L. (2015).
Corporate transparency and the impact of investor sentiment on
stock prices. Management Science, 61(7), 1630-1647. doi:
10.1287/mnsc.2014.1911)
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
18MFR all rights reserved 2019
Financial transparency: WHY?
BOOST YOUR
GROWTH
THROUGH
BENCHMARKING
IMPROVE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
INCREASE
FUNDING
INCREASE
FINANCIAL
INCLUSION
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
Higher transparency
allowed customer to
make more informed
decisions that leads
to higher
competition and
lower % rates
19MFR all rights reserved 2019
Financial transparency: WHY?
BOOST YOUR
GROWTH
THROUGH
BENCHMARKING
IMPROVE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
INCREASE
FUNDING
INCREASE
FINANCIAL
INCLUSION
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
20MFR all rights reserved 2019
Financial transparency tools
MIS
ExternalAudit
InternalControl
Performance
Measurement
Benchmarking
Performance
reporting
standards
Rating
Supervision
Consultants
(national/international)
IT service providers
(national/international)
Auditors
CAMEL
PEARLS
Other
assessme
nt
tools
ATLAS
AMFOT?
Union of
Banks?
Informal
exchange
of data?
CGAP,
SEEP
Rating
agencies
(Specializ
ed and
Mainstrea
m)
NBT,
Monitorin
g services
ATLAS
Source: Access for all: building inclusive financial systems / Brigit Helms, 2006
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
21MFR all rights reserved 2019
Financial transparency: COSTS
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
22MFR all rights reserved 2019
Financial transparency: HOW
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
23MFR all rights reserved 2019
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
24MFR all rights reserved 2019
COVERAGE
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
1000 FSPs and 70 countries
https://data.atlasdata.org/vue/data-subscription
25MFR all rights reserved 2019
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
• Data can be provided by individual FSPs or by the
professional association.
• Data can be provided anytime during the year and are
uploaded maximum one month after reporting if they are
consistent.
• Data can be reported for a single period (e.g. fiscal year
2019) or for multiple periods (e.g. last 3 fiscal years).
• Data for a given year (e.g. 2019) start to be available during
the same year (e.g. the data as of Mar 2019 reported in May
2019 are uploaded in June 2019)
HOW DOES IT WORK?
26MFR all rights reserved 2019
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
Data submission tool
27MFR all rights reserved 2019
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
Data submission tool
28MFR all rights reserved 2019
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
Examples of use
OPTION 1 OPTION 2
Benchmark
for
association
Overview: Global or regional
benchmark
Detailed: any benchmark,
chosen by the association
APR
FSP 1, FSP2, etc Region
FSP 1
% PAR30
GlobalFSP 2 Association RegionFSP 1
% PAR30
IndividualFSP 2 Association Mediu
m size
APR
FSP 1, FSP2, etc Sub-Region
www.mf-rating.com
Questions?

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  • 1.
    Financial transparency as atool for Increasing investments November 15, 2019 Dushanbe, Tajikistan By Farida Abdulhafizova
  • 2.
    2MFR all rightsreserved 2019 is the only rating agency specialized in certification and inclusive finance with a global coverage: 100+ countries served from 8 offices. MFR Company Profile
  • 3.
    3MFR all rightsreserved 2019 MFR Company Profile: SERVICES FINANCIAL RATING External Context Governance & Strategy Financial Profile Loan Portfolio Quality Systems & Controls
  • 4.
    4MFR all rightsreserved 2019 MFR Company Profile: SERVICES SOCIAL RATING Social Performance Management Systems Client Protection & Social Responsibility OutreachQuality of the services
  • 5.
    5MFR all rightsreserved 2019 MFR Company Profile: SERVICES Appropriate product design and delivery CLIENT PROTECTION PRINCIPLES Prevention of over- indebtedness Mechanisms for complaint resolution Privacy of client data Fair and respectful treatment of clients Responsible pricing Transparency
  • 6.
    6MFR all rightsreserved 2019 Diverse variety of services and client typologies MFR Company Profile RATING and PRE-RATING SERVICES CERTIFICATIONS SERVICES for INVESTORS SERVICES for REGULATORS Financial Rating • Social Rating • Credit Rating • Mini- assessments • Diagnostics Subscription • Country screening • Deal sourcing• Due diligence• Investment advisory Study • Advisory • Deal sourcing• Training • Supervision Smart Campaign Certification • European Code of Good Conduct SPI4 Audit • SPI4 Alinus • TrueLift • PPI Certification®
  • 7.
    7MFR all rightsreserved 2019 • MFR is accredited by MFX and TCX to conduct ratings for the purposes of financial service providers accessing affordable hedging products to mitigate foreign exchange risk • MFX and TCX require an external credit rating by MFR with a ranking of at least “Creditworthy” to waive a requirement of MFX to post collateral for a financial institution’s access to the hedging products • MFR and TCX carry out due diligence of MFR to maintain accreditation MFR Company Profile
  • 8.
    8MFR all rightsreserved 2019 Experience with assessing financial institutions offering Islamic banking products: Training to the Islamic Development Bank, including a training in 2017 on the following topics: • Financial and operational performance and risk profile of financial institutions • Social performance and client protection • Due diligence for investment decisions • Certifications MFR Company Profile
  • 9.
    9MFR all rightsreserved 2019 As of December 2018, 2,206+ assignments in 101 countries 662 296 572 176 194 213 93 Product diversification Financial Rat ings Social Ratings and assessm ents Credit Ratings Certifications Pre-Rating assessm ents Other assessm ents and advisory services Training services 55% 15% 13% 12% 6% 0 % 20% 4 0 % 60 % Latin Am erica an d Car ib b e an Africa an d M EN A In d u strialized Cou n t ries Cen tral Asia Asia Global out reach MFR Company Profile www.mf-rating.com
  • 10.
    INTRODUCTIONFINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS ATOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
  • 11.
    11MFR all rightsreserved 2019 FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS CREDIT = TRUST* *https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=credit
  • 12.
    12MFR all rightsreserved 2019 FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
  • 13.
    13MFR all rightsreserved 2019 Financial transparency: WHY? BOOST YOUR GROWTH THROUGH MONITORING AND BENCHMARKING IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE INCREASE FUNDING INCREASE FINANCIAL INCLUSION FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
  • 14.
    14MFR all rightsreserved 2019 Financial transparency: WHY? BOOST YOUR GROWTH THROUGH BENCHMARKING IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE INCREASE FUNDING INCREASE FINANCIAL INCLUSION FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS - What is the size of the loan portfolio of the overall financial sector? - What share of that portfolio is held by non-banking sector? - What is the delinquency rate for the financial market and that for MFIs? - How is the portfolio distributed among administrative divisions of the country? - What share of the market is held by top players? - What is a typical average loan size? How does performance of my investee compare to that of the peers or of the market?
  • 15.
    15MFR all rightsreserved 2019 Financial transparency: WHY? BOOST YOUR GROWTH THROUGH BENCHMARKING IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE INCREASE FUNDING INCREASE FINANCIAL INCLUSION Source: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/12/brandao.htm) FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
  • 16.
    16MFR all rightsreserved 2019 FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO RAISE INVESTMENT SENTIMENT Financial transparency: WHY? BOOST YOUR GROWTH THROUGH BENCHMARKING IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE INCREASE FUNDING INCREASE FINANCIAL INCLUSION Source: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/12/brandao.htm)
  • 17.
    17MFR all rightsreserved 2019 Financial transparency: WHY? BOOST YOUR GROWTH THROUGH BENCHMARKING IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE INCREASE FUNDING INCREASE FINANCIAL INCLUSION - Non-transparent corporate entities are more prone to investor sentiment (Firth, M., Wong, K. P., & Wong, S. M. L. (2015). Corporate transparency and the impact of investor sentiment on stock prices. Management Science, 61(7), 1630-1647. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.1911) FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
  • 18.
    18MFR all rightsreserved 2019 Financial transparency: WHY? BOOST YOUR GROWTH THROUGH BENCHMARKING IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE INCREASE FUNDING INCREASE FINANCIAL INCLUSION FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS Higher transparency allowed customer to make more informed decisions that leads to higher competition and lower % rates
  • 19.
    19MFR all rightsreserved 2019 Financial transparency: WHY? BOOST YOUR GROWTH THROUGH BENCHMARKING IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE INCREASE FUNDING INCREASE FINANCIAL INCLUSION FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
  • 20.
    20MFR all rightsreserved 2019 Financial transparency tools MIS ExternalAudit InternalControl Performance Measurement Benchmarking Performance reporting standards Rating Supervision Consultants (national/international) IT service providers (national/international) Auditors CAMEL PEARLS Other assessme nt tools ATLAS AMFOT? Union of Banks? Informal exchange of data? CGAP, SEEP Rating agencies (Specializ ed and Mainstrea m) NBT, Monitorin g services ATLAS Source: Access for all: building inclusive financial systems / Brigit Helms, 2006 FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
  • 21.
    21MFR all rightsreserved 2019 Financial transparency: COSTS FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
  • 22.
    22MFR all rightsreserved 2019 Financial transparency: HOW FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
  • 23.
    23MFR all rightsreserved 2019 FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS
  • 24.
    24MFR all rightsreserved 2019 COVERAGE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS 1000 FSPs and 70 countries https://data.atlasdata.org/vue/data-subscription
  • 25.
    25MFR all rightsreserved 2019 FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS • Data can be provided by individual FSPs or by the professional association. • Data can be provided anytime during the year and are uploaded maximum one month after reporting if they are consistent. • Data can be reported for a single period (e.g. fiscal year 2019) or for multiple periods (e.g. last 3 fiscal years). • Data for a given year (e.g. 2019) start to be available during the same year (e.g. the data as of Mar 2019 reported in May 2019 are uploaded in June 2019) HOW DOES IT WORK?
  • 26.
    26MFR all rightsreserved 2019 FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS Data submission tool
  • 27.
    27MFR all rightsreserved 2019 FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS Data submission tool
  • 28.
    28MFR all rightsreserved 2019 FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS Examples of use OPTION 1 OPTION 2 Benchmark for association Overview: Global or regional benchmark Detailed: any benchmark, chosen by the association APR FSP 1, FSP2, etc Region FSP 1 % PAR30 GlobalFSP 2 Association RegionFSP 1 % PAR30 IndividualFSP 2 Association Mediu m size APR FSP 1, FSP2, etc Sub-Region
  • 29.