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Debt in the Eurozone: Time to Act
The sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone, the paralysis of the European Union in front of growing populist mov...
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Survey Brief: Rwandan Businesses Share Their Priorities for Capital-Market Development
With approximately 12 million citizens and a nominal GDP of just under $9 billion, the Rwandan economy is small...
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Minority-Owned Depository Institutions: A Market Overview
The Milken Institute and the US Small Business Administration formed an initiative to develop actionable soluti...
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Hedging Pipeline Risk in Pharma: FDA Swaps and Annuities
The cost of capital to conduct medical R&D is high because investors must be compensated with significant r...
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Clearing a Path for Global Development Finance: Enabling Basel and Development Guarantees to Deliver on Sustainable Development Goals
On August 2, 2017, the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) convened a roundtable to discuss how...
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It Takes All Kinds: A Diverse Mix of Lenders Promotes Broad Access to Small Business Credit
Who lends to small businesses, and how is this changing over time? This paper challenges popular answers to thi...
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Empowering Communities and Their Banks: Strategies for Enhancing Minority Depository Institutions
The Milken Institute, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and JP Morgan Chase & Co., is excited to...
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Priming SDG Markets: Can International Donors and Implementers Create An Impact Investment Pipeline?
Leveraging the power of markets is critical to fulfilling the bold ambitions of the United Nations Sustainable ...
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The Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets (PLUM): Increasing Minority Entrepreneurs Access to Capital
The Milken Institute and U.S. Small Business Administration Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets (PLU...
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Best Practices for Technical Assistance Programs Serving Black and Hispanic Entrepreneurs and Small-Business Owners
In conjunction with the Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets (PLUM), a Milken Institute and U.S. Smal...
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Leaving Transferred Money on the Table: Will Remittance-Linked Financial Products Add Value to Development Financing?
For centuries migrant workers who send money home to their families have been a major source of inflows for dev...
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Malaysia's Capital Market Masterplan, 2001-2010: A Case Study
This report, prepared for the Capital Market Authority of Rwanda, examines the process Malaysia’s government un...
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Capital Markets in Rwanda: Assessment and Aspirations
In 2015, the Rwandan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning mandated the Capital Market Authority (CMA) of R...
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Access to Capital: How Small and Mid-size Businesses are Funding Their Future
Small and mid-size businesses are the backbone of the American economy, and access to capital is the fuel that ...
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JOBS Act Titles V and VI: Comments on Proposed Changes to Exchange Act Registration Requirements
Commentary from the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets to the Securities and Exchange Commission on ...
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Public-Private Infrastructure Financing Solutions
Infrastructure is the backbone of a nation’s economic prosperity and crucial for growth. The American Society f...
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Walmart: The New “Go-To” Bank?
In October 2014, Walmart announced that it was teaming with GoBank to provide banking services to its customers...
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Framing the Issues: Strengthening Capital Markets in Developing Countries
On March 14, 2014 the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) hosted a working roundtable titled “F...
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Deriving the Economic Impact of Derivatives: Growth through Risk Management
This study charts the benefits to the wider economy from the use of financial derivatives and is a first-of-its...
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JOBS Act: Comments to the SEC on Crowdfunding
The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) provided written comments to the Securities and Exchang...