Our WLB™ Series has interested investors from a variety of backgrounds across the world. In 2017, IIX made history by launching the US$8.5 million Women’s Livelihoods Bond™ 1 (WLB1), the world’s first gender-lens, impact investing security listed on a stock exchange.
By addressing the three dimensions of risk-return-impact, IIX created this new kind of financial instrument that delivers stable returns and sustainable impact to investors. To date, the WLB™Series has mobilized +US$228 million and is empowering +2,200,000 women and girls across Asia and Africa.