The World Bank arm and Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women programme has launched a fund targeting $600m to help female entrepreneurs in emerging markets access capital.
2 min read · 12 March 2014
Darby contributed $15m from its latest mezzanine fund to a $31m refinancing undertaken by Vital Renewable Energy to expand a Brazilian ethanol facility.
1 min read · 19 February 2014
Emerging markets-focused debt fund manager Cordiant has participated in a $100 million financing to Brazilian agricultural company Fiagril.
2 min read · 04 February 2014
The German insurer’s investment arm has launched an emerging market debt platform which will be led by Greg Saichin.
1 min read · 22 July 2013
The biotechnology finance firm has provided a three-tranche $45m term loan to drug developer Anacor Pharmaceuticals.
1 min read · 12 June 2013
High economic growth and low levels of corporate debt mean high quality lending opportunities in emerging markets are abundant, argues chief executive David Creighton.
2 min read · 15 April 2013
Lending by western banks to emerging markets-based companies fell by $67bn last year as the banking crisis in Europe reduced appetite for riskier credits.
2 min read · 08 April 2013
To observe the success possible with public-private infrastructure arrangements, look to Canada. Chris Glynn sat down with a panel of veteran infrastructure investment personnel to discuss one of the premier markets for the asset class
10 min read · 15 February 2013
Stephen Dowd joined the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan after a career in banking. As head of an C$8.7bn portfolio dedicated to investing directly in infrastructure, he chatted with Chris Glynn about that enviable and distinctly Canadian innovation: managing a public pension like a private business.
8 min read · 15 February 2013
The International Finance Corporation is one of a host of LPs in a R$1bn credit vehicle, designed to address lending deficiencies in Brazil’s private sector and managed by Arminio Fraga's Gávea Investimentos.
1 min read · 07 February 2013
