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
Regulators gave the private equity and real estate fund industry something to worry about in 2012. More of the same is expected in 2013 and beyond. PERE Magazine, February 2013 issue.
7 min read · 15 February 2013
