This story comes to us here at MicroCapital.org courtesy of the May 2007 CGAP-MIX Capital Markets Update Newsletter. The Dutch fund Hivos-Triodos made a loan of USD 1.56 mn to the Cambodian microfinance institution (MFI) AMRET, formerly EMT. According to the MIX Market, the microfinance information clearinghouse, it was established in 1991 to provide loans and voluntary savings. As of the end of 2006, it had a gross loan portfolio of USD 17.6 mn and USD 22.8 mn in total assets. Its capital to asset ratio is 25.79% and its debt to equity ratio is 287.81%.
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