The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), has disbursed a senior loan of EUR 3 million (USD 4.1 million) to Komercijalna Banka Banja Luka, a financial institution that is owned by Serbia-based commercial bank Komercijalna Banka Beograd.
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Absolute Portfolio Management Loans $18m from Dual Return Funds to Microfinance Institutions in Asia, Latin America
Absolute Portfolio Management (APM), an Austrian firm that invests in microfinance and other sectors, recently disbursed loans totaling USD 18.5 million for microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, El Salvador, Georgia, India, Peru, Sri Lanka and Tajikistan [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to Loan $34.3m to European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) for On-lending to 4k Micro- and Small Enterprises (MSEs) via Retail Lenders
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development bank, recently announced that it will extend a loan of EUR 25 million (USD 34.3 million) to the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) that was initiated by German development bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Entwicklungsbank (KfW) with the financial support of the German development ministry Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) and the European Commission.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $3.4m to Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Armenia (ACBA) Leasing in Armenia, Makes $106k Equity Investment in Kreditimi Rural i Kosoves of Kosovo
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) backed by multiple governments, has disbursed two loans totaling USD 3.4 million in Armenia to Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Armenia (ACBA) Leasing, the leasing subsidiary of ACBA [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $63m to Belorusian-Russian Belgazprombank of Belarus, Banca Transilvania of Romania, Microfinance Institution AccessBank of Azerbaijan
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) backed by multiple governments, recently disbursed loans intended to benefit micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the following amounts: EUR 20 million (USD 27.4 million) to Belorusian-Russian Belgazprombank, a Belorusian bank; EUR 15 million (USD 20.5 million) to Banca Transilvania, a privately-owned Romanian bank; and USD 15 million to AccessBank, an Azerbaijani for-profit microfinance institution (MFI) and a member of Germany’s Access Microfinance Holding (AccessHolding) [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Absolute Portfolio Management’s Dual Return Funds Loan $19m to Microfinance Institutions in Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia
Absolute Portfolio Management (APM), an Austrian firm that invests in microfinance and other sectors, recently informed MicroCapital that it issued loans equivalent to approximately USD 19 million during November 2013 through the Dual Return Funds it manages to microfinance institutions in Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan and Mongolia [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FINCA Microfinance Holding Raises $48m from International Finance Corporation (IFC), Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW), Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappijvoor Ontwikkelingslanden NV (FMO), responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund, Triodos
The Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) Microfinance Holding (FMH), a for-profit investment vehicle controlled by US-based NGO FINCA International, has announced that it has raised USD 48 million in a second round of investments [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Lends $10m to Megabank of Ukraine to Support Agricultural Lending
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle, recently issued a senior loan of USD 10 million to Megabank, a financial service provider in Ukraine, to increase its agricultural lending and strengthen its position in the market [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Triple Jump Innovation Fund Attracts $22m to Promote Financial Access in Emerging Markets
Achmea, a Netherlands-based insurance provider; KCD Mikrofinanzfonds, a German microfinance fund managed by Bank Im Bistum Essen eG; and Netherlands-based nonprofit organizations Cordaid and Oxfam Novib have invested a total of USD 22 million in Triple Jump, a Netherlands-based microfinance fund manager, for its new Triple Jump Innovation Fund [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $31m to Komercijalna banka Beograd of Serbia, Microfinance Institution Patria Credit of Romania
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) backed by multiple governments, has loaned EUR 20 million (USD 27.6 million) to Komercijalna banka Beograd, a bank based in Serbia, and EUR 2.5 million (USD 3.4 million) loan to Patria Credit, a non-banking microfinance institution (MFI) in Romania that seeks to provide increased financial access to micro- and small enterprises [1].
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) Hosts “US Roadshow,” Boston & New York, USA, November 4-6, 2013
Event Name: Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) US Roadshow
Event Date: November 4 – November 6, 2013
Event Location: Day 1 in Boston, Days 2 – 3 in New York
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Sekerbank Borrows $146m from European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), International Finance Corporation (IFC) to Fund Agricultural, Women-owned Businesses in Turkey
Sekerbank, a Turkish private bank, has borrowed EUR 59.5 million (USD 82 million) from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral institution; EUR 36.3 million (USD 50 million) from the International Finance Corporation, a member of the US-based World Bank Group; and EUR 10 million (USD 13.7 million) from the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based, EU-backed microfinance investment vehicle [1] [2].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) to Loan $20m to Bank Republic of Georgia to Support Lending to Micro-, Small Enterprises (MSEs)
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based, EU-backed microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently agreed to grant a senior loan facility of USD 20 million to Bank Republic, a Georgian member of the France-based financial group Société Générale [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Absolute Portfolio Management (APM) Issues $12.5m in Credits from Dual Return Funds to Microfinance Institutions in Asia, Latin America
Absolute Portfolio Management (APM), an Austria-based asset management company that offers investment and advisory services to microfinance institutions (MFIs), recently issued approximately USD 12.5 million in credit to unspecified MFIs in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Tajikistan.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe to Loan $6m to Inecobank to Support Micro- and Small Enterprises (MSEs)
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based, EU-backed microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently agreed to loan EUR 5 million (USD 6.65 million) to Inecobank, an Armenia-based microfinance bank.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $1.3m to Microfinance Institution Microinvest of Moldova
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based, government-backed microfinance investor that aims to foster regional development in southeastern Europe and parts of central Asia, recently announced that it has provided a loan of EUR 1 million (USD 1.3 million) to Microinvest, a microfinance institution (MFI) founded by the Soros Foundation in Moldova, to support micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Austria’s Absolute Portfolio Management Issues Credits Worth $4m to Microfinance Institutions in Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Georgia, Honduras, Indonesia
In July 2013, Absolute Portfolio Management (APM), an Austria-based asset management company that offers investment and advisory services to microfinance institutions, issued approximately USD 4 million in credit to microfinance institutions (MFIs) located in Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Georgia, Honduras and Indonesia through its two microfinance funds, Dual Return Fund – Vision Microfinance and Dual Return Fund – Vision Microfinance Local Currency [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Absolute Portfolio Management’s Dual Return Funds Invest $9.5m in Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) of Eight European, Asian, Latin American Countries
In June 2013, Absolute Portfolio Management (APM), an Austrian firm that invests in microfinance and other sectors, issued loans totaling the equivalent of USD 9.5 million to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cambodia, Colombia, Ecuador, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Poland though its two Vision Microfinance funds, Dual Return Fund- Vision Microfinance and Dual Return Fund- Vision Microfinance Local Currency Fund.