Austria-based asset management company Absolute Portfolio Management (APM) recently announced that it has disbursed the equivalent of USD 5 million to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Latin America through its two Dual Return-Vision Microfinance funds in early 2013.
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Austria’s Absolute Portfolio Management Loans $11m to Microfinance Institutions Through Vision Microfinance Funds, Including $1.5m to Pro Mujer Bolivia, $1.5m to PRIDE Tanzania, $750k Renewed to FINCA Tanzania
In December 2012, Dual Return-Vision Microfinance and Dual Return-Vision Microfinance Local Currency, two funds managed by Austria-based asset management company Absolute Portfolio Management (APM), disbursed a total equivalent to USD 11.75 million in loans to microfinance institutions (MFIs) worldwide, including MFIs in Latin America and Africa.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $4.9m to Banka Respublika of Azerbaijan, $3.2m to ProCredit Bank Bosnia and Herzegovina
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) based in Luxembourg, recently made a loan of USD 4.9 million to Banka Respublika Open Joint Stock Company, a private Azerbaijani bank.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $17m to Banca Transilvania, Agricover Credit of Romania
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a microfinance investment vehicle based in Luxembourg, recently disbursed approximately EUR 13 million (USD 17 million) to two Romanian financial institutions.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $32m to Garanti Leasing of Turkey to Boost Services to Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) based in Luxembourg, recently disbursed a EUR 25 million (USD 32.6 million) loan to Garanti Leasing, a subsidiary of Turkey’s Garanti Bank that provides real-estate and equipment leasing services, to aid it in serving more micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) particularly in rural areas.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Absolute Portfolio Management Loans $22m to Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) Worldwide, Including $2m to Costa Rican MFI National Cooperative of Educators (Coopenae), $1m Renewed to FINCA Ecuador
During November, Dual Return-Vision Microfinance and Dual Return-Vision Microfinance Local Currency, two funds managed by Austria-based investment and asset management company Absolute Portfolio Management (APM), issued the equivalent of USD 22 million in loans to microfinance institutions (MFIs) globally, with much of the funds going to MFIs in Latin America and Asia.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $10m to AccessBank Azerbaijan
AccessBank, a microfinance institution (MFI) based in Azerbaijan, recently received a USD 10 million loan from European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based organization focused on economic development in southeastern Europe and parts of Central Asia, to expand its loan portfolio.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $453k to Opportunity Microcredit Romania
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based investment fund that mobilizes capital for microfinance institutions (MFIs), recently informed MicroCapital that it has loaned the local-currency equivalent of USD 453,000 to Opportunity Microcredit Romania (OMRO), a Romanian MFI that is a member of the US-based Opportunity International network.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Absolute Portfolio Management Dual Return Funds Loan $5m to Microfinance Institutions in Ecuador, Peru
Absolute Portfolio Management GmbH (APM), an Austrian investment company that specializes in asset allocation, analysis and management as well as microfinance, recently disbursed loans to four microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Peru and one in Ecuador.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Absolute Portfolio Management Dual Return Fund Loans $2.5m to KazMicroFinance of Kazakhstan, Imon International of Tajikistan, Frontiers of Kyrgyzstan, Thaneakea Phum of Cambodia
Absolute Portfolio Management GmbH (APM), Austrian-based investment and asset management company that offers microfinance institutions (MFIs) financing and investment strategy advisory services, recently disbursed a loan of USD 1 million to KazMicroFinance (KMF), a microfinance institution (MFI) in Kazakhstan, via the Dual Return Fund, a sub-fund of Vision Microfinance created by APM that issues direct loans to MFIs in developing countries.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Social Investments Loans $8m to Prasac of Cambodia, $1m to ASKI of the Philippines
ResponsAbility Social Investments, a for-profit Swiss fund manager, recently disbursed USD 8 million in debt to Prasac, a microfinance institution (MFI) in Cambodia.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Capital Gestion Microfinance Fund Recognized by Luxembourg Fund Labeling Agency
Capital Gestion Microfinance Fund, which is managed by Banque de Luxembourg Investments, has obtained a “Microfinance Label” from the Luxembourg Fund Labeling Agency (LuxFLAG), a microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) certification organization.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: ResponsAbility Funds Invest $2m in ProEmpresa of Peru, $1.5m in COAC Progreso of Ecuador
ResponsAbility Social Investments, a Swiss investment company, recently informed MicroCapital that it has disbursed the local-currency equivalent of USD 1.3 million in debt to ProEmpresa, a Peruvian microfinance institution (MFI), through the responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund (rAGMF), one of the microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) it manages.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $19m to Sekerbank of Turkey
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), which is advised by German firm Finance in Motion, recently disbursed a subordinated loan of approximately EUR 15 million (USD 19.4 million) to Turkish commercial bank Sekerbank.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: ResponsAbility Invests $1.9m in Advans of Cameroun, $1.2m in MicroCred of Senegal
ResponsAbility Social Investments, a Swiss investment company, recently disbursed the approximate equivalent of USD 1.9 million in subdebt to Advans Cameroun and the equivalent of USD 1.2 million in debt to MicroCred Senegal.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Absolute Portfolio Management Dual Return Fund Loans $8m to Microfinance Institutions in Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan
Absolute Portfolio Management GmbH (APM), an Austrian investment company that specializes in microfinance, recently disbursed loans to unspecified microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Asia, Eastern Europe and South America.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: ResponsAbility Invests $5m in Chase Bank Kenya, $1.25m in KWFT of Kenya, $1.2m in FINCA Microfinance Holding of USA
ResponsAbility Global Microfinance Fund (rAGMF), a microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) managed by responsAbility Social Investments of Switzerland, recently loaned USD 5 million to Chase Bank of Kenya.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: ResponsAbility Loans $5.3m to ProCredit Mexico, COAC Riobamba of Ecuador
ResponsAbility Social Investments, a Swiss investment company, has informed MicroCapital that it recently disbursed the local-currency equivalent of approximately USD 3.7 million in Latin America.