Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), a Dutch development bank, recently served as lead arranger and facility agent to finalize a USD 153 million senior secured syndicated loan for Sri Lanka’s Commercial Leasing & Finance (CLC).
Tag: Loan
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) to Loan $5.5m to Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) d.d. Sarajevo to Increase Housing Finance Access
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently announced that it will loan EUR 5 million (USD 5.5 million) to Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) d.d. Sarajevo, which is controlled by Slovenian finance firm NLB Group, to enable younger and lower-income households in Bosnia and Herzegovina to acquire housing.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Développement international Desjardins (DiD) to Provide Microfinance to Food Producers in Senegal in Partnership with Micronutrient Initiative
Développement international Desjardins (DiD), a Canadian nonprofit supporting the community finance sector in emerging economies, recently joined the “Project integer de nutrition dans les regions de Kedougou et Kolda (PINKK)”, which is aimed at increasing food security for women and children in the Senegalese regions of Kedougou and Kolda.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Loans $250m to Bayport Management to Boost Microfinance in Africa, Latin America
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a development finance institution backed by the US government, recently invested USD 250 million through a senior debt facility in Bayport Management Limited, Mauritius-based network of microfinance institutions (MFIs) [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Symbiotics Issues $22m in Bonds to Benefit Indian Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) Annapurna, ESAF Microfinance and Investment (EMFIL), Satin Creditcare
Symbiotics, a Switzerland-based investment company that focuses on emerging markets, recently informed MicroCapital that it has completed bond transactions with a total value of USD 22 million.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Symbiotics Completes Bond Disbursements Totaling $5.5m to Microfinance Institution Prasac of Cambodia
Symbiotics Group, a Swiss for-profit provider of investment and business services, recently issued the second tranche of a bond totaling USD 5.5 million to Prasac, a Cambodian microfinance institution (MFI).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: World Vision UK, VisionFund International Prepare for El Niño Response in Africa with $3m “Returnable” Donation from UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID)
The UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID) recently awarded a “returnable” grant of GBP 2 million (USD 3 million) to World Vision UK, a branch of US-based NGO World Vision International, and VisionFund International, a microfinance organization owned by World Vision, to help families in six African countries recover from anticipated severe weather caused by El Niño, a phenomenon of warmer than average waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $5m to Opportunity Bank Serbia for On-Lending to Micro-, Small Enterprises; Low-Income Households in Rural Serbia
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently announced that it will loan EUR 5 million (USD 5.4 million) to Opportunity Bank Serbia (OBS), a branch of US-based microfinance network Opportunity International, to improve access to finance for micro -and small enterprises (MSEs) and low-income households in rural areas of Serbia.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Donates $4.5m to World Vision Myanmar for Microfinance Lending, Savings
The Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund, a Myanmar-based multi-donor trust fund, recently has donated a three-year USD 4.5 million grant to three organizations affiliated with US-based NGO World Vision, to aid approximately 100,000 people in gaining improved access to financial services.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Germany’s Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) Loans $130m to Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for Micro-, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (MSME)
Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW), a German development bank, recently loaned a total of EUR 100 million (USD 130 million) to Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), a state-owned bank, for on-lending to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in India.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Considers $25m Loan to Mongolia’s Khan Bank for Micro-, Small, Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based development finance institution, is reviewing a proposal to invest USD 25 million in Khan Bank, a Mongolian institution, to provide funding for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Mongolia. Khan Bank classifies 51 to 60 percent of its operations as microfinance. The EBRD board of directors will consider the proposal in July 2013.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Considers $33m Loan to European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) for Micro-, Small, Medium-Sized Enterprises
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based development finance institution established in 1991, is reviewing a proposal to invest EUR 25 million (USD 33 million) in the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based investment company, to provide funding for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in sixteen countries in Southeast Europe and neighboring countries.