Gray Ghost has acquired 41% of shares in the Latin America Challenge Investment Fund, SA (LA-CIF) through purchasing all of the shares previously held by The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund). The sale makes LA-CIF one of first microfinance funds established by development investors to be sold on to a private investor. The sale price of the shares was not disclosed.
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