Impact

Bamboo Capital Partners has announced its exit from the Peruvian-based microfinance bank Mibanco through a divestiture to Credicorp Ltd. for a total value of PEN$131.1m.  (Finextra) Bamboo Capital Partners (“Bamboo”),…

Switzerland-based private markets investment manager Partners Group will launch a US$1b global social impact fund with an investment strategy in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.  (Financial Times)…

Mexican multinational baking company Grupo Bimbo, in collaboration with Fondo de Fondos and Sonen Capital, plans to launch an impact investing-focused Certificado de Proyectos de inversión (Cerpi). The vehicle will…

Te Creemos, a portfolio company of private equity firm Mexico Development Partners, has acquired Consejo de Asistencia al Microemprendedor (Came), a micro-credit sofipo. Te Creemos provides financial products and services…

The MetLife Foundation provided US$3.9 million for Accion to leverage digital solutions and customer-centered design to empower underserved consumers in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico—and disseminate learnings throughout the region.  (Press Release)…

FIS Ameris, a new social impact fund, made its inaugural investment in Chilean carpooling app Allride. (Economía y Negocios) Lanzado oficialmente a mediados del año pasado, FIS Ameris, el fondo…

responsAbility Investments exited Financiera Confianza, a Peruvian microfinance institution, through a sale to majority shareholder BBVA Microfinance Foundation.  (Press Release) Zurich, 1 February, 2018 — responsAbility Investments AG, a leading…

Mexican impact fund Adobe Capital raised US$40m for its second investment vehicle, Adobe Mezzanine Fund (AMF) II, to finance small and medium-sized enterprises in Mexico and Latin America. (El Financiero)…

The Jalisco government, along with local DFIs, investment funds and corporate investors, are preparing to launch Mexico’s first social impact bond which will focus on empowering women to become economically…

Global asset manager Neuberger Berman has acquired a 25% stake in Uniasselvi, a Brazilian distance-learning education institution. This transaction represents a partial exit for private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Vinci Partners, which made a joint control investment in Uniasselvi in 2016.