马达加斯加希望与资产管理公司Gemcorp Capital Management Ltd.合作筹集高达50亿美元，为这个岛国的能源、基础设施和采矿项目提供资金。
Madagascar wants to raise as much as $5 billion by teaming up with asset manager Gemcorp Capital Management Ltd. to fund energy, infrastructure and mining projects in the island nation.
该伙伴关系于上个月末公布，是新政府推动世界上最贫穷国家之一经济增长的关键支柱。这家总部位于伦敦的公司计划在今年年底前在首都安塔纳利佛设立办事处。
The partnership was unveiled late last month as a key pillar of the new government’s efforts to drive economic growth in one of the world’s poorest countries. The London-headquartered firm intends to set up an office in the capital city, Antananarivo, before the end of the year.
与Gemcorp签署了该协议的马达加斯加金融基金会（Fonds Souverain Malagasy）主席安德里·拉哈里·梅纳（Andry Raharinomena）表示，此次合作将为马达加斯加政府确定的优先举措提供“一个吸引国际资本和战略合作伙伴的投资平台”。
The collaboration will provide “an investment platform to attract international capital and strategic partners” for priority initiatives identified by Madagascar’s government, said Andry Raharinomena, chairman of the Fonds Souverain Malagasy, or FSM, which signed the agreement with Gemcorp.
Raharinomena表示，该主权财富基金已经参与了大约十几个需要融资的项目，并正在与各部委讨论其他项目。他希望Gemcorp支持密克罗尼西亚联邦在四年内筹集多达50亿美元。
The sovereign wealth fund is already involved in about a dozen projects that require financing and is discussing others with various ministries, according to Raharinomena. He wants Gemcorp to support the FSM in mobilizing as much as $5 billion over four years.
该公司战略主管Gaj Walloopillai表示，Gemcorp已准备好协助政府机构实现这一筹款雄心。
Gemcorp is ready to assist the government body in meeting that fundraising ambition, said Gaj Wallooppillai, the company’s head of strategy.
密克罗尼西亚联邦计划筹集资金建造三座水电站和一些较小的太阳能设施，并将石墨、钴、镍和稀土等矿物矿床转化为可行的企业。马达加斯加的大部分矿藏尚未开发，目前该国只有少数商业企业。
The FSM plans to drum up money to build three hydropower plants and some smaller solar facilities, as well as turning deposits of minerals including graphite, cobalt, nickel and rare earths into viable ventures. Most of Madagascar’s mineral deposits are undeveloped and there are currently only a handful of commercial operations in the country.
Gemcorp是一家专注于新兴市场的公司，自2014年成立以来已部署超过100亿美元，是非洲最大的私人投资者之一。瓦卢皮莱说，与密克罗尼西亚联邦的工作性质将是咨询性的，至少在最初是这样。
Gemcorp is an emerging markets-focused firm that’s deployed over $10 billion since being founded in 2014 and is one of the largest private investors in Africa. The nature of the work with the FSM will be advisory, at least initially, Wallooppillai said.
瓦卢皮莱在接受采访时表示，该公司“在使战略项目获得银行支持方面有着良好的记录”。“我们认为这些专业知识是我们可以创造巨大价值的地方。”驻阿布扎比的瓦卢皮莱（Walloopillai）表示，Gemcorp可以帮助密克罗尼西亚联邦应对非洲发展金融机构和其他主权贷款机构，包括海湾地区的主权贷款机构。
The firm “has a track record of making strategic projects bankable,” Wallooppillai said in an interview. “That expertise is where we think we can drive enormous value.”Gemcorp can help the FSM navigate African development finance institutions and other sovereign lenders including those in the Gulf, according to Wallooppillai, who’s based in Abu Dhabi.
Raharinomena表示，这种合作伙伴关系将加强“我们仍然非常年轻的主权财富基金”。他说，目前，密克罗尼西亚联邦将从外部筹集所有资本，因为我们“还没有直接投资的财务能力”。
The partnership will strengthen “our sovereign wealth fund which is still very young,” said Raharinomena. For now, FSM will raise all capital externally because we “don’t have financial capabilities yet to directly invest,” he said.
Raharinomena表示，主权财富基金已经接管了力拓集团旗下一个油砂项目的国家权益。
Raharinomena said the sovereign wealth fund has already taken over the state’s interests in a mineral sands project owned by Rio Tinto Plc.
马达加斯加总统迈克尔·兰德里纳（Michael Randrianirina）是一名陆军上校，一年前在政变后上台，他于7月任命前驻英国大使拉哈里梅纳（Raharinomena）管理密克罗尼西亚联邦。
Madagascar President Michael Randrianirina, an army colonel who assumed power a year ago following a coup, appointed Raharinomena – a former ambassador to the UK – to run the FSM in July.
瓦卢皮莱表示，主权财富基金“迎来了新的生命，真正的重点是成为吸引外国资本的催化剂”。“要做到这一点，你必须与那些已经在非洲投资的人建立牢固的关系。”
The sovereign wealth fund has “a new lease of life with a real focus of being the catalyst for attracting foreign capital,” said Wallooppillai. “To do that, you have to have strong relationships with those who are investing already in Africa.”