ALMA已设立一只1亿美元的基金，用于投资发展中国家的女性经营和领导的企业。此前，该公司从私人基础设施发展集团（PIDG）旗下部门获得部分担保，用于Aegon资产管理公司提供的贷款。
ALMA has set up a $100 million fund to invest in female-run and led businesses in developing nations after securing a partial guarantee from a unit of the Private Infrastructure Development Group for a loan from Aegon Asset Management.
这家总部位于美国的影响力投资公司表示，该基金将主要关注撒哈拉以南非洲和亚洲的企业，相关公司周四在一份声明中表示。PIDG旗下部门GuarantCo将为Aegon及其他投资者的贷款提供7500万美元担保，并为ALMA提供额外的1000万美元首损担保。
The US-based impact investment company’s fund will focus mainly on businesses in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, the firms said in a statement on Thursday. GuarantCo, the PIDG unit, will provide a $75 million guarantee to cover the loan from Aegon and other investors and ALMA an additional $10 million first loss facility.
“所有这些资金都投向女性经营的企业，”GuarantCo投资总监Guillaume Carta在接受采访时表示。他说，该基金可能投资于“小规模农业交易、水处理、小规模基础设施、电动出行交易”。
“All of it goes to women-run businesses,” Guillaume Carta, investment director at GuarantCo, said in an interview. The fund could invest in “small-scale agriculture deals, water treatment, small-scale infrastructure, e-mobility deals,” he said.
PIDG是一家发展金融机构，由英国、荷兰、瑞士、瑞典、澳大利亚、德国和加拿大政府支持。
The PIDG is a development finance institution backed by the UK, Dutch, Swiss, Swedish, Australian, German and Canadian governments.