MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Absolute Portfolio Management’s Vision Microfinance Funds Invest $11m in Microfinance Institutions in Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, India

Absolute Portfolio Management (APM), an arm of Austria-based asset management group C-Quadrat, recently informed MicroCapital that it disbursed credits totaling approximately USD 11 million from its two Vision Microfinance funds, the Dual Return Fund-Vision Microfinance and the Dual Return Fund-Vision Microfinance Local Currency, to unspecified microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico and India. Of the total, USD 1 million was disbursed to an MFI that was founded in 2005 in Oaxaca, Mexico. The MFI has a branch network extending to eight Mexican states provide adding group loans, mainly to women.

As of June 2014, APM reports total assets of USD 323 million under management. As of February 25, 2014, Dual Return Fund-Vision Microfinance Local Currency reports total assets of USD 49.5 million. As of September 2014, Dual Return Fund-Vision Microfinance has total assets of USD 270.3 million.

By Ananya Tiwari, Research Associate

About Absolute Portfolio Management (APM)
Absolute Portfolio Management GmbH (APM) is an Austria-based asset management company that offers investment and advisory services relating to microfinance. The firm’s Dual Return–Vision Microfinance and Dual Return Fund–Vision Microfinance Local Currency were created in 2006. As of June 2014, APM reports total assets of USD 323 million under management. APM is a unit of Austrian fund group C-Quadrat.

About Dual Return Fund-Vision Microfinance
The Dual Return Fund is a sub-fund of Vision Microfinance, both of which were created in 2006 by Absolute Portfolio Management GmbH, an Austrian investment company with a focus on microfinance in developing countries. As of July 2014, its annual label was renewed by the Luxembourg Fund Labeling Agency (LuxFLAG), an organization that investigates whether investment vehicles actually support the microfinance sector. As of August 2014, the Dual Return Fund reported total assets of USD 291 million.

About Dual Return Fund-Vision Microfinance Local Currency
The Dual Return Fund Local Currency is a sub-fund of Vision Microfinance, both of which were created in 2006 by Absolute Portfolio Management GmbH, an Austrian investment company with a focus on microfinance in developing countries. The fund disburses local-currency loans directly to microfinance institutions (MFIs). As of July 2014, its annual label was renewed by the Luxembourg Fund Labeling Agency (LuxFLAG), an organization that investigates whether investment vehicles actually support the microfinance sector. As of February 25, 2014, Dual Return Fund-Vision Microfinance Local Currency reports total assets of USD 49.5 million.

Sources and Additional Resources:

Information provided to MicroCapital by Absolute Portfolio Management, December 2014

MicroCapital, November 10, 2014: Absolute Portfolio Management’s Vision Microfinance Funds Loan $1.5m to Microfinance Institution in Ecuador, https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-absolute-portfolio-managements-vision-microfinance-funds-loan-1-5m-to-microfinance-institution-in-ecuador/

MicroCapital, October 2014, Absolute Portfolio Management’s Vision Microfinance Funds Invest $8.5m in Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Ecuador, India, https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-absolute-portfolio-managements-vision-microfinance-invests-8-5m-in-microfinance-institutions-mfis-in-azerbaijan-cambodia-ecuador-india/

MicroCapital, August 25, 2014, Absolute Portfolio Management’s Vision Microfinance Funds Loan $5m to Microfinance Institutions, MFIs in Georgia, Bolivia, Tajikistan, https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-absolute-portfolio-managements-vision-microfinance-funds-loan-5m-to-microfinance-institutions-mfis-in-georgia-bolivia-tajikistan/

MicroCapital, June 30, 2014: Absolute Portfolio Management’s Vision Microfinance Funds Loan $9.4m to Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Armenia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Peru, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-absolute-portfolio-managements-vision-microfinance-funds-loan-9-4m-to-microfinance-institutions-mfis-in-armenia-india-kazakhstan-kyrgystan-mongolia-peru-sri-lanka/

MicroCapital Universe Profile: Absolute Portfolio Management, https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Absolute+Portfolio+Management

MicroCapital Universe Profile: Dual Return Fund-Vision Microfinance Local Currency, https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Dual+Return+-+Vision+Microfinance+Local+Currency+Fund

MicroCapital Universe Profile: Dual Return Vision Microfinance Fund, https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=DUAL+RETURN+VISION+MICROFINANCE+FUND#Description

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