TriLinc Global Impact Invests $15.2 Million in Emerging Markets

TriLinc Global Impact Fund, a non-traded, externally managed, limited liability company, approved $15.2 million in recent term loan and trade finance transactions to companies in Argentina, Chile, Nigeria, and South Africa. This brings the total financing commitments as of December 31, 2015 to $128.6 million for business expansion and socioeconomic development through its holdings in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

TriLinc is an impact investing fund that provides growth-stage loans and trade finance to established small and medium enterprises in developing economies where access to affordable capital is significantly limited. Impact Investing is defined as investing with the specific objective of achieving a competitive financial return as well as creating positive, measurable impact in communities across the globe.

“TriLinc’s recent investments represent how the company utilizes its in-country partners in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America to originate transactions with locally-owned businesses looking to promote the competitive advantages of their developing economies,” said Gloria Nelund, TriLinc’s chief executive officer. “From procuring and exporting chia seed in Chile to employing women – who are underrepresented in South Africa’s labor force – to produce value-add electronic apparatus, these latest transactions demonstrate the breadth and depth of TriLinc’s investment and impact practice in fostering opportunities that support local growth industries and generate measureable economic and social benefits.”

TriLinc invests in small and medium enterprises through experienced local market sub-advisors, and expects to create a diversified portfolio of financial assets consisting primarily of collateralized private debt instruments. The company aggregates and analyzes social, economic and environmental impact data to track progress and measure success against stated objectives. As of January 20, 2016, the fund has raised approximately $161.3 million from the sale of approximately 16.7 million units of limited liability company interest, including DRIP units. Since inception, the company has funded more than $224.5 million in total investments.For more on the SC Distributors platform of products, visit their directory page here.

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