LAAD AMERICAS N.V.
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Who is our customer
Latin American Agriculture Development Corporation (LAAD) is a dedicated agricultural small and medium enterprise (SME) bank with a 45-year positive track record in financing SME-agribusinesses throughout Latin America. LAAD finances private agribusiness projects involving all phases of production, processing, storage, services, technology and marketing in the fields of agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishing.
What is our funding objective?
FMO’s long-term financing will enable LAAD to further increase their loan portfolio while improving the maturity-profile of LAAD's funding.
Why do we fund this investment?
FMO's loan creates access to long-term financing for agricultural SMEs that would otherwise not be able to obtain from commercial banks. In offering these financial services, LAAD enables SMEs to create impact and to successfully compete with their larger competitors.
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- Website customer/investment
- http://www.laadsa.com
- Region
- Latin America & The Caribbean
- Country
- Latin America & The Caribbean
- Sector
- Financial Institutions
- Effective date
- 3/18/2016
- Total FMO financing
- USD 22.00 MLN
- Funding
- FMO NV
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Risk categorization on environmental and social impacts, A = high risk, B+ = medium high risk, B = medium risk, C = low risk
Environmental & Social Category
(A, B+, B or C) - B