$9bn
US$ invested
As of 31.12.2025
Redefining emerging markets investing
<p>Our mission is to unleash the potential in emerging markets and make them accessible to investors everywhere. </p>
650+
Group employees
As of 31.12.2025
2014
Founded
100%
Employee-owned
Potential unleashed
<p>Institutional portfolios are overexposed to the familiar and underexposed to the essential. As global investors face shrinking real returns, rising volatility and geopolitical risk, emerging markets present a unique opportunity.</p>
Global emerging markets are in our name and our DNA.
<p>Atanas Bostandjiev, Founder & CEO</p>
Local presence
<p>We have had a local presence in emerging markets for over a decade, investing over $9 billion. Our experience covers a wide range of countries, sectors and asset classes, with a specialist focus on private capital to unlock the vast potential in emerging markets.</p>
From conviction to capital
<p>Our latest report, “From conviction to capital”, draws on the views of 250 investment decision-makers across 22 countries to collect their views on emerging market (EM) private credit.</p>
Gemcast episode 13
<p>In episode 13 of Gemcast, we are joined be portfolio manager Asad Hajiyev and Senior Vice President Shurong Li to discuss how Central Asia is emerging as a destination for private credit, the deals we have completed and what’s driving the trend.</p>
Latest insights
Commodity Watch: Traversing inflationary terrain
<p>The commodity cycle of the 2000s was spurred by demand from China as it spent trillions to become the world’s factory floor. However, higher input prices were dampened by increased growth rates, more trade and an influx of cheap goods. </p>
8 June 2026
Commodity Watch: Cleaner Flames Changing Supply Chains
<p>An 1,840-mile pipeline from Texas to New York began delivering natural gas to NYC in 1951 “from the region of the world’s greatest natural gas reserves to the world’s richest market”. Transco replaced the coal burned to produce toxic low-heat gas with a high energy odourless energy source enhancing lives across the city and helping eliminate the blue haze across the city.</p>
1 June 2026
Mapping EM private credit: The opportunity in Central and Eastern Europe
<p>With strong fundamentals and key areas of structural demand, Central and Eastern Europe offers a compelling opportunity for emerging market private credit. </p>
26 May 2026
Imbono
<p>A leading operator and provider of infrastructure and essential goods and services across emerging markets.</p>
Driving change
<p>We aim to improve access to energy, water, food and healthcare, while improving livelihoods and bridging inequalities.</p>