$9bn
US$ 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>
Unmasking the potential
<p>Our new report, “Unmasking the potential”, surveyed over 75 institutional investors from across the globe to collect their views on emerging market (EM) private credit.</p>
Gemcast episode 9
<p>In episode 9 of Gemcast, Marcus Weyll, CEO of Imbono - a Gemcorp company, shares what it truly takes to develop projects from origination to operation. Marcus reflects on his decades of hands-on experience building critical infrastructure and how Imbono will continue to transform capital into reality.</p>
Latest insights
Commodity Watch: Straits, Squeezes and the Price of Stability
<p>We are increasingly impacted by interrupted trade. Four years ago, we experienced the economic impact of trade disruption in the Black Sea (war and sanctions), which accelerated inflationary pressures from COVID’s fiscal spending and supply shocks (how did the stock market do?). Today, we are witnessing trade halt at the Strait of Hormuz (a major chokepoint) with ripple effects not yet felt, even as tariff uncertainty looms in the background.</p>
9 March 2026
An evergreen future for emerging markets private credit?
<p>Recent volatility in US private credit has exposed strains within evergreen funds holding long-dated, illiquid loans. Felipe Berliner explains why emerging markets private credit may offer a better fit for such vehicles.</p>
5 March 2026
Commodity Watch: The Return of the Corporate Zombie
<p>Corporate zombies were first discussed in a paper about Japanese borrowers in the 1990s. After the Japanese bubble burst, most Japanese banks would have been considered insolvent, but regulators gave them leeway in managing their loan portfolios. The concept of Kin’yu shien (“financial assistance”) allowed the banks to pursue pseudo restructurings by extending maturities, lowering rates and forgiving debt.</p>
2 March 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>