$8.1bn
US$ invested
As of 31.03.2025
Redefining emerging markets investing
<p>Our mission is to unleash the potential in emerging markets and make them accessible to investors everywhere. </p>
250+
Group employees
As of 31.03.2025
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 & board member</p>
Local presence
<p>We have had a local presence in emerging markets for over a decade, investing over $8 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 6
<p>In episode 6 of Gemcast we are joined by Walter Pacheco, Chairman of Kassai Capital our domestic asset manager in Angola. Walter draws on his extensive experience in developing capital markets across Africa to shed light on the importance of domestic capital, how to mobilise it and what Kassai Capital is doing to drive development in Angola.</p>
Latest insights
Thinking against the current: Collateral
<p>Secured lending promises protection through collateral but can prove illusory if investors fail to assess its quality, liquidity and enforceability. Experience in emerging markets offers timely lessons for investors looking to limit the risks, as Parvoleta Shtereva explains. </p>
5 November 2025
Commodity Watch: Tariffs, Treats and Trouble Ahead?
<p>The Tootsie Roll is on fire. The price of the popular chocolate-caramel candy (with 64 million pieces made every day) is up over 30% from last year. The Tootsie Roll is not the only one. Confectionery prices are up across the board. The price of a 100-piece variety bag of Halloween candy, for example, is up around 80% since 2020 (according to FinanceBuzz) far outpacing overall US inflation during the same period.</p>
3 November 2025
Beyond the comfort zone: emerging markets in the private credit 2.0 era
<p>Throughout its history, private credit has thrived on structural change. But as developed markets mature, the case for diversification is growing stronger. Felipe Berliner, Co-Founder and Head of Structuring, sets out why emerging markets could be the next frontier for the private credit asset class.</p>
29 October 2025
Driving change
<p>We aim to improve access to energy, water, food and healthcare, while improving livelihoods and bridging inequalities.</p>