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According to the IFC, the proposed project entails an IFC equity investment of up to US$40m equivalent in COP (COP$150,000m) or up to 20% of the total commitments, as limited partner in an infrastructure debt fund managed by Unión para la Infraestructura S.A.S. (“UPI” or the “Manager”). This will be an IFC follow-on investment in compartment A of UPI’s second debt fund (the “Second Fund” or the “Fund”). The Second Fund will be earmarked to finance toll-roads and airports projects under the 4G and 5G infrastructure programs in Colombia (the “Project”). In December 2015, IFC committed COP$150,000m (US$48m) in UPI’s first debt fund (the “First Fund”), which provided senior debt financing to four projects under Colombia’s 4G toll-road concession program.
The Project has an Anticipated Impact Measurement and Monitoring (AIMM) rating of Satisfactory. The most significant, expected project-level outcome comes from the improved access to road infrastructure and it supported by the improved quality of finance for infrastructure projects through the provision of longer-tenor funding. Beyond the Project, IFC anticipates that the investment will promote competitiveness by fostering the creation of infrastructure debt funds as an investible asset class for institutional investors with a long-term focus and a complementary source of funding for infrastructure projects through demonstration and replication effects.
The proposed project entails an IFC equity investment of up to US$40m equivalent in COP (COP$150,000m) or up to 20% of the total commitments, as limited partner in the Fund.
According to the IFC, as in the First Fund, the Manager is a 50:50 joint venture (the “JV”) of Credicorp Capital Colombia S.A. (“CCC”) and Sura Invesment Management S.A.S. (“Sura IM”) with Sumatoria Gestión de Activos S.A.S. (“Sumatoria”), a Colombian investment bank specialized in infrastructure acting as advisor.
CCC is a subsidiary of Grupo Credicorp, an important regional financial conglomerate based in Peru, and the controlling sponsor of Banco de Crédito del Perú, the largest commercial bank in the country with extensive track record in project finance. Sura IM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sura Asset Management (“SUAM”). SUAM is part of Grupo Sura, one of the largest pension asset managers in Latin America, with operations in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
Unión Para La Infraestructura S.A.S.
Adriana Gallego / Cristina Peláez
Directora Técnica / Directora Crédito
57 1 4320930
agallego@upli.co
Carrera 7 No. 71 – 21 Torre B Ofic. 1602 Bogotá, Colombia
Websitewww.upli.co
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