Infrastructure & Energy: Our solutions

We offer you tailored loan financings at matching maturities for your investments in the areas of energy, transport, utilities and telecommunications.

As an arranger of syndicated finance, we get further finance partners on board if required, enabling us to offer the complete loan financing from a single source.

At a glace:

• Currency: EUR or USD, also local currency

• DEG financing volume: USD 15-60 million

• Term: generally between 4 and 21 years

• Interest rate: fixed or variable, market-oriented depending on project and country risk

• Collateral: usually as the company's fixed assets in the country of investment

• Structuring: according to the customer’s requirements

We can also support your growth with equity capital. As a minority shareholder, we generate positive momentum for your project development and your reputation. In the development of regional and supra-regional platforms, the stake may be taken at holding company level or, in particular cases, at project level.

At a glace:

• Equity participation at holding company level or in the project company in the country of investment

• As a rule with a minority stake

• Volume equity participation of DEG: generally USD 10-30 million

• Variable structuring of risk components

• Voting rights and seat on the supervisory board on a case-by-case basis

• Clearly defined exit strategies

With our subordinated loans, we take on higher risks and offer you individual solutions to supplement your equity capital basis.

At a glace:

• Financing form between equity capital and debt capital

• Project-specific structuring

• Subordinated collateral

• Risk-appropriate return

• Conversion option

We subscribe to long-term, sustainability-focused bonds from experienced and established companies and financial institutions in emerging and developing countries, with a view to actively supporting them in achieving their objectives related to environmental and climate protection, gender equality and governance. As an anchor investor with a long-term outlook, we stabilise your bond issues and send positive signals to other investors.

At a glace:

• Investments in private and listed bond issues

• Conditions reflecting the situation in the capital market

• Capital market access and development for issuers from emerging and developing countries

• Positive signals sent out with regard to international environmental, social and corporate governance standards