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🤝‼️ILX is hiring! Are you passionate about impact and alternative investments? At ILX, we’re redefining finance by driving innovation and sustainable development through attractive private credit strategies. We create impactful solutions that balance profitability with environmental and social objectives across Emerging Markets. Join a young dynamic team in Amsterdam dedicated to shaping the industry of development finance and tackling global challenges. Here, you’ll help manage institutional capital at a rapidly growing alternative asset manager. 👐Open Positions: Legal & Compliance Officer: https://lnkd.in/d8-r2FMY Portfolio Management Associate: https://lnkd.in/dQbipDBG Investor Relations Analyst: https://lnkd.in/di3T-R3S Sustainability Analyst: https://lnkd.in/dfFePfZ6 Investment Analyst: https://lnkd.in/dQsk9MXt Investment Intern: https://lnkd.in/dDJMWTa6 🌍 Explore the open roles and apply today!

📽️ Listen to Manfred Schepers, ILX's CEO, as he speaks with Uxolo Development Finance regarding the opportunities that emerging markets can offer investors that include both impact and returns. #emergingmarkets #developmentfinance

🛑 Sign up for our in-person and online event in Helsinki on the 20th of March, hosted alongside Finnfund, where we will discuss opportunities for impact investing in Emerging Markets!

📢 ILX is pleased to announce the appointment of Ron de Prie RA as the new Chief Finance and Risk Officer. Ron brings over 30 years of experience in the financial sector, including leadership roles at Bouwinvest and EY. His expertise in financial management and risk will be instrumental in supporting our commitment to mobilise private capital for sustainable and climate investments in emerging markets. 🙌 Welcome to the team! Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/dkyumMVC

♻️ ILX has been part of the groundbreaking SAF project financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The $86.2 million investment marks the first private sector-led SAF project in Asia and the Pacific, aiming to decarbonise the aviation industry. ILX is contributing significantly to this project through a $20 million loan participation. This collaboration underscores the commitment to supporting innovative and sustainable solutions that combat climate change and further advance the SDGs. The SAF facility will utilize waste-based feedstock, including used cooking oil, to produce 200 kilotons of SAF annually. This initiative is expected to result in annual avoided emissions of 168,700 tCO2eq per year, promoting job creation and cutting-edge technology in the region. ℹ️ Read further here: https://lnkd.in/dZzWBJ2N

✈️ Last week, ILX had the honour of attending the Sustainable Finance Mission from the Netherlands in Abu Dhabi, hosted by the Embassy and Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the United Arab Emirates. It is great to see an increased ambition towards green and climate finance in the country, demonstrated by the its post-COP28 commitment to launch ALTÉRRA. This initiative focuses on mobilising private capital for the energy transition in emerging markets, which closely aligns with ILX's own efforts to mobilise this capital for emerging markets, aiming to close the Climate and SDG funding gap. 🤝 Thank you for all the work and invitation, and looking forward to more collaborations and conversations that will ensure a more sustainable future!

🙌❗SAVE THE DATE! ILX, alongside Finnfund, is hosting an event in Helsinki on Thursday 20th of March 2025❗🙌 This event, "Opportunities for impact investing Emerging Markets", will bring together senior representatives from Nordic-based, and in particular Finnish, pension funds, investment-focused professionals, leading asset managers, academics, consultants, and development finance experts from MDBs, DFIs, and the Finnish government. They will discuss sustainable, climate and development-focused investment opportunities in EMs for institutional investors, as well as the role that Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) can play in developing investment opportunities. It will be both an in-person and an online event. ℹ More information here: https://lnkd.in/dRPRF2RK Do not miss the opportunity to listen to these experienced professionals and register if you would like to attend.

📽️ Yesterday, ILX's CIO, Elvira Eurlings, participated in the Center for Global Development online event "Can MDBs/DFIs Really Build Markets?: A Deep Dive into Investing for Impact at the Market Level", alongside Chris Eleftheriades, Executive Director, Lion's Head Global Partners, Alessandro Maffioli, Managing Director for Development Effectiveness, IDB Invest, William Perraudin, Managing Director, Risk Control Limited, Maria Smith, Chief Impact Officer, British International Investment, moderated by Nancy Lee, Director for Sustainable Development Finance, Center for Global Development. The discussion centered on how Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) can strategically select investments that not only yield market equivalent returns but also foster broader market development. Elvira shared insights on ILX's approach to co-investing with MDBs and DFIs to mobilise private capital for emerging markets, as well as highlighting: 1️⃣ Investors increasingly require SDG and impact reporting 2️⃣ Working with MDBs and DFIs allow for innovation and replicability that increases the creation of new markets 3️⃣ MDBs and DFIs should have a continued focus on bringing the private sector where possible, without relying on concessional or blended capital where not absolutely necessary 4️⃣ Transparency is essential for the private sector to become familiar with the development finance asset class Learn more and find the full discussion: https://lnkd.in/dXcyqqHe

📰 Pension funds have the potential to bridge the financing gap for the SDGs, while perceived risks and lack of local expertise often hinder investments. Initiatives like ILX are paving the way by co-investing alongside Multilateral Development Banks and Development Finance Institutions, offering scalable, risk-adjusted opportunities. Read more in the below article in ECDPM 🌍: