Abler Nordic

Abler Nordic is an impact investment manager that invests in financial institutions serving low-income households and small businesses in developing and frontier markets. Its investments span microfinance, affordable housing loans, agri-tech and digital banking. It also runs Technical Assistance and Foreign Exchange support schemes for its portfolio companies, with the Technical Assistance Facility funded by Norad.

The company manages funds with USD 470 million in total aggregated commitments across six funds. Its investors include Norfund and IFU, the Norwegian and Danish governmental investment funds, along with private Nordic institutions such as KLP, Storebrand and Lauritzen Fonden. It is registered with the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway as an Alternative Investment Fund Manager.

Abler Nordic was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Oslo, with offices in Copenhagen, Jakarta, New Delhi and Nairobi. The active portfolio includes 13 equity, 4 debt and 7 MIV investments. The company has recently advertised a Director role for its Climate Smart Fund.

Product: Impact investing through funds that invest equity and debt in financial institutions in emerging and frontier markets, plus technical assistance and FX facilities for portfolio companies.