Multinational Industrial Fund

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Multinational Industrial Fund is a US$80 million Mexican private equity fund that will seek to earn long-term capital gains by investing in equity and quasi-equity securities of small and medium-sized Mexican companies entering into joint ventures with foreign companies to generate exports. The Fund will have a life of ten years.The proposed transaction is in line with IICs developmental goals, since (i) the Fund will support the creation and expansion of small and medium-scale enterprises in Mexico without access to equity capital; (ii) it will support private investment to create joint ventures of local firms with European firms to transfer technology and promote export sales; (iii) through stock market exit it will foster democratization of capital; and (iv) the Fund will reach some fifteen final beneficiaries over its expected life; creating about 300 jobs, and contributing US$300 million to the country's GDP.