CIFI strives to be the leading provider of finance for energy and infrastructure development
in Latin America and the Caribbean.
CIFI strives to be the leading provider of finance for energy and infrastructure development
in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The rising need to build new sustainable and resilient projects, replace aging infrastructure, upgrade transportation, and increase energy efficiency is driving the demand for private debt financing around the world but especially relevant for developing countries and emerging economies.
Infrastructure ventures involve many complex matters that require a well-structured financing coordinated and managed during the transaction lifecycle by an experienced partner.
The business team at CIFI offers end-to-end solutions to its customers, from the conception of a financing to execution and end-of-lifecycle.
Project Finance
A project finance arrangement is a structured financing scheme focused on the long-term cash flows provided by a company created for a single project and using the company’s assets and cash flows as collateral. The distinguishing feature of a project finance arrangement is that it is organized around the long-term predictability of its cash flows, as determined by a set of fixed contracts with customers, vendors, market regulators, and other parties.
Long-Term Structured Debt, Senior or Subordinated.
Short Term debt, Construction loan and Bridge Loan
Acquisition Finance
Acquisition financing is the way in which a company funds a merger or acquisition.
Corporate Loan
Short-term and long-term working
capital loans.
Where we work
Latin American
and the Caribbean
CIFI is a leading private sector middle- market infrastructure platform in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Our platform serves the entire Latin American and Caribbean Region with sustainable investments that target positive impact and integrate environmental, social, and corporate governance factors. Read more
*Year 2022
Sectors
Our focus on infrastructure caters the most relevant gaps in the sector with a strong commitment to sustainable assets.
Our Track Record
+215 projects financed*
Knowledge of the region
USD 21 Billion*
mobilized capital
USS 2,3 Billion*
Disbursed
USD 743MM
in assets under management year 2023
*to december 31,2023
CIFI's business model is based
on three services
that fulfill the financing cycle of a project: advice on project structuring, direct financing, and financing through other vehicles in dollars and in local currency.
CIFI's business model is based
on three services
that fulfill the financing cycle of a project: advice on project structuring, direct financing, and financing through other vehicles in dollars and in local currency.
Contact our experts
Ramon Candia is an investment banking professional with over 20 years of experience and is CIFI’s Chief Investment Officer. In recent years he has focused on the infrastructure and cleantech sectors. He has been actively involved in financing, structuring, developing, negotiating, creating business strategies and managing portfolios on several continents.
He has represented his employers as a board member in several companies. In 2003 he earned an MBA in Finance from Purdue University. And set out to advance professionally with exposure to various industries, he is fluent in English, Spanish, German and has a basic level of Portuguese, skills that have allowed him to thrive in the industry internationally.
Ramon Candia
Chief Investment Officer
Nicolás Giancola began his career in the financial industry at Banco Hipotecario SA in Argentina. He served as a Capital Markets Analyst, supporting the process of issuing debt instruments for the institution’s founding, and he later became responsible for Investor Relations. In 2017 he joined Banco de Inversión y Comercio Exterior SA (the country's local development bank) as a Structured Finance Officer, where he had the challenge of managing the origination, structuring, negotiation, and approval of financing transactions for investment projects in infrastructure and energy, including the coordination of syndicated loans. In May 2019, he was appointed Head of Structured Finance. In February 2021, he joined CIFI, currently in the role of Origination Manager. Nicolás holds a degree in Economics, a Master's degree in Finance, and an Executive MBA.
Nicolás Giancola
Origination Manager
Antonio is a seasoned investment professional with over 16 years of international track record in commercial banking, structured corporate finance, project finance, private equity and investment management. As part of his investment management responsibilities, he has served as Board Director in multiple companies and has taken an interim CEO role for a successful turn-around, capital raising and exit strategy.
Antonio joined CIFI in 2016, where he serves as an Investment Director and leads the financing process of infrastructure projects across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Before joining CIFI, he began his professional career as a regional manager in commercial banking to later specialized in corporate banking and private equity investments in companies and projects throughout Latin America within the cleantech, sustainable forestry, energy efficiency and renewable energy space.
He earned an MBA from the INCAE Business School and was awarded with a 12- month Post Graduate Fellowship Program in Sustainable Energy Policy by the German Federal Government. He also has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with Minors in Finance and Management and is fluent in English and Spanish, and proficient in German and Portuguese.
Antonio Araúz
Investment Director Structured and Corporate Finance
