Overview
- Risk Covered:
- Credit Risk
- Region:
- North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia
About this guarantee
Last updated: October 2025
The Portfolio Guarantee covers losses on a defined portfolio of loans to corporates, projects or financial institutions involved in facilitating infrastructure, usually on a second loss basis. The guarantee transfers a portion of the credit risk associated with the defined portfolio to GuarantCo (AA- / A1 internationally-rated entity) allowing the lender to target larger transactions, without breaching exposure limits.
Type of organisation
- Specialized guarantee or insurance facility
Organisation description
GuarantCo is a subsidiary of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG). PIDG is an innovative infrastructure development and finance organization funded by six governments. PIDG also supports affiliate entities such as Dhamana in East Africa and InfraZamin in Pakistan, whose products can also be found on this Directory.
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