PROJECT

Projects

Summary of Proposed Investment

Project Number

25126

Company Name

Marco Polo Network Inc.

Date SPI Disclosed

Sep 7, 2006

Country

World Region

Industry

Financial Markets

Projected Board Date

Oct 9, 2006

Status

Completed

Sector

Exchanges (Trading Systems)

Date Revised SPI Disclosed

Sep 18, 2006

Department

NonBanking & Alternative Finance

Environmental Category

C - No Impact

Previous Events

Approved : Dec 18, 2006
Signed : Dec 22, 2006
Invested : Dec 29, 2006

Project Description

The project involves a combined equity and debt investment of up to $10 million in Marco Polo Network Inc. (MPN), a Delaware Corporation, providing an automated trading platform to institutional investors and brokers trading emerging market securities. MPN operates a network that electronically links brokers around the world to facilitate cross-border trading, mainly into emerging market countries, which can enhance emerging market liquidity and overall market development.

The IFC investment will help MPN to grow its operations by:


- expanding its operating system and sales team and support personnel to meet existing client demand and add new functionalities; - expanding MPN’s coverage to a universe of “frontier” emerging market countries, which are not currently substantial destinations for global investors but have the potential to attract larger allocations of investor flows in the future.

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