This report discusses the activity of credit guarantee schemes (CGSs) in Western Europe and presents an analysis based on a novel survey, conducted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group , among 18 credit guarantee organisations in 13 countries and 33 banks operating in 17 countries. The...

This analysis provides an overview of the main markets relevant to the EIF. It starts by discussing the general market environment, then looks at the main aspects of equity finance and the guarantee and SME securitisation markets. It also highlights important aspects of microfinance in Europe....

This working paper presents results of the second EIF VC Survey, a survey among venture capital general partner/management companies. The study provides a detailed overview of the respondents' state of business and market activity as well as their general perception of the European venture...

This working paper presents results of the first EIF VC Survey, a survey among venture capital general partner/management companies. The study provides a detailed overview of the respondents' state of business and market activity as well as their general perception of the European venture...

This European Small Business Finance Outlook (ESBFO) provides an overview of the main markets relevant to EIF (equity, guarantees, securitisation, microfinance). It is an update of the December 2017 ESBFO edition. We start by discussing the general market environment, then look at the main...

The working paper presents results of the EIF VC Survey, a survey among venture capital general partner/management companies. Following the first EIF VC Survey Working Paper (2018/48), which covered the VC market sentiment and public support, this second paper analyses respondents' feedback as...

Many policy actions of the CMU have the objective to enhance access to finance for the so-called backbone of the European economy—the SMEs. The CMU aims at improving the framework conditions for SME financing, at strengthening bank lending—as the most important external financing source for...

This analysis provides an overview of the main markets relevant to the EIF. It starts by discussing the general market environment, then looks at the main aspects of equity finance and the guarantee and SME securitisation markets and, finally, it highlights important aspects of microfinance in...

This paper provides unique insights into the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the European private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) ecosystem. It achieves this purpose in two ways. By exploiting the recent survey wave of EIF's signature BA/VC/PE MM survey series, which was launched just...

This working paper provides an overview of the main markets relevant to the EIF, with a particular focus on the impact of COVID-19. It starts by discussing the general market environment, then looks at the main aspects of equity finance and the markets for SME debt products and, finally, it...