Bridging the Growth Gap - Investor Views on European and US Capital Markets and How They Drive Investment and Economic Growth

This report conducts an analysis of the differences between EU and US financing in the areas of SMEs, infrastructure and Private Placements. It canvasses the views of some of the largest global investors (representing €9tn of assets under management) and supplements them with desk research. The study reaches revealing conclusions. It shows how the fragmentation of Europe’s financial markets and relatively smaller size of aggregate investable assets act as a brake on growth when compared with the US.