European Small Business Finance Outlook - December 2013 - European Investment Fund's working paper

This European Small Business Finance Outlook provides an overview of the main markets relevant to EIF (equityguarantees/securitisation, microfinance). It is an update of the European Small Business Finance Outlook from June 2013.

This report discusses the general market environment, then look at the main aspects of equity finance and the guarantees/SME Securitisation market. Finally, before it concludes, it briefly highlights important aspects of microfinance in Europe.