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 Europe. A chapter on Fintech also complements the analysis.
The second major report from GALI, written in collaboration with Deloitte, compares acceleration in emerging markets versus high-income countries. Examining data from more than 2,400 early stage ventures that applied to 43 programs, it finds more similarities between emerging market and high-income country entrepreneurs and accelerator programs than commonly believed.
ASIFMA, the financial industry’s leading regional trade association, today released its report “Accessing India’s Equity Markets: Reform, Perform and Transform”. The new report is a comprehensive analysis providing recommendations on the development of India’s equity markets which are vital to the overall economic growth of the country. It was released in conjunction with ASIFMA’s first-ever “Accessing India’s Capital Markets” conference in Mumbai, a forum designed to facilitate dialogue around the important issues impacting the accessibility and development of India’s capital markets.
In the past, foreign investors only eyed large private companies or SOEs which were under equitization. But now, they also can see opportunities from SMEs, according to VietnamNet Bridge. In this article, the website details the efforts of investors who have visited Vietnam with an interest in conducting business with SMEs.
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 June 2017 ESBFO edition.
In an interaction with ETRise, Kumar talks about how demonetisation has been catastrophic for MSMEs and how it has not destroyed even 1% of black wealth.
SME Finance Forum member, State Bank of India announced its the launch of SME Assist, an initiative that will start offering short term loans to its MSME customers. It will render working capital loans to MSMEs according to their input credit tax.
PYMNTS.com interviews Quick.me CEO Ola Okeshola on how the access to capital for small businesses has dried up significantly since the Great Recession. While the challenge is easy to pinpoint, the solutions are harder to find, as FinTechs serving SMBs aren’t just looking to answer a series of questions that the market is still learning how to ask, let alone answer.
The recovery of the (SME-) securitization market is also one of the focus areas of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) and the European Commission intends to revive securitization with the objective “to ensure that it can act."
The Capital Mobilisation Challenge (Challenge) is a competition targeting small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) with a strong sustainable development focus and located in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar or Vietnam. The Challenge, which opens in September 2017, is being organised by SME Finance Forum member Unkapt in partnership with Pennam Partners.
