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Next Bank is an independent, open and collaborative community driving change for the better in financial services through design, innovation and entrepreneurship. We’d been to events, listened to banks and others in the media, and thought the conversation just wasn’t progressive enough. We wanted to create an inspiring and creative forum for discussion, that made all participants feel welcome and involved.
Next Bank Europe returns to London, with a stellar lineup. Get in touch to be a part of it.

European Microfinance Week 2015

European Microfinance Week (EMW) is the major annual event of the microfinance industry hosting high level and in-depth discussions by all sectors of the European microfinance community (banks and financial institutions, government agencies, NGOs, consulting firms, researchers and universities) working in developing countries.

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. 

Raising Finance for Europe’s Small & Medium-Sized Businesses - A Practical Guide to Obtaining Loan, Bond and Equity Funding

This guide provides practical information to SMEs across Europe on how to raise finance from a variety of sources. Available in several European languages, the guide will help many European entrepreneurs make educated choices about what type of funding their business needs.

Moody's: New debt market instruments begin to free up credit for SMEs and mid-caps

New debt market instruments have emerged in recent years that will increase funding flows to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps, allowing these firms to access more flexible and in some cases less expensive financing alternatives to bank loans, which companies in this market segment continue to rely on, says Moody's Investors Service in a report published today.

 

Moody's: Securitisation to emerge as new non-bank driven funding source for SMEs and mid-caps in Europe

Non-banks (including insurers and funds) can add some fire-power to European policy makers' initiatives to fund small businesses by packaging their loans into structured deals, according to Moody's Investors Service in a report published today. However, information asymmetry can expose such deals to a potential misalignment of interest between investors and portfolio managers. 
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