Tag Archives: bank loans

New KfW Data Highlights Falling Loan Appetite Among Small Businesses and Rising Reliance on Internal Funding

(IN BRIEF) A new survey from KfW reveals that only 27 per cent of SMEs in Germany are currently willing to use debt financing for investments, the lowest level in ten years. The decline is driven largely by micro-businesses and … Read the full press release →

Standard Chartered expands VCC offerings with new multi-sector credit fund launched in partnership with PIMCO

(IN BRIEF) Standard Chartered has launched Signature Select Global Income Plus, a new multi-sector credit fund under its VCC structure in collaboration with PIMCO as sub-investment manager. The fund spans high-yield bonds, emerging market debt, and bank loans, aiming to … Read the full press release →

Digi Communications N.V. announces the conclusion of a Senior Facility Agreement by companies within Digi Group

(IN BRIEF) On June 3, 2024, Digi Communications N.V. announced that it, along with its Romanian subsidiary Digi Romania S.A. and Digi Spain Telecom S.L.U., has finalized a Senior Facility Agreement. This agreement includes a term loan of EUR 150 … Read the full press release →

AFME: EU SMEs have access to nearly twice the amount of funding as their US counterparts, yet bank loans remain the most common form of SME finance in Europe

AFME releases first pan-EU guide on raising finance for Europe’s SMEs Europe’s SMEs are finding it difficult to raise equity capital and there is a significant lack of awareness about the funding options available to them; AFME has released the first … Read the full press release →

ECB report on the SMEs access to finance in the euro area – October 2012 to March 2013

2-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is today publishing its eighth report on the results of the “Survey on the access to finance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the euro area”. This survey round was conducted … Read the full press release →