SUERF Baffi Bocconi webinar - EIF Small Business Finance Outlook 2021 - 20211209
In this SUERF BAFFI BOCCONI E-Lecture on "SME Financing: Key findings from the EIF’s new European Small Business Finance Outlook 2021", which was recorded on 9 December 2021, Helmut Krämer-Eis, Frank Lang and Wouter Torfs, European Investment Fund (EIF), presented key findings from the their newly released report. Rudy Aernoudt, European Commission, Lilas Demmou, OECD, and Friederike Koehler-Geib, KfW Bankengruppe, discussed the results and provided their own perspectives. The discussion was moderated by Ernest Gnan, OeNB and SUERF. Timeline: 00:00:14 - Ernest Gnan - opening and welcome 00:01:50 - Helmut Krämer-Eis - SME finance environment and access to finance 00:08:50 - Frank Lang - European private equity and venture capital market 00:19:50 - Wouter Torfs - EU market for greentech venture capital and private equity financing 00:38:24 - Rudy Aernoudt - discussion: Scale up finance as the main bottleneck 00:46:16 - Replies by Helmut Krämer-Eis and Frank Lang 00:51:07 - Lilas Demmou - discussion: SMEs in COVID times: financial conditions, public support and hints on productivity 01:03:10 - Replies by Helmut Krämer-Eis and Wouter Torfs 01:09:50 - Fritzi Köhler-Geib, discussion: The green transformation: SMEs, venture capital and investments - German perspective 01:22:45 - Replies by Helmut Krämer-Eis, Frank Lang and Wouter Tors 01.29:56 - Ernest Gnan: concluding remarks 01:30:35 - End (c) SUERF and European Investment Fund, 2021.
In this SUERF BAFFI BOCCONI E-Lecture on "SME Financing: Key findings from the EIF’s new European Small Business Finance Outlook 2021", which was recorded on 9 December 2021, Helmut Krämer-Eis, Frank Lang and Wouter Torfs, European Investment Fund (EIF), presented key findings from the their newly released report. Rudy Aernoudt, European Commission, Lilas Demmou, OECD, and Friederike Koehler-Geib, KfW Bankengruppe, discussed the results and provided their own perspectives. The discussion was moderated by Ernest Gnan, OeNB and SUERF. Timeline: 00:00:14 - Ernest Gnan - opening and welcome 00:01:50 - Helmut Krämer-Eis - SME finance environment and access to finance 00:08:50 - Frank Lang - European private equity and venture capital market 00:19:50 - Wouter Torfs - EU market for greentech venture capital and private equity financing 00:38:24 - Rudy Aernoudt - discussion: Scale up finance as the main bottleneck 00:46:16 - Replies by Helmut Krämer-Eis and Frank Lang 00:51:07 - Lilas Demmou - discussion: SMEs in COVID times: financial conditions, public support and hints on productivity 01:03:10 - Replies by Helmut Krämer-Eis and Wouter Torfs 01:09:50 - Fritzi Köhler-Geib, discussion: The green transformation: SMEs, venture capital and investments - German perspective 01:22:45 - Replies by Helmut Krämer-Eis, Frank Lang and Wouter Tors 01.29:56 - Ernest Gnan: concluding remarks 01:30:35 - End (c) SUERF and European Investment Fund, 2021.