Juncker Plan: Anthilia Capital Partners and EIF together for Italian SMEs
- Release date: 20 June 2019
Under the new investment programme for debt funds created within the Juncker Plan, called the “Private Credit Tailored for SMEs”, the EIF invested EUR 40m in Anthilia BIT III, the third private debt fund of Anthilia Capital Partners, which is dedicated to Italian SMEs.
EIF and aws extend guarantee agreement to provide additional financing for SMEs in Austria
- Release date: 14 June 2019
More than 2,000 small businesses will benefit from new loans thanks to a deal signed today between the European Investment Fund and Austria’s national promotional bank, Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws). At the annual event of the European Association of Guarantee Institutions in Antwerp, Belgium, EIF and aws signed an agreement to extend the existing COSME LGF agreement by two years to April 2021. Both partners also agreed to increase the guarantee volume by EUR 130 million to EUR 215 ...
Europe supports SMEs and small mid-caps in Faroe Islands and Greenland
- Release date: 13 June 2019
BankNordik P/F has entered into an agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF) under the “InnovFin SME Guarantee Facility”. The guarantee agreement will allow BankNordik to issue up to DKK 300 million of new loans under more favourable conditions to local SMEs and small mid-caps. The financing agreement is backed an InnovFin guarantee, which will allow the EIF to cover up to 50% of losses incurred in by BankNordik’s new lending, thus giving the bank an incentive to ...
EIB Group and HSBC France sign double partnership to increase financing of French SMEs and mid-caps
- Release date: 06 June 2019
The European Investment Bank Group (EIB) and HSBC France today signed two major financial agreements designed to significantly increase lending to French businesses.
Crédit Agricole and European Investment Fund sign operational agreement under FOSTER TPE-PME-AGRI Fund launched by Occitanie Region
- Release date: 04 June 2019
On Monday 3 June, the Occitanie Region’s Vice-President responsible for agriculture Vincent Labarthe and Vice-President responsible for agri-business and viticulture Jean-Louis Cazaubon (representing the Region’s President Carole Delga), European Investment Fund (EIF) Chief Executive Pier Luigi Gilibert, and representatives of the four regional banks of Crédit Agricole (Nord Midi Pyrénées, Toulouse 31, Pyrénées Gascogne and Sud Méditerranée) ...
