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Access to Funds: How Could CMU Support SME Financing?

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  • Helmut Kraemer-Eis
  • Frank Lang

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Many policy actions of the CMU have the objective to enhance access to finance for the so-called backbone of the European economy—the SMEs. The CMU aims at improving the framework conditions for SME financing, at strengthening bank lending—as the most important external financing source for SMEs— and to diversify the range of potential financing sources for SMEs—for various financial instruments from debt to equity. This article explains the SME financing-related objectives of the CMU by looking at the initiatives to enhance the lending capacity of banks, before it turns to the discussion of alternative financing. Due to the multitude of links to SMEs, not all CMU elements can be tackled in the same detail, but we focus on some key areas like securitisation and venture capital—including latest regulatory developments. Das Ziel vieler politischer Handlungsfelder der „Kapitalmarktunion“ ist es, den Finanzierungszugang für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU), des sogenannten Rückgrats der europäischen Wirtschaft, zu erleichtern und zu erweitern. Die Kapitalmarktunion bezweckt die Verbesserung der Rahmenbedingungen für die KMU-Finanzierung, die Stärkung der Kreditvergabe durch Banken – der wichtigsten externen Finanzierungsquelle für KMU – und die Diversifizierung der Bandbreite möglicher Finanzierungsquellen für KMU für verschiedene Instrumente von Fremd- bis Eigenkapital. Der vorliegende Artikel erläutert die auf die KMU-Finanzierung bezogenen Ziele der Kapitalmarktunion, indem zunächst die Initiativen zur Verbesserung der Kreditvergabemöglichkeiten von Banken erörtert werden, der sich dann die Diskussion alternativer Finanzierungsformen anschließt. Aufgrund der Vielzahl von Verbindungen zu KMU-Themen können nicht alle Elemente der Kapitalmarktunion im gleichen Ausmaß abgedeckt werden. Vielmehr setzen wir den Fokus auf einige zentrale Felder wie Verbriefung und Risikokapital (Venture Capital), einschließlich jüngster regulatorischer Entwicklungen.

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  • Helmut Kraemer-Eis & Frank Lang, 2017. "Access to Funds: How Could CMU Support SME Financing?," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 86(1), pages 95-110.
  • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwvjh:86-1-8
    DOI: 10.3790/vjh.86.1.95
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    1. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Botsari, Antonia & Gvetadze, Salome & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter, 2017. "European Small Business Finance Outlook: December 2017," EIF Working Paper Series 2017/46, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    2. Botsari, Antonia & Kiefer, Kilian & Lang, Frank & Pal, Kristian, 2021. "Scale-up financing and IPOs: Evidence from three surveys," EIF Working Paper Series 2021/69, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    3. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Botsari, Antonia & Gvetadze, Salome & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter, 2018. "European Small Business Finance Outlook: June 2018," EIF Working Paper Series 2018/50, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    4. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Botsari, Antonia & Gvetadze, Salome & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter, 2021. "European Small Business Finance Outlook 2021," EIF Working Paper Series 2021/75, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    5. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter & Gvetadze, Salome, 2017. "European Small Business Finance Outlook: June 2017," EIF Working Paper Series 2017/43, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    6. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Botsari, Antonia & Gvetadze, Salome & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter, 2018. "European Small Business Finance Outlook: December 2018," EIF Working Paper Series 2018/53, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    7. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Botsari, Antonia & Gvetadze, Salome & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter, 2022. "European Small Business Finance Outlook 2022," EIF Working Paper Series 2022/84, European Investment Fund (EIF).

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    Keywords

    European Union; Capital Markets Union; SMEs; corporate finance; alternative finance; startups;
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    JEL classification:

    • G00 - Financial Economics - - General - - - General
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance

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