The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the National Guarantee Fund EAD (NGF) have signed an agreement that will release an additional EUR 40 million for Bulgarian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under the European Commission’s COSME programme. This transaction benefits from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the […]
Extension of the Investment Plan for Europe: Bpifrance Projects and Proposals
January 2017 We gladly publish this note from our French member Bpifrance: More than a year after the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) was set up, Bpifrance applauds the initial results of the Investment Plan for Europe (IPE), as regards the SME window in particular. In June 2016, 185 contracts were signed in 26 […]
Improving the EU financial instruments: AECM and UEAPME present their proposals for the EU mid-term review
Brussels, 26 January 2017 – Today, on the occasion of the upcoming mid-term review of COSME and InnovFin, UEAPME, the European Association of Craft and SMEs, and AECM, the umbrella organisation of guarantee institutions in Europe, publish a joint position paper detailing their requests for improving the guarantee instrument. At the joint press breakfast on […]
Investment Plan for Europe: EUR 360 million for Italian SMEs
The European Investment Fund (EIF), Artigiancredito Toscano (ACT) and five guaranteeing institutions (‘confidis’), have signed an umbrella agreement in Italy under the European Commission’s COSME programme. This transaction benefits from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe. Thanks to the financial backing of the […]
Investment Plan for Europe: EUR 1 billion in loans for French SMEs following EIF and SOCAMA agreement
The European Investment Fund (EIF), Banque Populaire and the Federation Nationale des SOCAMA (SOCAMA) have signed an agreement to support additional EUR 1 billion of loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France. The loans will be provided as a result of a guarantee from EIF under the European Commission’s COSME programme. This transaction […]
New 1.6B credit line to support Portuguese SMEs
Today 16 January 2017, the Portuguese government, IAPMEI, PME Investimentos and the Portuguese mutual guarantee scheme, member of AECM, launched a new 1,6 billion euros credit line with partial guarantee (from 50% to 70%) from the private mutual guarantee societies (MGS) and partial public counterguarantee (up to 65%) from the FCGM, managed by SPGM. This […]
EIF and CMZRB sign extension of COSME agreement
An amendment to the COSME agreement signed between the European Investment Fund and the Czech-Moravian Guarantee and Development Bank in December 2016 enables to guarantee loans for small entrepreneurs in an additional amount of EUR 370m (CZK 10bn) during next two years. The COSME agreement between EIF and CMZRB was signed in August 2015. Until […]
Bonnes vacances de l’AECM
AECM vous souhaite de merveilleuses vacances et une nouvelle année de paix et de prospérité Le Secrétariat AECM, le Président et le Conseil d’administration
Felices vacaciones
AECM le desea unas vacaciones maravillosas y un año nuevo lleno de paz y prosperidad. La Secretaría AECM, el Presidente y el Consejo de Administración
Buone vacanze da AECM
AECM vi augura delle bellissime vacanze e un anno nuovo pieno di pace e prosperità La Segreteria AECM, il Presidente ed il Consiglio di Amministrazione
