The EU has unveiled a new plan to encourage companies to tap difference sources of investment.
The European Commission says firms rely too heavily on banks for funding.
It reckons they should explore alternatives, such as venture capital.
The end goal would be to create a single European market for raising capital.
“In the US, SMIs get about five times as much funding from the capital markets or non-bank financing as they do here in the EU. And if our venture capital markets were as well developped as they are in the US companies could have raised an extra 90 billion euros over the past five years,” said Britain’s Jonathan Hill, the EU commissioner for financial stability.
Read more: EU unveils plans for a ‘capital markets union’ | euronews, Europe
The European Commission says firms rely too heavily on banks for funding.
It reckons they should explore alternatives, such as venture capital.
The end goal would be to create a single European market for raising capital.
“In the US, SMIs get about five times as much funding from the capital markets or non-bank financing as they do here in the EU. And if our venture capital markets were as well developped as they are in the US companies could have raised an extra 90 billion euros over the past five years,” said Britain’s Jonathan Hill, the EU commissioner for financial stability.
Read more: EU unveils plans for a ‘capital markets union’ | euronews, Europe
