SMEs are the backbone of the European economy. The financing situation for European SMEs is slightly improving, but … also differs very much from country to country. In Europe, SMEs' financing strongly depends on banks and also after the … crisis banks will remain the main external financing source for SMEs. Against this background SME securitisation (SMESec) can …

mind policy objectives. Its re-emergence would be an important element to enhance access to finance for SMEs in Europe …

securitisation. With a focus on the securitisation of loans to Small and Medium sized Enterprises, or SMEs (SMESec), we outline the … benefits of this technique for the financing of SMEs; moreover we explain the need for the use of public resources to support …