In Asia, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for a major share of employment and dominate the economy … particular venture capital markets. Hence, looking for new methods of financing for SMEs is crucial. Hometown investment trust … paper, we explain the importance of SMEs in Asia and describe about HITs. We then provide a scheme for the credit rating of …

, financial education programs, and financial regulatory frameworks, and to pinpoint policies that can improve their financial … of financial education and consumer protection are needed to enable households and small firms to take full advantage of …

-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia. Owing to their significance to national economies, it is important to find ways to provide SMEs with … minimizing the bank's nonperforming loans to SMEs, and at the same time fulfill the government policies for supporting SMEs. Our … moral hazard and ensure the stability of lending to SMEs. …

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Asian economy. They make up more than 98% of all … Asia's economic success to have fully functioning support measures for SMEs. However, SMEs face challenges from limited …, which are some of the reasons behind the slow growth of SMEs. This paper focuses on four major reasons that slowed the SME …

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have difficulties in accessing finance because of information asymmetry and a … lack of collateral. A credit guarantee scheme is a suitable method to unlock lending to SMEs; however, it involves SMEs … selected macroeconomic variables and the financial health of SMEs have a statistically significant impact on the default risk …

The credit risk database (CRD) makes it possible to mitigate the problem of information asymmetry between SMEs and … financial institutions and contributes to improving SMEs' access to finance by collecting a large number of financial statements …, confirm the situation in Japan, and highlight the CRD's contribution to evaluating the creditworthiness of SMEs. We also …