Mid?Market Funding In Europe Is Making Strides, But Has Far To Go, S&P, mai 2014

We estimate that European midsize businesses will need to raise between €2.4 trillion and €2.8 trillion in debt funding over the next five years (2014-2018). New private placement markets, retail bond exchanges, and partnerships between banks and institutional funds in Europe over the past two years have been a useful complement to fund mid-market companies, as banks are gradually reducing their overall lending capacity.