SME Funding The Role of Shadow Banking and Alternative Funding Options /

• Main Authors: Oricchio, Gianluca (Author), Crovetto, Andrea (Author), Lugaresi, Sergio (Author), Fontana, Stefano (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Finance.; Business enterprises > Finance.; Corporations > Finance.; Banks and banking.; Investment banking.; Securities.; Investments and Securities.; Business Finance.; Banking.; Corporate Finance.

This book explores current financing options for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), with particular insight into the European market. The authors position SME funding within a risk-averse lending environment with high regulatory costs on business loans, which has arisen from the recent financ...

Table of Contents:

• 1) Banking Crisis and SME Credit Risk Assessment; Gianluca Oricchio
• 2) SMEs in Europe: An Overview; Stefano Fontana
• 3) European SMEs Funding Through Securitisation: An Introduction; Stefano Fontana
• 4) Corporate and SME Credit Rating Models; Gianluca Oricchio
• 5) SME Credit Rating Models: A New Approach; Gianluca Oricchio
• 6) Restarting the Credit Engine in Europe; Sergio Lugaresi
• 7) Alternative Funding Options: E-Platforms; Andrea Crovetto
• 8) The EPIC Case Study; Andrea Crovetto. .