ERDF guarantee financial instruments

This factsheet aims to present key features of guarantee financial instruments, together with examples of best practices to support managing authorities and other stakeholders seeking to implement them in the future.

Introducing ERDF guarantee financial instruments

Guarantee financial instruments support lenders to provide debt financing to final recipients by covering a part of the risk of default.

A market perspective

Debt financing plays an important role in the SME market, especially for smaller and younger SMEs or SMEs developing in new sectors.

Key market features

An overview of relevant market trends, market conditions in selected Member States and a comparison between debt and equity instruments as well as between various types of debt products.

The ERDF perspective

How ERDF managing authorities have successfully used guarantee financial instruments to address financing gaps for SMEs in various sectors.

Discover the impact of ERDF guarantee financial instruments and how they meet the financing needs of businesses around Europe.

About fi-compass

fi-compass is a platform for advisory services on EU shared management financial instruments. fi-compass is provided by the European Commission in partnership with the European Investment Bank. fi-compass is designed to support managing authorities and other interested parties, by providing practical know-how and learning tools on financial instruments.

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