EU lays plans to attract schemes to SME and infrastructure debt

Stephanie Baxter
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The European Commission has laid out options for a capital markets union (CMU) it hopes will encourage schemes to invest in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and infrastructure.

In a green paper published today EU Commissioner Jonathan Hill consulted on how to create a single market for capital by removing barriers to cross-border investments. A big focus is reviving th...

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