Dear colleagues, May I cordially invite you to a SUERF I BAFFI Bocconi webinar: SME Financing: Key findings from the EIF’s new "European Small Business Finance Outlook 2021"<https://www.suerf.org/webinars/2215/sme-financing-key-findings-from-the-eifs-new-quoteuropean-small-business-finance-outlook-2021-quot>, which will take place Thursday, 9 December 2021, online from 13:30 to 15:00 CET. For details please see below. In case you are not able to attend or want further colleagues to also listen in, please feel free to forward this e-mail invitation to interested colleagues. For registration<https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/BoF-SUERF-joint-conference>, please use this link<https://www.suerf.org/webinars/2215/sme-financing-key-findings-from-the-eifs-new-quoteuropean-small-business-finance-outlook-2021-quot#register>. Kind regards Ernest Gnan Prof Dr Ernest Gnan Secretary General, SUERF – The European Money and Finance Forum www.suerf.org<http://www.suerf.org/> Counsel to the Board and Head, Economic Analysis Division Oesterreichische Nationalbank PO box 61, 1011 Vienna, Austria ernest.gnan@oenb.at<mailto:ernest.gnan@oenb.at> +43 1 40420 7400 [cid:image002.png@01D7CFD9.8FA24BF0] Invitation www.suerf.org<http://www.suerf.org/> Join us on Thursday, 9th December 2021, for a SUERF BAFFI Bocconi E-Lecture on SME Financing: Key findings from the EIF’s new "European Small Business Finance Outlook 2021"<https://www.suerf.org/webinars/2215/sme-financing-key-findings-from-the-eifs-new-quoteuropean-small-business-finance-outlook-2021-quot>, with Helmut Krämer-Eis, Frank Lang and Wouter Torfs, European Investment Fund (EIF). Rudy Aernoudt, European Commission; Lilas Demmou, OECD and Friederike Koehler-Geib, KfW Bankengruppe, will discuss the results and provide their own perspectives. The discussion will be moderated by Ernest Gnan, OeNB and SUERF. [cid:image006.png@01D7E6A8.C62C86A0]<https://www.eif.org/news_centre/publications/eif_working_paper_2021_75.pdf>Topics will include o SME access to finance going forward o European private equity market – Where do we stand, what way forward o SME Green finance and investment – Where do we stand, what way forward After the presentations there will be time for questions and an interactive discussion. Link to: EIF Research and Market Analysis, Working Paper 2021/75; The European Small Business Finance Outlook 2021 (pdf)<https://www.eif.org/news_centre/publications/eif_working_paper_2021_75.pdf> ________________________________ Date: Thursday, 9 December 2021 Time: 13:30-15:00 CET Register here<https://www.suerf.org/webinars/2215/sme-financing-key-findings-from-the-eifs-new-quoteuropean-small-business-finance-outlook-2021-quot> Feel free to share this invitation with colleagues who might be interested to attend! ________________________________ We look forward to your participation! SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum c/o OeNB, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, A-1090 Vienna<https://maps.google.com/?q=Otto-Wagner-Platz+3,+A-1090+Vienna&entry=gmail&source=g> Tel: +43 1 40420 7216<tel:+431404207216> - E-mail: suerf@oenb.at<mailto:suerf@oenb.at>. [Suerf On Twitter] <https://twitter.com/suerf_org> [Suerf On LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/suerf---the-european-money-&-finance-forum> Diese E-Mail kann vertrauliche Informationen enthalten und irrtümlich an Sie gelangt sein. In diesem Fall informieren Sie bitte sofort die Absenderin bzw. den Absender und vernichten Sie diese E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail oder von Teilen dieser Mail sind nicht gestattet. Informationen gemäß DSGVO zur Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten durch die OeNB finden Sie unter www.oenb.at/datenschutz<https://www.oenb.at/datenschutz>.