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Suhlrie: supporting the Mittelstand’s access to loans through securitizations and refinancing is crucial in a country where such a high proportion of companies rely on bank funding |
THE CAPITAL MARKETS are producing new ways for banks to create a profitable business from lending to Germany’s small and medium-size companies – the Mittelstand – and KfW is playing a leading role. But evidence of better risk management in lending is scarce.
Foreign investors can breathe one small sigh of relief. If they found the name of Germany’s development banking group, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, difficult to pronounce, they no longer need to bother trying.
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