Corporate finance: Months late, Germany’s bailout fund gets to work

With approval from Brussels, Germany can roll out Mittelstand recapitalizations through a new €600 billion Wirtschaftsstabilisierungsfonds, or WSF – just in time for the country’s troubled but economically vital automotive sector.

Economy minister Peter Altmaier announces approval from the European Commission’s state aid authority for the €600 billion WSF

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After months of delay, Berlin is moving ahead with a plan to recapitalize corporates with state money, in what one government says could amount to a “nationalization of the German Mittelstand”.

Economy minister Peter Altmaier announced approval from the European Commission’s state aid authority on July 8 for the new €600 billion economic stabilization fund (Wirtschaftsstabilisierungsfonds, or WSF).

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