France plans US$23b state-backed scheme to avert company failures | Malay Mail

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PARIS, Oct 16 ― France plans to raise €20 billion (RM97.2 billion) in quasi-equity loans for small firms hit by the coronavirus crisis by offering investors a state guarantee against the first €2 billion in losses, officials said. Fearing failures among firms which were already saddled with...

The French government wants the programme up and running by early next year as it battles the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. — Reuters pic

Under plans to be presented to the financial sector on Monday, banks would first lend to small and mid-sized firms and then sell on 90 per cent of the loans to institutional investors, people familiar with the proposals told Reuters. “The discussion is going well, the European Commission is very interested in the programme, but we haven't landed on a precise number yet,” a finance ministry source said.

 

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