London, 20 May 2023. European SMEs are under immense pressure. With interest rates making a comeback, more expensive credit and refinancing terms are weighing on corporate balance sheets at a time when banks have withdrawn from the financing business and recession worries are on the rise again. In the new market regime for the financing side of mid-market companies, “mid-market bonds” with strict local regulations could become an important alternative. The article written by Mark Hoffmann and Dieter Kaiser was published in the “Financing Mid-Market Companies” supplement of the Börsen-Zeitung on May 20, 2023. Please read the full article [Available only in German] here.