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Financing SMEs and entrepreneurs:
Recent trends and the role of financial skills
OECD/GFLEC Global Policy Research Symposium to Advance Financial Literacy
Paris, 7 May 2015
Miriam Koreen, Deputy Director
OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development
Gert Wehinger, Senior Economist,
OECD Directorate for Financial Affairs
Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs:
An OECD Scoreboard
• Indicators on access to finance for SMEs
• Information about relevant government policies
• 34 countries
• Data for 2007-13.
=> Comprehensive framework to evaluate the state of SME finance.
Credit to SMEs decreased in many countries since
2011…
Trends in outstanding SME loans 2011-13
Year-on-year growth, percentages
Expansion since 2011 Contraction since 2011
Alternative forms of finance cannot currently
compensate for the contraction of bank credit
Global crowdfunding market* Factoring volumes, average increase in the OECD, 2007 = 1
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2
2.2
2.4
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
* Data from Massolution
There is a pressing need to broaden the range of
financial instruments for SMEs and entrepreneurs
Low Risk/ Return
Low Risk/ Return
Medium Risk/ Return
High Risk/ Return
Asset-Based Finance
Alternative Debt “Hybrid” Instruments
Equity Instruments
Asset-based lending
Factoring
Purchase Order Finance
Warehouse Receipts
Leasing
Corporate Bonds
Securitised Debt
Covered Bonds
Private Placements
Crowdfunding (debt)
Subordinated Loans/Bonds
Silent Participations
Participating Loans
Profit Participation Rights
Convertible Bonds
Bonds with Warrants
Mezzanine Finance
Private Equity
Venture Capital
Business Angels
Specialised Platforms for Public Listing of SMEs
Crowdfunding (equity)
External financing instruments alternative to traditional debt
…but their development calls for a number of policy actions
Effective regulation that balances financial stability and the opening of new financing channels for SMEs
Development of information infrastructures to reflect more accurately the level of risk associated with SME financing and encourage investors’ participation
Implementation of policies that incentivise private investors and develop appropriate risk-sharing mechanisms
Building up the evidence base to identify good policy practices
Improvement of SME skills and strategic vision for their financing needs
The financial knowledge of entrepreneurs represents an
important barrier to financial diversification
Lack a long-term strategic view of financing needs
Entrepreneurs may not know about many alternative instruments and need skills to match the instruments with the financial needs of their business.
Instruments not always perceived positively, especially for equity instruments
Entrepreneurs require financial skills to attract them
Policy implications
Supply-side policies to develop financial markets for SMEs will have limited success without tackling demand-side issues
Investor-readiness programmes are needed to expand the use of BA and VC investments
Demand-side policy initiatives have been undertaken:
Financial literacy programmes
Investor-readiness programmes
The provision of mentoring, advisory or training facilities, often in addition to financial support (e.g. through business incubators)
Policies should be evidence-based and reviewed through evaluations
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Putting our work on SME finance in context
Source: OECD Secretariat, based on an exhibit by the European Investment Fund (EIF). Adapted from [DAF/CMF(2014)25]
1 2
NAEC
New study: Opportunities and limitations
of public equity markets for SMEs
Opportunites Problems & limitations
Development of small IPO
markets could incentivise
investment in SMEs
Enhanced allocation of risk and
risk taking, supporting growth
Broadening of investor base for
SMEs
Makes SMEs an “investable” asset
class for institutional investors
Longer-term repeat access to
financing beyond IPO
Increased creditworthiness,
transparency and visibility
through association with a
dedicated ecosystem
An equity gap for risk financing, in particular for fast-
growing companies, not to be closed by banks
Admission cost and listing requirements in main markets
are often discouragingly high for SMEs
Limited ecosystems (exchanges, platforms, brokers, market-
makers, advisors, equity research)
Limited liquidity is key challenge in publicly traded SME
equity
Educational gap of SMEs with regard to equity financing,
and the limited awareness of SMEs when it comes to equity
instruments, limits their access to such instruments
Lack of a (risk) equity culture and asymmetric
treatment of equity and debt financing in some cases (e.g. tax
treatment) limits participation by both institutional and retail
investors
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The share of SME financing provided through equity markets is currently very small
but equity capital is critical to growth
Don’t miss the opportunities of market-based SME finance!
> Some implications for policy makers
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Provide support for raising awareness about the availability and attractiveness of
financing alternatives for SMEs and financial intermediaries
Both among SME entrepreneurs & smaller local financial institutions traditionally
serving SMEs
Official sector–private sector co-operation in improving the visibility of successful
transactions and platforms
Increase (retail) investor participation in SME financing , tapping an abundant
source of capital, by
the provision of tax and other incentives (small caps in UK ISA, French PME-PEA)
developing standardised “off-the-shelf” versions of non-bank financing instruments
for SMEs
increasing transparency (loan-level data/ performance track records, ongoing
reporting and data sharing)
Creating indices to enhance liquidity & investor participation