{"id":1959,"date":"2021-09-07T17:03:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kreditfonden.se\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2021-09-07T17:03:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T15:03:09","slug":"scandinavian-credit-fund-i-tecknar-garantiavtal-med-europeiska-investeringsfonden-eif-pa-3-miljarder-sek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finserve.se\/en\/scandinavian-credit-fund-i-tecknar-garantiavtal-med-europeiska-investeringsfonden-eif-pa-3-miljarder-sek\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandinavian Credit Fund I signs a guarantee agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF) for SEK 3 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The agreement is a clear stamp of quality on the fund&#039;s analysis work as well as its routines and policies for lending, says Fredrik Sj\u00f6strand, who is responsible for the fund&#039;s management and credit analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Scandinavian Credit Fund I (SCFI) has signed an agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF) regarding a credit guarantee program for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The guarantee framework for the agreement amounts to SEK 3 billion and aims to support Nordic SMEs<br \/>\ncompanies (SMEs).<\/p>\n<p>The agreement enables Scandinavian Credit Fund I to be able to offer improved conditions for its borrowers. The investment team that manages Scandinavian Credit Fund I is an integral part of Finserve Nordic AB. Finserve Nordic AB offers a number of alternative funds as well as equity funds and the offer is aimed at both the retail and the Institutional segment.<\/p>\n<p>Fredrik Sj\u00f6strand, the fund&#039;s responsible manager, says in a comment - &quot;<em>We in the Investment team <\/em><em>who manage Scandinavian Credit Fund I are proud to be included in European <\/em><em>The Investment Fund&#039;s (EIF&#039;s) guarantee program. The program means that our rigorous <\/em><em>analysis work, combined with strict policies and instructions, has undergone a lot <\/em><em>extensive Due Diligence process and been approved by the EIF. We can now with the warranty program <\/em><em>choose to have new credits covered by the EIF guarantee of 70% of the loan amount, in return <\/em><em>borrowers receive a slightly lower interest rate than would otherwise be the case<\/em>&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>European Investment Fund Chief Executive Alain Godard adds in a comment: \u201c<em>The European Guarantee Fund enables the EIF to do what it does best, to offer financing <\/em><em>to European SMEs. Just like in other countries, Nordic companies have been forced to <\/em><em>deal with the restrictions associated with the COVID pandemic and EIF places great value on <\/em><em>the collaboration with Finserve to be able to reach out to these companies<\/em>&quot;.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avtalet \u00e4r en tydlig kvalitetsst\u00e4mpel p\u00e5 fondens analysarbete samt dess rutiner och policys f\u00f6r utl\u00e5ning s\u00e4ger Fredrik Sj\u00f6strand som ansvarar f\u00f6r fondens f\u00f6rvaltning och kreditanalys. Scandinavian Credit Fund I (SCFI) har tecknat ett avtal med Europeiska Investeringsfonden (EIF) avseende ett kreditgarantiprogram f\u00f6r sm\u00e5- och medelstora f\u00f6retag (SMEs). Garantiramen f\u00f6r avtalet uppg\u00e5r till 3 miljarder SEK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"view_count":"902","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nyheter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/finserve.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/finserve.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/finserve.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finserve.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finserve.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/finserve.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finserve.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/finserve.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finserve.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finserve.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}