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Musings on corporate finance, fund raising, capital markets and other matters

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Picture by Stein Egil Liland (https://www.pexels.com/@therato/)

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the economy of Scandinavia, accounting for a significant portion of the region's GDP and employment. However, despite their importance, SMEs in Scandinavia challenges when it comes to funding their operations and growth.

The New Normal (...again)

Like most crisis before, this time is completely different and completely the same. But one aspect of the predicament we and the markets find ourselves in is clear already - it is not a crisis of liquidity as was the case in the late 00's. Instead liquidity is plentiful, the question being where will that liquidity find a home in the face of heightened uncertainty and a shifting geopolitical and economic landscape?

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Image attribution: QuoteInspector.com

Move over Omicron: INFLATION is the new buzzword. The threat of inflation looming over central banks has made an already difficult situation that much harder to deal with. Looking back on the past year we can see that much action was centred around driving economic recovery, but now private lenders, banks and governments will need to adapt.

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Keeping up with tradition, the team at Altimapa has again compiled the list of its choice reading and listening choices for the summer of 2021

In January 2020, Altimapa successfully secured a $5 million international receivables funding facility for Networked Energy Services Corporation (NES) based in California, USA. This facility upon drawdown was used to settle an existing Bank loan and provide working capital for growth.