Slovak Investment Holding – multi-sector financial instruments in Slovakia
Slovak Investment Holding (SIH) was created by the Slovak Government in 2014 to manage the holding fund of EU shared management financial instruments. SIH manages over EUR 1 billion of EU shared management fund programme resources, through a number of loan, guarantee and equity financial instruments. In addition, SIH has invested resources into projects directly, without financial intermediaries, in sectors including transport infrastructure, energy efficiency, SMEs, creative and cultural industry, and social economy.
Workers buyout: il sostegno dell’Europa
Workers buyout: il sostegno dell’Europa
In Italia le imprese salvate dai lavoratori sono ormai un’esperienza consolidata, come anche in Francia e Spagna. Ora, l’Unione Europea vorrebbe mettere in campo risorse per sostenerne la nascita e, soprattutto, garantirne la sostenibilità. Se ne è discusso in un convegno a Bruxelles.
Interview with Slovak Investment Holding
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Slovak Investment Holding was set up by the Slovak government to enable local expertise to be developed in relation to the design and implementation of financial instruments using EU shared management funds. The creation of the Fund of Funds manager has secured this objective and SIH now manages almost all of the ESIF financial instruments in the Member State.
As well as acting as the Holding Fund manager, selecting and managing financial intermediaries delivering financial instruments, SIH has directly invested by way of loan, equity and quasi-equity investments in final recipients in sectors as diverse as transport, social economy, cultural and creative industry and energy efficiency.
Interview with Adam Ďurica
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Thanks to ERDF financial instruments, Slovakia-based Zero Gravity Capital supports businesses from their earliest stages to their expansion phase. As well as financing, they organise key European venture capital & start-up conferences and provide software development resources as well as co-working spaces and transaction advisory services. Zero Gravity looks for start-ups with a great team, talent, disruptive technologies, and drive.
Interview with Edmund Skorvaga
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SIH is now well established as a centre of excellence for financial instruments in Slovakia. Working closely with the Ministry of Finance, it is a strategic partner to managing authorities. With over EUR 1 billion in resources spread across operational programmes in sectors including transport, environment, and human resources. Over EUR 600m of financing is dedicated to supporting Slovakian businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic under the European Commission’s Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative.