Allar TanklerinEuropean Investment Bank CONNECTWhat Tom Cruise can tell you about bank collateral operationsCollateral is any asset that has some value and can be used to secure a loan. You pledge the asset as security for the repayment of the…Mar 23, 2018Mar 23, 2018
Allar TanklerinEuropean Investment Bank CONNECTSize mattersThree years ago the European Union launched the ‘Juncker Plan,’ known as the Investment Plan for Europe. The backbone of the plan was a…Mar 20, 2018Mar 20, 2018
Allar TanklerinEuropean Investment Bank CONNECTGroup act, not groupthinkGroupthink is when people come to a poor conclusion — just because they don’t want to upset what they perceive to be the consensus in a…Mar 17, 2018Mar 17, 2018
Allar TanklerinEuropean Investment Bank CONNECTWhat is environmental finance?Environmental finance uses financial tools for the good of the environment, working to determine the right price for the use of…Mar 14, 2018Mar 14, 2018
Allar TanklerinEuropean Investment Bank CONNECTAre you in the know?The EIB typically does not get directly involved in projects smaller than EUR 7.5 million — we simply do not have enough people. Yet most…Mar 14, 2018Mar 14, 2018
Allar TanklerinEuropean Investment Bank CONNECTWhen “low energy” is not an insultOur EIB Investment Report included an interesting finding: large firms are twice as likely as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to…Mar 1, 2018Mar 1, 2018
Allar TanklerinEuropean Investment Bank CONNECTSome well written letters of creditNo, it is not OK. If you’re waiting to be paid for a shipment of goods you sent off to a distant customer who has promised to pay on…Feb 28, 2018Feb 28, 2018
Allar TanklerinEuropean Investment Bank CONNECTCapital adequacy and leverage ratios for dummiesShow off your skills in Financese by learning to use terms like Basel committee, CAR and leverage ratio in a sentence!Feb 27, 2018Feb 27, 2018
Allar TanklerinEuropean Investment Bank CONNECTInvesting in the next generationAccording to Eurostat’s latest measurements, 14.7% of eligible 15–29 year olds in the EU were unemployed — a much higher figure than…Feb 27, 2018Feb 27, 2018
Allar TanklerinEuropean Investment Bank CONNECTRisk, Monopoly, and a game about bankingOn this week’s episode of ‘A Dictionary of Finance’ podcast, we learn how a bank operates and the risks it has to hedge against — by…Feb 26, 20181Feb 26, 20181