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	Financing Innovation: Schemes: EIF
		The European Investment Fund is a public-private partnership established in 1994 with a capital of 2 bn Euro and owned by the European Investment Bank, the European Commission and the banking sector.
		A key element of the European Investment Bank's new action launched in June 2000, the Innovation 2000 Initiative, is the expansion of activity in support of venture capital financing for SMEs.
		Funds in which the EIF invests, must be located in the European Union and conduct the bulk of their activity in the EU.
	cordis.europa.eu /finance/src/eif.htm (747 words)

	The European Investment Fund
		Its majority shareholder is the European Investment Bank, with which it forms the ‘EIB Group’.
		The EIF is not a lending institution: it does not grant loans or subsidies to businesses, nor does it invest directly in any firms.
		The Fund is active in the member states of the European Union, in Croatia, Turkey and three EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway).
	europa.eu /institutions/financial/eif/index_en.htm (169 words)

	European Investment Bank
		The Spaak Report of 21 April 1956 emphasised the creation of an ‘investment fund’, but the formula ultimately adopted was the idea of setting up a ‘bank’, a solution which was in keeping with the interests of the majority of the Member States.
		The European Investment Fund (EIF) was created by decision of the EIB Board of Governors of 25 May 1994.
		This capital is distributed among the Fund’s members as follows: the EIB (60.5 % of the capital), the European Community (30 %) and the European financial institutions (9.5 %).
	www.ena.lu /europe/european-union/european-investment-bank.htm (1300 words)

	Welcome to the European Investment Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is a structural fund for financing measures to promote development and structural adjustment of regions whose development is weak and the economic and social renovation of areas facing structural difficulties.
		EIF is a pan-European SME finance platform with a wide geographical coverage and leads in several market segments, notably as an early-stage venture capital investor and microcredit guarantor.
		EIF will act as a federator of all other sources of finance from other international, national or local financial institutions, investment funds, micro-credit agencies and other organisations from both the public and private sector.
	www.eif.europa.eu /jeremie (1620 words)

	European Investment Fund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The European Investment Fund, established in 1994, is a European Union agency for the provision of finance to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) headquartered in Luxembourg.
		Its main operations are in the areas of venture capital and guaranteeing loans.
		Its shareholders are: the European Investment Bank (59.15%); the European Communities, represented by the European Commission (30.00%); and 34 privately owned EU financial institutions (10.85%).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Investment_Fund (140 words)

	The Scientist : European Biotechs Face a Cash Crunch
		European biotech companies are more likely than their American counterparts to fail at the 3- to 5-year stage, according to a UK-based think tank.
		The European Investment Fund (EIF) is the main source of early-stage financing for high-tech startup ventures in Europe, according to Arango.
		The fund would gather several pieces of intellectual property together, "so you would get a substantial intellectual core." The issue is currently being discussed as part of the European Union presidency, which is due to shift to the United Kingdom in July for six months.
	www.the-scientist.com /2005/7/4/44/1 (948 words)

	EFAMA - Investment funds explained
		Investment funds must be considered as a long term savings product. Investments should be held for at least three to seven years, preferably longer. In fact, the longer the time-scale, the greater the potential to make money grow.
		The largest component of a fund's total operating expense usually is the management fee, which is the ongoing fee an investment fund pays to its investment adviser or manager for supervising its portfolio and administering its operations.
		It is the responsibility of the investment fund manager to manage the assets held in accordance with the provisions of the fund, scheme particulars and relevant regulations. The manager makes a charge for this, known as the annual management fee.
	www.efama.org /05Home/20InvFundsTutorial/Inv_Funds_Explained (2821 words)

	EFAMA - Trends in the European Investment Fund Industry for 2005
		Investment funds delivered an outstanding performance (an estimated 27% for equity funds and 12% for all UCITS taken together), whereas total fund assets under management grew 23%, more than twice the growth seen in 2004.
		The largest contribution to asset growth came from equity funds that saw their assets rise by EUR 476 billion or 35%, reflecting strong inflows (EUR 122 billion for the whole year 2005 and EUR 48 billion in the fourth quarter).
		Investment fund assets under management at end 2005 were EUR 1,218 billion higher at end 2004.
	www.efama.org /60Statistics/20MoreStat/European_Statistics/europeanstatsq405 (339 words)

	MFB.hu - MFB Joins the European Investment Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Philippe Maystadt, president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Francis Carpenter, CEO of the European Investment Fund (EIF) today officially announced that MFB as become a shareholder in the European Investment Fund (EIF).
		EIF is a European Union organization with a AAA (best possible) credit rating majority owned by EIB, the main activity of which is transferring guarantee products to small and medium enterprises.
		MFB is expected to launch its first program containing the guarantee of EIF, and together with it, the guarantee of the European Union in 2004.
	www.mfb.hu /index.php?pageid=216 (337 words)

	Ernst & Young - Industries - Investment Management - France - Market Summary
		The most important segment of the European investment fund industry is the UCIT market at € 3,600 billion as of 31 December 2001 or nearly 80% of the total European investment fund market.
		The most important segment of the European investment fund industry is the UCIT market at € 3,600 billion as of 31 December 2001, representing nearly 80% of the total European investment fund market.
		French investments funds are defined as OPCVM (Organismes de Placement Collectifs en Valeurs Mobilières) and are divided in two main groups: unit trusts and "general" mutual funds, which, in turn, are split into "basic" mutual funds, employee investment funds, venture capital or capital risk funds and funds focusing on futures and options (derivates markets).
	www.ey.com /global/content.nsf/International/France_-_Market_Summary (1030 words)

	European Union Law Policy Institutions EU Legal Blog
		Laws (Acts) of the European Union are initiated by the EU Commission and approved by codecision of both the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament (see Articles 251-254 of the EC Treaty and glossary, step-by-step and law-making flow chart).
		The European Ombudsman is an intermediary between the EU and the complaints of its citizens.
		Laws of the European Union are initiated by the European Commission and approved by codecision (see glossary, step-by-step and law-making flow chart) of both the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament (Article 251 of the EC Treaty).
	eulegal.blogspot.com (4356 words)

	OPIC Guaranty Supports Central, Eastern European Investment Fund, May 3, 2004
		Countries and regions eligible for the fund's investments, managed by Advent International Corporation, include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Kosovo.
		Fund investments will provide capital for new business development and existing company expansion, restructuring and privatization in the region.
		Included among the countries and regions eligible for the fund's investments are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Kosovo.
	belgrade.usembassy.gov /policy/regional/040504b.html (534 words)

	Global Investment Management Representation - Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
		Often, the funds created have been, in whole or in part, “multi-manager” funds or “funds of funds”; i.e., funds investing with multiple managers or into multiple other funds, often with a variety of investment disciplines (i.e., asset allocation funds).
		Representation of the U.S. investment management arm of a French financial group in creation and ongoing maintenance of a family of Netherlands Antilles and British Virgin Islands investment funds and arrangements whereby interests in the funds are distributed worldwide to non-U.S. investors.
		Representation of a Bermuda-based investment manager with worldwide operations in connection with the formation of a series of Cayman Islands unit trusts whose shares were sold to Far Eastern investors; underlying investments of the unit trusts included U.S., European and other listed equity securities, derivative instruments and investment funds.
	www.cm-p.com /practice_management.htm (1911 words)

	EIF - European Investment Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		EIF har til formål at finansiere innovation, jobskabelse og regional udvikling i EU-landene og i EU-ansøgerlandene.
		EIF støtter investeringer i Europas mindre virksomheder, særligt nystartede virksomheder og teknologibaserede virksomheder.
		EIF yder garantier til selskaber, der er involveret i SME finansiering.
	www.finansraadet.dk /danish/menu/publikationer/laantilerhvervslivet/euordninger/EIF (224 words)

	EU Facts: European Investment Fund
		The European Investment Fund (EIF) is the European financial institution which promotes the creation and development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) by guaranteeing loans to SMEs and financing the venture capital funds that invest in them.
		The European Investment Bank is the chief shareholder in the EIF, holding 61.9 percent of its capital.
		Fund of funds: A fund that specialises in buying shares in other funds rather than in individual investments.
	www.civitas.org.uk /eufacts/FSSF/BO3.htm (688 words)

	DTCC: Major Study on European Investment Funds Calls for "Cooperative Action" and Expansion of Investor Choice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It's very encouraging to see recognition of the potential advancement for mutual funds in the European market." Of particular concern to Merrill Lynch is the research results which identified a heavy reliance on the fax machine to transmit critical information.
		European investors see their choice limited to only a fraction of the best-performing funds due to a diverse range of barriers from tax legislation to selective distribution.
		Only 10 to 20 percent of the 4.7 trillion euros invested in funds in Europe are in cross-border funds, although this segment has the potential to grow exponentially, offering investors wider choice and higher rates of return.
	www.dtcc.com /Publications/mfn/02oct/fundsdivide.htm (1012 words)

	European Investment Fund investing more in venture sector
		EIF invested $800.1m in 57 venture capital funds in EU and accession countries, focusing on the early stage and technology sectors.
		In particular the EIF has restructured its operations in light of the ‘reform' of June 2000, which has increased the amount of capital available for the venture sector.
		Based in Luxembourg, the EIF was established in 1994 as a joint venture between the European Investment Bank, the European Commission, European banks and other financial institutions.
	www.altassets.com /news/arc/2002/nz613.php (314 words)

	Bedin - The European Investment Fund
		The European Investment Fund (EIF) is the European Investment Bank's specialist risk capital arm.
		The European Investment Fund is a European institution, with a specific remit to support the creation, growth and development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.
		It intervenes mainly by means of risk capital and guarantee instruments, either drawn from its own funds or within the framework of mandates entrusted to it by the European Investment Bank (EIB) or the European Union.
	bedin.no /php/d_emneside_eng/cf/hApp_102/hPKey_1762/hParent_22/hDKey_2 (110 words)

	EUROPA - Culture - Europe and Culture - The European Investment Bank (EIB)
		As part of its 'Innovation 2000' initiative, the European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) provides long-term financing for large companies and promotes the development of SMEs through loans or venture capital instruments where these companies operate in the audiovisual and content industries (fiction, animation, documentaries and multimedia).
		SMEs wishing to receive a global loan (funding in the medium and long term) or to have a venture capital fund financed by the EIB group invest in their company should contact one of the banks or venture capital funds which are partners of the EIB.
		A list of these can be found on the websites of the EIB and the European Investment Fund.
	ec.europa.eu /culture/portal/funding/bei_en.htm (238 words)

	Increasingly savvy Balts turn to investment funds to beat inflationary curve
		Hedge funds and private equity investors are pushing Baltic stocks to new highs, while almost weekly a new East European investment fund of some sort is created to help worldwide money managers gain exposure to the exuberant Baltic economies.
		Hansabank reports that its portfolio of managed equity funds, which are open to foreign and local investors and are invested in companies in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS, have recently surpassed 500 million euros in invested assets.
		Having risen from a very low base, investment funds in the Baltics are set to continue growing rapidly and will be marketed to an increasingly sophisticated and knowledgeable investor group.
	www.baltictimes.com /news/articles/17811 (1174 words)

	EU news: An Independent View from European Voice
		THE European Commission is set to call for an EU-wide ban on the use of the controversial insecticide lindane in agriculture, amid concerns about its potentially harmful effects on human health and the environment.
		EUROPEAN Commission officials will be expected to reply to most letters within 15 working days and answer telephone calls and e-mail messages promptly under a new code of conduct which is due to enter into force by the autumn.
		EUROPEAN Investment Bank President Philippe Maystadt is promising to extend reforms aimed at making the activities of the EU's long-term lending arm more transparent to the revamped European Investment Fund which he now heads as well.
	www.europeanvoice.com /archive/issue.asp?id=224 (1907 words)

	DTCC: Major Study on European Investment Funds Calls for "Co-Operative Action" and Expansion of Investor ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bergin added, "If there were adequate support among funds and the distributors of those funds in Europe, DTCC is prepared to partner with European firms and leverage its experience and technology to help create a solution capable of serving our customers’ needs for connectivity and a streamlined global infrastructure."
		An investment fund is a professionally managed investment vehicle in which money pooled from individual investors is invested in a diversified portfolio of securities.
		An investment fund may also be referred to as an Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS), collective investment trust, unit investment trust, unit trust or mutual fund.
	www.dtcc.com /PressRoom/2002/bridgefunds.html (1106 words)

	European Islamic Investment Bank Plc launches €250 million Sharia'a compliant real estate fund \| European Islamic ...
		European Islamic Investment Bank Plc ('EIIB'), the first independent, Sharia'a compliant Islamic investment bank to be authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority, announced the launch of a Sharia'a compliant real estate fund.
		The EIIB Pan-European Islamic Real Estate Fund ('the Fund') is structured as a tax-efficient Sharia'a compliant fund which will directly purchase commercial real estate assets in the office, retail and industrial sectors in and around major cities in the UK and Western, Central and Eastern Europe.
		Fund Structure: The Fund takes the form of a Cayman Islands-registered fund company, owning 100% of a Luxembourg-domiciled holding company, with subsidiary Single Purpose Vehicles holding the real estate assets in each target country.
	www.ameinfo.com /104857.html (1176 words)

	CENTRAL & EAST EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT FUND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Fund operates in Central and Eastern Europe with special emphasis placed on Poland, Hungary, Slovak and Czech Republics, and Romania.
		Amongst its shareholders are such renowned institutions as The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, CDC Participations (the leading French venture capital firm with 13,4 billion FF under management, including three energy and environmental funds), VMH from Belgium, and the Swiss government.
		Multiple opportunities for future development As the Fund has a maximum investment period of ten years the Fund prefers investments that offer the opportunity for the company to be listed on a stock exchange, expanded, recapitalized, acquired or merged within a five year horizon.
	www.fns.uniba.sk /zp/granty/invest.htm (703 words)

	Investment Fund Management \| NAV
		The portfolios are invested in European real estate companies that offer the most attractive valuations measured by internally generated estimates of real estate net asset value ("NAV") and by going-concern basis.
		To generate the NAV estimates, we use macro economic assumptions that are consistently applied across the region and conduct fundamental research, which focuses on management, the company's business plan, company structure, balance sheet and the real estate portfolio.
		The investment team is led by Joseph Harvey, global CIO and portfolio manager, and David Oakes, co-portfolio manager, who are based in Cohen & Steers' New York office and coordinate all investment decisions.
	www.cohenandsteers.com /is_european-real-estate-securities.asp (399 words)

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