SME Debt Finance with Secured Household Pension Funds and Unsecured Securitized Debt
The central objective is to channel long-term household funds from short-term saving accounts to long-term funds for SMEs helping to cover the SME financing gap.
Prosperity
Itinera gaat voor een samenleving waar het aangenaam is om te leven, waar frisse, ambitieuze ideeën de kans krijgen uit te groeien tot duurzame ondernemingen, waar onderwijs jongeren klaarstoomt en zin geeft, en waar innovaties transformeren in succesvolle producten in een economie die blijft bloeien.
The creditworthiness of a country remains crucial
The creditworthiness of a country remains essential. Only, it’s always been very simplistic to search for a unique “critical” debt level after which the economic consequences are dramatic. The context turns out crucial.
Budget discipline or debt creation is also a moral choice
Marc De Vos argues that budget discipline can be a moral imperative when debt addiction has tied future generations to present spending. Excessive public debt is an organized regressive distribution of future prosperity to today’s rich.
Community oriented local police care: No autonomy without accountability
Without transparency towards citizens and/or benchmarking of the performance of the police districts, there is more room than desirable for abuse of trust and inefficiency.
Disconnect euro-membership from European Union
From economic viewpoint, nothing seems more logic than disconnecting membership of the European Union from the introduction of the single currency.
What's the deal with the deposit insurance?
There has been a lot of turbulence in this country over the proposition of European commissioner Olli Rehn to let large depositors participate in the costs when a bank collapses. The guaranteed deposit system has to balance many different elements. Not taking this into account is dangerous.
European regulations regarding public budgets
Herman Matthijs discusses the important influence coming from new European budgetary rules. A thorough understanding of six-pack and the new procedures towards the European Semester is necessary for everyone following the budgetary procedures.
Crisis unit status costs growth and jobs
A company survey with Partena shows the economic damage due to the uncertainty regarding the unification of dismissal law for white collar and blue collar workers, and underlines the impasse and divisions.
Results from survey Itinera-Partena: single status
Itinera conducted a survey with 1.024 employers regarding the single status, in collaboration with Partena , the independent social secretaryship which is active throughout Belgium.
The collected data provide a representative overview of employers in the country.
