Brussels, 05/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group launched a new guarantee facility on Monday 5 December for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them access finance from banks. The new facility builds on the success of the Risk-Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF), launched in 2007, that has so far helped 75 companies attract over €7 billion in EIB loans for projects enhancing European growth and competitiveness. The...