More developed capital markets in eleven countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria) could free up more than €200 billion in long-term capital, and more than €40 billion a year in additional financing for companies, according to a joint report by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and the think tank New Financial.
These eleven economies represent 20% of the...