Escaping the Liquidity Trap - Small Cap Network Event Writeup, Part 1

This is Part One of a summary of the Small Cap Network’s recent ‘Escaping the Liquidity Trap’ Forum Event at the London Chamber of Commerce (see Part Two here). The event was an open forum discussion including a panel of industry experts and an audience of small and mid cap company managers and market participants such as SME advisers and investors. The discussion was conducted on the basis of Chatham House rules, so anonymity has been preserved in respect of specific comments made by participants. However, as it was a fascinating discussion, we have summarised the main comments in the attached PDF and also below. 

Given the breadth of the discussion and the number of participants, this summary has been produced on a best endeavours basis. As it was a lively debate between multiple participants, a number of the comments may be contradictory and – for the avoidance of doubt - the views expressed below obviously reflect those of the speaker in question, rather than the Small Cap Network as a whole.

Part One summarises the responses covering the following main questions:

What drives illiquidity for SMEs?

How important is it to...