At the Future Investment Initiative Institute Summit in Rome last week, the question was asked: Where will Europe find the capital to fund its next phase of growth? The Draghi report estimates that €800 billion ($917 billion) a year is needed to reindustrialize the continent and complete the energy transition. Public finances are constrained and, while banks remain central, regulation and risk have reduced appetite for long-duration lending. Into that gap step sovereign wealth funds, private capital and new forms of partnership. But the framing misses the point. Europe does not lack capital.

Political and business leaders and investors at the FII Institute summit in Rome call for lighter regulation and greater flexibility to draw global investment and boost Europe’s…

Gli 800 miliardi di investimenti indicati dal piano Draghi per rilanciare la competitività europea possono sembrare molti, ma il vero problema non è la mancanza di capitali. È la…

At the Future Investment Initiative Institute Summit in Rome last week, the question was asked: Where will Europe find the capital to fund its next phase of growth? The Draghi…