TY - JOUR T1 - Successful Implementation of Equity Financial Instruments PY - 2017 N2 - Financial instruments (FIs) co-funded under ESI Funds programmes are mainly delivered in the form of loans or guarantees; only a small proportion takes the form of equity finance, a more niche product used to target high-growth firms. EStIF interviewed Luigi Amati, an entrepreneur with many years’ experience in managing co-investment equity FIs, to talk about his recommendations for the successful implementation of equity FIs within ESI Funds programmes, and in particular, why he thinks the Commission’s Off the Shelf model for equity FIs represents an ideal solution (and so far, a missed opportunity). JF - European Structural and Investment Funds Journal JA - European Structural and Investment Funds Journal VL - 4 IS - 4 UR - ER -