South, Intesa Sanpaolo chooses 600 SMEs for structured finance plans

Approximately 600 southern SMEs have been selected by Intesa Sanpaolo because they are considered potentially ready to undertake growth paths through innovative corporate finance instruments, including structured finance, IPOs, M&A, generational transition and governance management.

An initiative illustrated by Intesa Sanpaolo which, through the Banca dei Territori Division, brought together entrepreneurs from Campania, Calabria and Sicily in Naples to relaunch the strategic approach dedicated to extraordinary finance for SMEs through an integrated advisory model, unique in the national panorama, which has already achieved significant results. The second stage of a series of meetings was held in Naples, attended by Stefano Barrese, Head of the Banca dei Territori Division, Gregorio De Felice, Chief Economist, Anna Roscio, Executive Director Sales & Marketing Imprese, and Andrea Falchetti, Head of Corporate Finance Mid Cap of the IMI CIB Division, Giuseppe Nargi, Regional Director of Campania, Calabria and Sicily.

The bank has equipped itself with a structure dedicated to Corporate Finance activities for SMEs, comprising over 70 investment bankers, divided into three territorial teams and five specialised desks (M&A, ECM, Structured Finance, Capital Structure Solutions and Post Closing). In addition, it has launched a new offer that integrates the government's hyper-amortisation measure with the financing of the investment up to 100% of its value, with subsidised conditions in terms of price and dedicated solutions (S-Loan PrGreen, D-Loan) and a short-term financing line to anticipate the cash that will derive from the tax benefit. Companies will also be supported, through a dedicated partnership, in preparing the necessary documentation to access the incentives.

Intesa Sanpaolo also supports the energy requalification of non-residential buildings of companies in Italia, in line with the European regulatory framework: there are approximately 2 million business properties potentially impacted with an APE below C. The aim is to reduce the energy costs of SMEs and preserve the value of non-residential properties thanks to the new S-Loan financing line for Green Buildings, which can be combined with the new Conto Termico 3.0 with public capital incentives.

Since 2020, more than EUR 500 million in corporate finance transactions for small and medium-sized enterprises have been completed in the Mezzogiorno.