Export Basket Bond Programme is the €500 million bond issue programme to support the internationalisation of Italian companies.
The programme, launched by CDP in collaboration with Banca Finint, provides medium and long-term finance for companies that are part of the ELITE programme, to support their internationalisation process.
The innovative mechanism is based on the issue of a security (ABS) guaranteed by a pool of minibonds, issued by Elite Companies and guaranteed by SACE. The amount issued was €50 million, with CDP acting as "anchor investor" with an investment of €25 million at the first closing.