MILAN -(Dow Jones)- Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (ISP.MI) and Italy's largest financial
institutions are going to support the Italian economy in the next months by
launching a fund to guarantee liquidity for small and medium companies as well
as start a social housing project.
"Intesa Sanpaolo together with Italy's largest banks, state-run lender Cassa
Depositi e Prestiti Spa and the support of the Italian government is working to
launch a fund to support small and medium companies," Intesa Sanpaolo head of
corporate and investment banking
Gaetano Micciche said Tuesday.
-By Sabrina Cohen, Dow Jones Newswires, +39 02 5821 9906; sabrina.cohen@
dowjones.com
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