SACE (company)

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SACE
Native name
SACE S.p.A.
Company type Società per azioni
Industry Insurance industry
Founded1977 (SACE)
2017 (SACE SIMEST)
2022 (SACE)
Founder Government of Italy
Headquarters,
Area served
Italy
Key people
Products Financial services
Owner Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) (100%)
Number of employees
943 [1]  (2022)
Parent Ministry of Economy and Finance
Website www.sace.it

SACE is the Italian insurance-financial group specializing in supporting businesses, industries, and the Italian economic tapestry and fabric. [2] It is wholly-owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) since March 2022 and governed by Filippo Giansante (Chairman) and Alessandra Ricci (CEO). [3]

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Founded in 1977, the SACE group operates with Italian companies that export and grow in foreign markets, also supporting the banking system to facilitate companies’ access to credit. The group is active in supporting liquidity and investments for competitiveness and sustainability within the framework of Italy’s Green New Deal, starting with the domestic market. [4]

The Group assumes insurance and/or reinsurance for the risks to which Italian companies are exposed in their international transactions and foreign investments.

Along with all the group companies – SACE FCT which operates in factoring, SACE BT active in Credit, Bonds and Other Property Damage, and SACE SRV, specialized in credit recovery and information asset management activities – SACE serves over 40,000 companies, especially SMEs, supporting their growth in Italy and in more than 200 countries worldwide. [5]

In Italy, it operates with 14 branches and 66 offices. Globally, it is active with 14 offices (Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai, Cairo, Johannesburg, Dubai, Istanbul, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Ho Chi Minh, Belgrade, Riyadh, Bogota, Singapore [6] ). Its portfolio of insured operations and guaranteed investments amounts to 164 billion euros. [7]

History

Activity

SACE, 100% controlled by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), offers a complex range of instruments for credit insurance, investment protection, the provision of sureties and financial guarantees. The credit insurance is the reduction or transfer to third parties of the risks of insolvency. The insurance includes, from an economic-financial, managing and funding the loan. The risks of construction are all factors capable of damaging a particular company or that she herself may be damaged.

Share ownership

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References

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  2. "Bloomberg - Company Overview". Bloomberg News . Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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  4. "SACE - Sponsor - World Manufacturing Foundation".
  5. "SACE - About Us".
  6. Subhani, Ovais (9 May 2024). "Italy opens new trade office in S'pore to boost business ties with South-east Asia". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923.
  7. "SACE SIMEST (CDP Group) opens in Shanghai".