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2 Agenda

3  618 Confidis operating on the Italian territory as at last December  60 Confidis (approx 10%) are supervised by the Bank of Italy (Supervised Confidi’s) and account for 73% of all guarantee volumes  Since the introduction of Basel II, strong industry restructuring, including mergers and acquisition, to put up with growing competition, lower margins and increasing capital requirements for banks, which in turn require better quality of guarantees issued CONFIDI’s – What They Are and How They Work

SME’s participate in Confidis by paying annual subscription fees Confidis and Banks sign an agreement which covers all loans guaranteed by Confidis. The agreement defines terms and conditions. CONFIDI’s – What They Are and How They Work

5 Current issues …however….  assessment of borrowing firms is only carried out by the lending bank, with no proprietary evaluation on the part of Confidis  Confidis rely on banks’ creditworthiness evaluation and they only look for counter guarantee mechanisms (albeit partial and/or subject to specific conditions)  Confidis not informed on the firm’s risk dynamics unless the firm defaults and the bank calls on the guarantee Need to improve the guarantee-issuing assessment process and implement units to measure and manage profitability and credit risks

6  Need of co-operation between banks and Confidis  Use of IT systems to promptly identify early warning signs of distress (no relying on lenders’ information)  More focus on internal controls (as required by Bank of Italy regulations) Holistic approach to define flow of information between banks and Confidis Current Issues

An XBRL-driven Exchange of Information Confidi Data Base Banks Confidi’s Value Added Service Providers ie. Galileo, SEC, OASI, HP EDS, Aubay ELSAG, CABEL, TREND Engineering, others Direct Data Management or Through Independent Third Parties Shared investments and higher efficiency to achieve critical mass of guarantees volumes Higher independence of service providers Certification of Reference Data Model Automated Data Flows (no manual activities and no misinterpretations)

8 1.Define a unique data model (semantic data model) complying with Confidis information needs in order to: a.Meet risk management and monitoring needs b.Meet supervisory reporting requirements 2.Implement a project to define the means, the tools, the business units, the competencies, resources and structures required to develop a consolidated Banks-Confidis database that enables uploading, updating and maintenance of loan-related information 3.Participation of all stakeholders involved (Confidis Associations, banking system, single Confidis, IT and regulatory reporting service providers, Bank of Italy, legal/operations consultants, etc.) An XBRL-driven Exchange of Information

9 XBRL Confidi Project – Major Steps The project is comprised of two phases: 1.a regulatory reporting phase, where banks and Confidis agree on a common reporting format and exchange data for the purposes of more accurately complying with regulatory reporting requirements 2.a risk management phase, where data exchange between banks and Confidis are XBRL-aggregated for better credit risk assessment

10 XBRL Confidi Project – Major Steps 1.Definition of Data Point Model to meet Confidi’s needs in terms of risk management and regulatory reporting requirements 2.Primary information required (definition of XBRL information hierarchies) Master Data of Borrowing Firms Loans received by single bank Loan status (active, distressed, etc.) Amortization Schedules 3.Return information to banks

11 XBRL Confidi Project – Major Steps

12 XBRL Confidi Project – Major Steps Draft taxonomies have already been produced in February and instance creation is currently under way. First phase should be completed by the end of June 2014.

Stakeholders Involved 1.XBRL ITALY 2.Italian Confidi Associations 3.Promoting Confidi Associations 4.Confidis 5.Italian Banking Association (ABI) 6.Banks 7.Bank of Italy 8.Partner Universities 9.Software Partners Infrastructure Value Added Services 10.Advising Partners Legal/Regulatory Organisation 11.Others

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