SMEs issue mini-bonds worth one billion euros in two months

(ANSA) - Rome, August 28 - Twenty-six small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have issued one billion euros' worth of mini-bonds in the past two months, the economy ministry said Thursday in a report on the first results of the government's competitiveness decree. "This is an important result," said Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan. "This is a positive experience. I will take it to the next ECOFIN (EU finance and economy ministers) council in Milan (on September 13)".