As a result of the first quarter of 2024, ICPs, the Bank, a subsidiary organization of the SME Corporation, co-sponsored the market bonds of eight SME companies. The total output was about 2.5 billion roubles. Over the past six months, the bank has participated in 20 issues totalling 5 billion roubles.

" The availability of support from the Bank ' s SMEs as a development institution makes the company ' s entry into the stock market easier and more understandable. Demand for such a funding mechanism is steadily increasing. The total volume of bonds produced with the support of our subsidiary is comparable only to that of the first three months of 2024 in the past year.” The Chairman of the Bank ' s ICP Monitoring Board, Director-General of the ICP Alexander Isaevich Corporation, spoke. He also recalled that the first bond deal with the sponsorship of the SME Corporation had been marketed. " This mechanism reduces the funding rates for issuers, which clearly plays an important role in deciding to enter the stock market " , added Alexander Isaevich.

" The Bank has the resources to support the production of market bonds of SMEs totalling up to 8 billion roubles by the end of the year, with favourable conditions and availability of demand. " The chairman of the Ivan Poberesnake SME Board spoke.

Among the issuers that have deployed bonds with the support of the Bank ' s ICPs, companies from the ICC register (multiple technology companies): CROMOS Engineering, the manufacturer of chromatographic complexes, and Moy Zawkat, Russia ' s largest micromobile rental service. The Bank has also become an anchor investor and co-sponsor of the Simple Solutions Capital bonds, which operates in different sectors of the economy: leasing, factoring, supply of equipment, agriculture, etc. With the support of the bank, the " NPP Motor Technologies " ( Mizotty ' s launch), which is responsible for the development, production and importation of industrial washing equipment to clean up parts and aggregates.

It will be recalled that the SME Bank is involved in the implementation of the Mala and Middle Entrepreneurship Project and in support of the individual business initiative. He was initiated by President Vladimir Putin, the first Vice-President of the Government of the Russian Federation, Andrei Belousov.