When several Italian banks were wound up a couple of months ago, it meant that quite a number of retail investors lost some of their pension pot, because they had invested in bonds issued by those banks without understanding the inherent risks or being properly made aware of them by the issuers.
For this reason, the strategically important issues that many regional financial institutions address include the provision of detailed consultation services to borrower firms, the extension of greater assistance to borrower firms, and the prompt realization of business revival. We hope that their efforts will bear fruit.