Banca CF+ launches structured & acquisition finance platform to support business growth. Leopoldo Avesani appointed to lead the new area.

Milan, 15 May 2026 – Banca CF+ announces the launch of its new Structured & Acquisition Finance area, a specialist platform designed to support Italian companies in growth, investment, acquisition and strategic development transactions through structured and customised financing solutions.

The initiative forms part of the Banca CF+ Group’s evolution path, recently strengthened by the integration with Banca Sistema, with the aim of further expanding its specialist expertise and service offering for companies.

The new structure will operate within corporate financing, with a focus on acquisition financing, structured finance, extraordinary transactions and support for industrial development plans, working alongside entrepreneurs, sponsors and companies with flexible solutions tailored to their specific operational and strategic needs.

The new area will be led by Leopoldo Avesani, a manager with extensive experience in structured finance and acquisition finance, who will join the Group as Head of Structured & Acquisition Finance, reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Iacopo De Francisco.

“The creation of the Structured & Acquisition Finance platform represents a further step in our Group’s evolution path and in the expansion of our specialist expertise to support businesses,” commented Iacopo De Francisco, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Banca CF+ and Banca Sistema.

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Banca CF+

Banca CF+ is the result of the complex corporate reorganization of the former Credito Fondiario Group.
It is a bank focused on companies, specializing in financing solutions for companies in performing and re-performing situations. It offers three specialized credit products: factoring, tax credit purchase, and short-, medium- and long-term financing of companies with structural and liquidity needs, also assisted by central guarantee funds. Banca CF+ also offers a 100% digital, secure and flexible online fixed Deposit Account.