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About SFIL S.A.

SFIL S.A. is a French public-sector financial institution created to provide long-term refinancing to subnational public borrowers and to support state-backed export-credit activity; owned and governed by public shareholders, it operates under a policy-driven mandate that combines market funding with public support mechanisms. The group raises resources on wholesale markets and through secured funding instruments to on-lend to local authorities and public hospitals, and it participates in export-credit arrangements in coordination with government agencies, resulting in a balance sheet concentrated in low-risk, long-dated public sector assets. Key risk factors include interest-rate sensitivity on long-duration assets, concentration to the domestic public sector and dependence on access to capital markets and governmental support for funding stability; conversely, its mandate and ownership structure constrain commercial freedom and tie strategic choices to public policy and regulatory oversight. For analysts and counterparties, material considerations are the alignment between SFIL’s lending programs and municipal creditworthiness, the transparency and independence of governance and reporting, and the impact of macro-financial conditions on funding costs and the valuation of its long-term loan portfolio.