Potential sale of MPS to UniCredit 'inappropriate' with Padoan as chairman - 5-Star
Reuters
Published Oct 15, 2020 19:35
MILAN (Reuters) - The appointment of former Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan as chairman designate of UniCredit would make it inappropriate for the Italian bank to buy state-owned Monte dei Paschi (MPS), lawmakers from Italy's co-ruling 5-Star Movement said.
Padoan oversaw the bailout of Italy's oldest bank, Monte dei Paschi (MI:BMPS), back in 2017 when Rome spent 5.4 billion euros ($6.3 billion) on a 68% stake. Under an agreement with European Union authorities, the stake must be cut by mid-2022.
UniCredit (MI:CRDI) is considered as the best candidate to take over Monte dei Paschi and bankers had said Padoan's appointment could help to foster a deal.
"It would be paradoxical if, after the public commitment that provided for a support of several billion euros ... today there was a possible sale of MPS to UniCredit with Padoan in the role of chairman," the 5-Star lawmakers wrote in a note.
Both European Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) Chairman and former Bank of Italy Deputy Governor Salvatore Rossi on Thursday expressed appreciation for Padoan.
UniCredit on Tuesday named Padoan as a director and said it would appoint him as chairman when it renews the board next spring.
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