Banca Marche and Carife attract interest of Unipol
Banca Marche, the two Italian lenders in administration, have attracted the interest of listed Italian financial services group Unipol, Italian language daily Milano Finanza reported. The unsourced report said that the interest is coming from major Unipol shareholders rather than top management.
Banca Marche and Carife are also likely to be of interest as Unipol CEO has gone on record as saying that the group wants to expand in the banking sector, the item said.
The item also noted that Banca Marche and Carife are attractive because they have been completely freed of their problem assets in a government-backed restructuring.
As previously reported, the sale of the two lenders, and two other rescued banks, Banca Popolare dell’Etruria e del Lazio and CariChiet, could raise over EUR 1bn.
Milano Finanza daily edition