Jurisdiction · Italy

Financial conduct records — Italy

5 documented case files are recorded in Italy. Every entry summarises material already published by a court, prosecutor, regulator or established news organisation, and links to that source.

Italian records involve Banca d'Italia and CONSOB supervision, with criminal proceedings before the tribunals of Milan, Parma and Venice.

Case files in this group

Ref.MatterJurisdictionAuthorityAroseLast decisionStatus
IT-2019-01Milan convictions over Monte dei Paschi derivatives are overturned on appeal

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A.

ItalyTribunal of Milan / Court of Appeal8 November 20196 May 2022Convictions overturned on appeal
IT-2021-01Venice court rules on the collapse of Banca Popolare di Vicenza and its shareholder losses

Banca Popolare di Vicenza S.p.A. (liquidated)

ItalyCourt of Venice25 June 201717 March 2021First-instance judgment
IT-2003-01Parmalat: accounting shortfall, bondholder losses and Italian convictions

Parmalat S.p.A.

ItalyPublic Prosecutor, Parma and Milan · CONSOB19 December 20039 December 2010Concluded — convictions confirmed
IT-2005-01Banca Antonveneta: the contested 2005 bid and the Italian proceedings that followed

Banca Popolare Italiana · Banca Antonveneta

ItalyBanca d'Italia · CONSOB · Milan prosecutors1 July 20051 June 2011Concluded — convictions recorded
IT-2017-01Veneto banks: financed share placements and the 2017 wind-up

Banca Popolare di Vicenza · Veneto Banca

ItalyBanca d'Italia · European Central Bank · CONSOB1 April 201525 June 2017Concluded — banks wound up

Individuals recorded in this group

Alessandro Profumo — Former chairman, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Italy — register entry photographItaly

Court record

Alessandro Profumo

Former chairman, Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Convicted at first instance in 2020 over derivatives accounting at Monte dei Paschi; acquitted on appeal in 2022

Antonio Fazio — Former Governor of the Banca d'Italia, Italy — register entry photographItaly

Court record

Antonio Fazio

Former Governor of the Banca d'Italia

Convicted in 2011 of market abuse in connection with the Banca Popolare Italiana bid for Antonveneta; resigned as governor in 2005

Calisto Tanzi — Founder and former chairman, Parmalat S.p.A., Italy — register entry photographItaly

Court record

Calisto Tanzi

Founder and former chairman, Parmalat S.p.A.

Convicted by the Italian courts in connection with the collapse of Parmalat in 2003; sentences confirmed on appeal

Gianpiero Fiorani — Former chief executive, Banca Popolare Italiana, Italy — register entry photographItaly

Court record

Gianpiero Fiorani

Former chief executive, Banca Popolare Italiana

Convicted in the Italian proceedings arising from the 2005 contested takeover of Banca Antonveneta

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