Strong opening purchases on the Fondiaria-Sai share, driven by the news that Palladio Finanziaria has communicated that it has entered the capital. About an hour into the trade, lhe shares of the Ligresti group company jumped by more than five percentage points, after having reached a maximum of 1,315 euros.
Company headed by Marco Drago and Roberto Meneguzzo and allied with the Crt Foundation in Generali, Palladio announced yesterday the purchase of 2,2558% of the share capital of Fonsai, an operation that gets in the way of the plans of Mediobanca and Unipol.
Palladio's entry could herald the launch of an offer on Fonsai as an alternative to the Unipol plan. There is talk of a possible consortium in which the Sator by Matteo Arpe. In this case we could witness a duel between the former child prodigy of Mediobanca (Harps and the couple of Palladio) and Alberto Nagel. After all, the relations between the possible duelists are, to put it mildly, chilly.
