Insider trading hypothesis: this is the reason for the check carried out this morning in the Mediobanca offices by Consob and the Guardia di Finanza. These would be two transactions carried out in April 2013: the first for the sale of Banca Generali ordinary shares, the second for the purchase of Milano Assicurazioni savings shares.
Documents on paper, IT and electronic correspondence within Mediobanca were acquired by the soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza of the third group of the special unit. Il Sole 24 Ore learned at the moment from the inspection that has just been concluded in Piazzetta Cuccia. Consob would have acted on the basis of a complaint and not on the impulse of the judiciary which does not appear to have any investigations into the matter.
As far as we know, the investigation concerns transactions that had the bank as an intermediary in 2013. The news shook the Mediobanca stock in Piazza Affari: in the morning it was hovering around +3%, then the trend reversal, which brings the losing share over 2% in the early afternoon, at 6,49 euros.
