For twenty years at the helm of Fincantieri, the shipbuilding group controlled by CDP, until his exit from the scene last spring. Before that, he had spent many years at Finmeccanica, which has now become Leonardo
Intriguing interview by Fabiano Fabiani, former number 1 of Finmeccanica, with Sole 24 Ore: from Rai to public industry and DC, from the sale of Alfa Romeo to dialectical relations with Mario Draghi
Alessandro Profumo promotes again the engineer Marco Zoff, son of the Juve goalkeeper and world champion in '82, who will become CEO of Lgs, the subsidiary of the group that deals with real estate
After Thursday's meeting between the 5 ministers, the announcement arrives: "The agreement will be signed in the next few days" - The former Finmeccanica also officially sits at the table on the naval-military - Calenda: "Leonardo will be in the game - Today summit in Paris between…
The public prosecutor's office in Milan had requested confirmation of the first appeal sentence, 4 years and 6 months for Orsi and 4 years for Spagnolini
Alessandro Pansa, financial consultant and professor at Luiss, former CEO of Finmeccanica and vice president of Feltrinelli, died suddenly - A man of great culture, managerial skills and profound humanity, Alessandro was the son of journalist Giampaolo Pansa - At…
Crucial hours for the public appointments to the top management of large groups that will be presented after closed markets between tonight and Monday - Alessandro Profumo at the helm of Leonardo-Finmeccanica in place of Moretti is the possible big news of the last hour while…
Among the state-controlled companies with expiring top management are Eni, Enel, Terna, Poste Italiane, Leonardo-Finmeccanica - There are also many appointments in indirect subsidiaries: 18 companies to be renewed in FS, 8 in Anas - Here they are all…
The appeal process has to be redone: the Court of Cassation established it.
The four S-band ATCR-33S NG primary radars, which will be used both in the take-off and landing phases and for extended terminal area surveillance, belong to a new generation of systems based on communication, navigation and…
The group has closed agreements with the operator Lease Corporation International (LCI) and Helikorea for five AgustaWestland AW169 model helicopters.
The Renzi government advocates greater industrial integration between the defense and aerospace giants of Italy and France - The Banca Akros report and the Deloitte study
Net operating profit instead rises by 89% - The historic 7 billion contract with the Kuwait Ministry of Defense brings the order backlog to 35 million - Revenues down by 9,4% - Orders up by 132%.
CEO Mauro Mopretti said so in Farnborough. The agreements will primarily concern the Electronics, Defense and Security sector and include both contracts and potential orders for which the group has been selected - The activities in…
The Italian giant presented the first of 16 AW101 helicopters for search and rescue (Search and Rescue - SAR) destined for Norway. - Delivery will start in 2017 - ROmiti: "is the most advanced search and rescue helicopter in the…
Good performance of the Milan Stock Exchange which gains 0,58%% in the wake of the leaps of FCA, A2A, MPS, Anima and Poste Italiane - Leonardo limits the Indian damage - Sales on Ubi, Unipol, Telecom Italia and CNH - Today Wall…
After Marò Salvatore Girone returned to Italy, Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar announced that the company will end up on the black list of companies excluded from tenders and supplies. The official motivation concerns the corruption investigation in which…
The result is 6 times higher than the 11 million of the first quarter of 2015 (which benefited from the results of the transport activities sold in the fourth quarter of 2015).
The shareholders' meeting formalized the change of company name: for 2016 the company will be called Leonardo-Finmeccanica, from 2017 only Leonardo - The CEO Mauro Moretti does not reveal the impact of the maxi order of 8 billion for the Eurofighters in Kuwait ,…
Launch of the Innovation Hub project, the result of the partnership agreement signed by Finmeccanica with the Milanese university - Nine technological areas which, on a preliminary basis, form part of the agreement - Moretti: "It is necessary for a large company like Finmeccanica , open to processes…
The Court of Appeal aggravates the first instance sentence, condemning the former number one of Finmeccanica and the former CEO of Agusta Westland also for the crime of international corruption - The case concerns an alleged bribe to get Agusta…
According to various sources, the contract has a value of approximately 8 billion euros, half of which is the prerogative of Finmeccanica - Moretti: "The greatest commercial goal ever achieved by the group"
Dollar and oil are holding back Asia: Nikkei never so bad since 2014 - Recovery of emerging currencies - Obama rejects the merger between Pfizer and Allergan - Btp Italia: 2,3 billion in funding on the first day - SuperPopolare under fire -…
Heavy collapse of Banco Popolare (-7,3%) but also of most of the other banks: Piazza Affari pays the bill and is the only major European stock market to close in the red (-0,77%) - Bad too Saipem and Anima - In…
The order concerns two AgustaWestland AW159 helicopters from the Philippine Navy - The aircraft will be manufactured at the Helicopters Division plant in Yeovil, UK, and delivered during 2018.
Piazza Affari closes around parity but Mps, Finmeccanica, Azimut, Anima and Ferragamo shine - Sales on Generali despite excellent accounts, on the two big credit companies, on Tenaris and on Tod's - European price lists contrasted.
The Fed maintains an expansive policy: in 2016 only 2 rate hikes, no longer 4 - Wall Street, oil and the euro rise - Raw materials rally - London toasts the wedding of the City - FCA confirms…
2015 closed with a net profit of 527 million from 20 in 2014 (including the capital gain on the sale of the Transport division) - Searches for the investigation into the sale of Ansaldo Sts and Ansaldo Breda - Nothing…
"In 2014 we spent 4 million and 900 thousand euros between industrial unions and various sector associations" - "Willing to stay, but only by paying a fair price".
The hypotheses of reorganization push the Sienese bank and the bank shares in an uncertain morning. Oil and energy companies retreat, Telecom Italia and Mediaset still in the spotlight. The industrialists are doing well with Finmeccanica
Partnership between the two defense giants in the tender for the supply of 350 new generation trainer aircraft to the US Air Force - Whoever wins the tender will become part of one of the major investment programs of the Pentagon of the…
The request, contained in the appeal with which the Japanese ask for the annulment of the resolution that raised the price of the takeover bid, has not yet been quantified - Meanwhile, the Lazio Regional Administrative Court has convened Hitachi, Amber Capital, Bluebell Partners and…
As a result of a ruling by the TAR in 2014, the exercise of the adjustment powers to increase the takeover bid price had to take place within the narrow perimeter of the values that emerged during the negotiations between the parties. Allow Consob to proceed with the…
The Japanese appeal against the decision to raise the takeover bid price - The company also reaffirms "the correctness of its actions", believing "that it has acted with the utmost transparency towards the market and the Authority".
The group "reaffirms that it has conducted a transparent competitive process, the outcome of which was determined only by taking into account the highest value expressed among all the participants in the entire process".
The Japanese group is evaluating whether to appeal to the TAR after Consob revised upwards the offer price on the float of Ansaldo Sts.
At the request of Amber Capital and Bluebell Partners, the Commission examined the Hitachi tender offer on the company controlled by Finmeccanica. And it has decided to raise the price to 9,899 from 9,5 euros. Public offer extended to February 19th.
The consideration paid by Hitachi to Finmeccanica for the Ansaldo STS control package may differ from the price indicated in the relevant contract. If this were the case, expropriation effects would ensue to the detriment of minority shareholders: effects that Consob,…
"The agreement reached today with Finmeccanica is the result of a difficult discussion that lasted 5 months," said Marco Bentivogli, general secretary of Fim Cisl, the metalworkers union of the Cisl.
Finmeccanica, Ferrari and FCA drag the Italian stock market upwards (+1,20%) after Black Monday - Poste and Enel GP perform well too - Mps, Azimut and luxury stocks are down once again - All…
The group will become a single company active in aerospace, defense and security, with a new governance system divided into four sectors and seven divisions - CEO Moretti: "Divisionalization will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Finmeccanica's activities , reducing costs of digestion".
Finmeccanica CEO Mauro Moretti denies rumors about a possible sale of Westland to Boeing - "For us - explains Moretti - Westland represents a core business in which we believe we have the best products in the world"
European stock lists are all on the rise, reinvigorated by the drop in the euro and by the expectation of the ECB - Piazza Affari gains 1,87% - Above all, CNH shines (+5,4%), Finmeccanica, Anima, Azimut and Campari - Some sale on Mediaset and Ansaldo Sts - Descends…
Tension on the international level cools down and share prices rebound - In the middle of the day, Piazza Affari gains just over one percent on the wings of Finmeccanica, toned up by the higher allocations for security decided by the Government - In…
After the shock of the Paris massacre, the stock market rears its head and rewards the defense industry - Finmeccanica (+5,4%) takes the lead in the race for Piazza Affari - Buzzi and Prysmian's performances and recoveries are also excellent…
Isis does not frighten the markets, invigorated by the rise in oil due to the intensification of air missions against terrorism - The winds of war are pushing the defense industry and above all Finmeccanica - Luxury and tourism collapse - Restless…
The number of patrol vessels to be built for the Navy rises to 7 - The total value of the contracts thus reaches a value of approximately 5,4 billion euros, of which Fincantieri's share is approximately 3,6 billion...
Moody's raises the outlook of the Italian banking system - Ghizzoni presents the Unicredit plan but does not sell Fineco and Pekao - Popolari in maneuver - Exor, over 11 billion of NAV - Vodafone sounds the charge on the TLCs and Moncler…
While awaiting Yellen's hearing today, ECB president Mario Draghi confirmed yesterday that in December he will act to strengthen QE: "We are ready to use all the tools that can be used for monetary support" - Oil superstar -…
As for turnover, it grew by 4,6%, to 9 billion, while Ebita showed a +44,7%, to 745 million - Due to the deconsolidation of the railway sector, both will have a reduction of around 600 million debt and a capital gain…
The checks for the sale closed positively - On 2 November the shareholders' meeting of Ansaldo Sts.
The defense group "categorically denies" the rumors about the manager's possible candidacy for the next race for the Capitol
According to CEO Moretti, the estimate is plausible: however, it is "a very compound figure, with various items, all the debts and financial risks have to be assessed"
Finmeccanica has signed new contracts for a total value of 140 million euros. The order provides for the delivery, between 2015 and 2016, of 11 Agusta Westland helicopters of the AW139 and AW169 models. The company reported that the…
The closing of the transaction is expected in the first quarter of 2016 - No details on the value of the transaction have been disclosed.
Despite the disappointing data on German industrial orders, the Stock Exchanges accelerate positively in the afternoon - Oil prices fall - Finmeccanica and UnipolSai accelerate - Mondadori still positive - Realizations on Saipem.
Green light for the merger by incorporation of the companies OTO Melara and Whitehead Sistemi Subacquei and for the partial demerger operations, in favor of Finmeccanica, of Alenia Aermacchi, AgustaWestland and Selex ES.
A new order arrives from the African continent for Finmeccanica - Aleania Aermacchi - After the orders from Morocco and Chad, a third order arrives for two C-27J tactical transport aircraft which will be delivered starting from 2017 - The…
The green light from Paris was needed because the assets put up for sale by Finmeccanica are considered strategic by the French Ministry of the Economy - At this point there are only a few small bureaucratic steps missing in other states where the group operates to archive…
Finmeccanica's maxi order in Kuwait boosts the share (+5,41%) and partially reduces the losses of Piazza Affari (-0,63%) which, like the other Stock Exchanges, is feeling the effects of nervousness due to the uncertainty US rates - The failure of the Scandinavian merger…
Finmeccanica, through Alenia Aermacchi, has secured an order from Kuwait of 7-8 billion euros. The twenty-year agreement provides for the supply of 28 Eurofighters - At the news of the maxi-order worth at least 7 billion, Finmeccanica shares…
The program envisages technological and employment implications for Finmeccanica and for the companies involved. Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill 'Gigs' Gigliotti took off at 13pm yesterday for a 05 hour test flight.
The prime minister congratulates the top management of Poste, Eni, Enel and Finmeccanica for the results achieved in the first six months of 2015 - As regards Rai, the prime minister said that the renewal of the council…
The share of the group led by Mauro Moretti floats on the stock market after the publication of the half-year report which reports Finmeccanica in black - Debt drops to 4.802 million - 2015 forecasts confirmed
The contract concerns 10 commercial helicopters and has a value of approximately 160 million
The new orders concern the conversion of two power plants
Rise of more than 7% in the last three sessions - The shares benefited today from the news that the subsidiary Alenia Aermacchi has reached an agreement with the unions for the relocation of 178 employees from Capodichino to Atitech.
The defense giant reports positive figures for the first quarter of 2015 with profits of 11 million euros - It expects a drop in net debt below 3 billion by the end of 2017
Fincantieri and Finmeccanica will build the units envisaged in the renewal plan of the Italian Navy. The 3,5 billion contract was signed in these hours: Fincantieri's share is around 2,3 billion, that of Finmeccanica around 1,2…
Trenitalia has commissioned from Finmeccanica-AnsaldoBreda seventy carriages for the double-deck Vivalto train - The order has a value of just under 100 million euros
MANAGERS AND JUSTICE - Alessandro Profumo (president of Mps and former CEO of Unicredit) acquitted because the Unicredit-Brontos fraud does not exist, Carlo Malacarne (CEO of Snam) acquitted of the charge of non-payment of excise duties on natural gas, Giuseppe Orsi (former to…
With regard to the 2014 financial year, the CEO specified that for Finmeccanica it closed with "results beyond expectations".
Profitability recorded a growth of more than 20% at the Ebitda level and more than 700 million euros at the Ebit level and the ordinary net result is equal to 70 million euros from the 649 million loss…
According to the CEO of the defense group, it is necessary "also to have a defense industry policy to find the space for intelligent consolidation".
Tim will provide infrastructure and technological solutions, as well as collaborating in welcoming guests and participants from various countries - Selex ES, of the Finmeccanica group, has created an operations center to monitor the event in terms of surveillance and security - Samsung…
The US stock market has wiped out all the gains from 2015 and the rate hike is approaching: the dollar is at a 12-year high - Apple does not wake up gold - Greece holds back the euro - First Bot auction today after…
The price of oil falls again and penalizes stock lists, starting from London: Milan loses 1% - Tenaris and Eni down but also gains on Cnh, Ferragamo and Mps - Pirelli, Finmeccanica, Stm, Campari and…
SuperJet International, a joint venture between Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi and Sukhoi Holding, has signed a contract worth 310 million euros with the Mexican airline Interjet.
The number one of the group announces that "the economic situation will improve: on the 19th in London" the "guide lines" will be revised "in a positive way".
There are eight days left before the launch of Draghi's Qe and the markets are benefiting government bonds from the periphery of the Eurozone: the BTP is strengthened and the BTP-Bund spread is reduced to 106 as in April 2010 - Auction today…
The perimeter of Moretti's Finmeccanica changes and, by selling AnsaldoSts and AnsaldoBreda, realizes a capital gain of 250 million and concentrates on the core business (aerospace, defence, security) - But the arrival of the Japanese Hitachi will strengthen Ansaldo's technological projection…
With the disposals of AnsaldoBreda and Ansaldo STS, Finmeccanica's net debt will fall by around 600 million at the end of 2015 - Stocks on the Stock Exchange are flying.
Great expectations among investors for the definition of the Greek dossier and for the hearings of the president of the Fed - Spreads falling on the eve of the new Tltro loan that the ECB will launch on Thursday - Finmeccanica today should ratify…
Great leaps by Finmeccanica, which is close to saying goodbye to transport, and by A2A but also by Mps, WdF and Ubi: thus Piazza Affari keeps pace and closes again in positive territory (+0,56%) - Like the main price lists Europeans too…
According to the latest rumors, a preference of the Board of Directors for the offer of the Japanese Hitachi would have taken shape.
After Bank of Italy and Confindustria, Prometeia also corrects its estimates on Italian growth upwards and BTPs collect records on ever lower rates - Waiting for the data on American GDP, but Google and Alibaba are losing ground - Inflation below…
In the USA, interest rates remain at historic lows but the Athens Stock Exchange collapses and makes its weight felt on European banks - Capital rush towards safe havens, Germany in the lead - Today BTPs on the hunt for new…
The manager explained that there will be "a change in the organization and structure of the group, with a focus on the core business" - Cost reductions are coming, but still no dividend.
Expected a reduction in net financial debt of over 600 million in 2017 - Estimates on 2014 results revised upwards - Hitachi in pole position for the acquisition of AnsaldoBreda and Ansaldo Sts.
Today Moretti is awaited by the financial community for the presentation of the new 2015-2019 industrial plan, and perhaps also by the buyer of the two transport companies.
In 2014, revenues amounted to 1,8 billion dollars - For the current year, the company aims to reach two billion.
Collapse of the Chinese stock market as the D-day of Draghi's Qe approaches and the Btp-Bund spread falls to 118 - Euro weaker - Piazza Affari has the best week in the last six months - Finmeccanica towards…
Stock market and Swiss bonds still plummeting while Piazza Affari soars (+2,1%) over 19 thousand: Finmeccanica, Telecom Italia and partly fashion the drivers - Banco Popolare exploits - Rain of sales on WdF - Bonds earn:…
According to experts, it will be a year of increases in Italy and in Europe - Today registration tests for FCA, considered among the most promising stocks of 2015 together with Atlantia and Finmeccanica - ECB and Greece crush the euro below 1,21…
The agreement concerns the production in Russia of aircraft specialized in offshore oil operations - The order has a duration of ten years
The 4-Flight project for the construction of the new generation air traffic control system starts. European tender and assignment to a group of companies led by Selex Es
The heavy collapse of Mps and the falls of Eni, Saipem and Finmeccanica slow down but do not cancel the rise in Piazza Affari which defends its 19 thousand bps share - Bper, Autogrill, Moncler, Gtech and Prysmian on the rise - European price lists at…
After the brilliant performances of Wall Street and Asia today also the European Stock Exchanges are seen as positive but the ax of S&P has dropped on the rating of Italian banks - The wind on the markets seems to have turned bullish even if the…
Insigma and Hitachi still in the running to take over AnsaldoBreda, while Ansaldo Sts soars on the stock market – Finmeccanica also earns money
All European price lists negative at mid-day - In Piazza Affari, the share of the plant engineering company is at its lowest since August 2004 after Eni renounced the sale - FCA is also bad, which today announced the total collection…
