By Reuters Staff
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MILAN (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s family has sold its 2% stake in Mediobanca, in the latest change affecting the shareholder base of Italy’s top investment bank.
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Mediobanca is pictured at Mediobanca headquarters in Milan, Italy, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo/File Photo
The Berlusconi family’s holding company Fininvest said on Monday that the transaction, from which it pocketed 174 million euros ($211 million), was part of a readjustment of its financial investment portfolio.
The ownership of Mediobanca has been in flux since a core of long-term investors in the Milanese bank dissolved, paving the way for eyewear billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio to emerge as its single biggest shareholder.