Bank of Italy selects 4 systemic risk countries for lenders, including Russia
The Bank of Italy used end-2024 data to measure banks' exposure to those countries in relation to their overall exposure.
Top Italian lenders Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI), opens new tab and UniCredit (CRDI.MI), opens new tab are both present in Russia, the former serving only corporate clients while the latter owns a retail bank.
UniCredit said in an update of the investor document relating to its takeover bid for Banco BPM (BAMI.MI), opens new tab that its Russian unit had increased its holdings of local government bonds in the first quarter to 754 million euros ($888.06 million) from 574 million in December.
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