Oaktree-owned Banca Progetto put under special administration in Italy

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Oaktree-owned Banca Progetto put under special administration in Italy

, Reuters - 10:06 AM ET 3/22/2025 Company News

MILAN, March 22 (Reuters) - Bank of Italy has placed Banca Progetto, a small privately-held lender owned by investment firm Oaktree Capital Management, under special administration and appointed independent administrators to run it.

Bank of Italy's "early" intervention, which dissolved the board, was aimed at "ensuring adequate supervision of the bank's operations and restoring sound and prudent management conditions", Banca Progetto said in statement late on Friday.

In October, the lender was placed under court administration and its headquarters raided by tax police for allegedly lending money to a person arrested on mafia charges.

Last year Oaktree struck a deal to sell Banca Progetto, which is focused on lending to small- and mid-sized Italian businesses, to funds managed by private equity firm Centerbridge Partners, but the transaction was never finalised.

(Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari; editing by Mark Heinrich)

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