:Fabrizio Cerina
{{Short description|Italian banker}}
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Fabrizio Cerina (born in Piacenza, Italy) is the chairman of international investment banking group Crédit des Alpes.
Career
Cerina began his career by acquiring a 34% stake in Banque de Participations et de Placements, Geneva. He later sold it to Lebanese buyer Al-Mashreg Bank.
He spent the majority of his career in Geneva (CH) and London (GB).{{cite news | title =Private Equity, investors focused on Italy - Cerina (Crédit des Alpes): smaller transactions, but higher returns | url =https://www.archiviostorico-corriere.it/204-2/ | publisher=archiviostorico-corriere.it | df =dmy-all }}{{cite news | title=Private Equity, gli investitori puntano sull'Italia - Cerina (Crédit des Alpes): operazioni più piccole, ma rendimenti più alti | author=Stefano Righi | publisher=Il Corriere della Sera (Italy) | date=21 June 2022}} In 1982 he acquired Attel Bank, in which he invested CHF1.5 million (US$1.53 million), eventually listing the holding company on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange in 1987 at a value of approximately CHF130 million (US$132.6 million).{{cite news |title=Finanza sostenibile in crescita |author=Corrado Bianchi Porro | url=https://www.pressreader.com/switzerland/l-osservatore/20210102/281603833087528 | publisher=L'Osservatore (Switzerland) | date=2 May 2021}}
In the 1990s Cerina was dubbed "a banker and a gentleman"{{cite news |title=The banker and gentleman lives in Lugano | url=https://newsgateny.com/the-banker-and-gentleman-lives-in-lugano/ | publisher=NewsgateNY.com }}{{cite news |title=Il "banchiere gentiluomo" abita a Lugano |publisher=Il Messaggero (Italy) |date=25 October 1993}} by Swiss and international press when, as the controlling shareholder of Attel Bank, he voluntarily refunded clients out of his own pocket after a rogue trader caused losses amounting to CHF45 million (US$46 million). The trader stole money from clients, as well as dealing in unauthorized junk bonds and NASDAQ securities.{{cite news| publisher =Financial Times (London, UK) | date=21 July 2013 | title =First Person: Fabrizio Cerina | url =https://www.ft.com/content/d0a060d4-ee72-11e2-816e-00144feabdc0}}
Cerina merged and developed the business into Crédit des Alpes, an investment bank that advises on large international transactions. The bank put together the US$4.2 billion acquisition by Vivendi (VIV:FP){{cite news| title =Vivendi Company Profile Bloomberg | publisher =Bloomberg (28 March 2020) | url =https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/VIV:FP}} of Brazilian broadband market-leader company GVT in 2009 — then the largest world's telecoms deal.{{cite news | title =Crédit des Alpes: Vivendi reprend GVT au Brésil (Crédit des Alpes leads on Vivendi deal to buy GVT in Brazil) | publisher =archiviostorico-corriere.it | url =https://www.archiviostorico-corriere.it/lagefi/ | df =dmy-all }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.creditdesalpes.com Crédit des Alpes]
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