Editing Bank of Italy (section)

==Shareholders==
Banca d'Italia had 300,000 shares with a nominal value of €25,000. Originally scattered around the banks of Italy, the shares now accumulated due to the merger of the banks since the 1990s and also a number of pension and social security institutions. The status of the bank states that a minimum of 54% of profits would go to the Italian government, and only a maximum of 6% of profits would be distributed as dividends according to share ratios.<ref>[https://www.bancaditalia.it/chi-siamo/funzioni-governance/disposizioni-generali/en-statute.pdf?language_id=1 "Status"], Banca d'Italia.</ref> Even so, the Bank of Italy stands out among central banks in the [[Eurosystem]] as having no state ownership (the [[National Bank of Belgium]] and [[Bank of Greece]] have mixed ownership). {{fact|date=March 2025}}

As of early 2024, the 15 largest shareholders represented slightly over half of the bank's equity, namely [[UniCredit]] (5.0 percent), {{ill|Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza per gli ingegneri ed architetti liberi professionisti|it}} (4.9 percent), {{ill|Fondazione ENPAM|it}} (4.9 percent), {{ill|Cassa nazionale di previdenza e assistenza forense|it}} (4.9 percent), [[Intesa Sanpaolo]] (4.9 percent), {{ill|Cassa nazionale di previdenza e assistenza dei dottori commercialisti|it}} (3.7 percent), [[BPER Banca]] (3.3 percent), [[ICCREA Banca]] (3.1 percent), [[Generali Italia]] (3.0 percent), the [[National Institute for Social Security (Italy)|National Institute for Social Security]] (3.0 percent), [[Istituto nazionale per l'assicurazione contro gli infortuni sul lavoro]] (3.0 percent), {{ill|Cassa di Sovvenzioni e Risparmio fra il Personale della Banca d'Italia|it}} (3.0 percent), [[Cassa di Risparmio di Asti]] (3.0 percent), [[Banca Nazionale del Lavoro]] (2.8 percent), and [[Crédit Agricole Italia]] (2.8 percent). The remaining 49 percent were dispersed among 157 shareholders, mainly banks and [[Associazione di Fondazioni e di Casse di Risparmio S.p.A.|banking foundations]].<ref>{{cite web |website=Banca d'Italia |url=https://www.bancaditalia.it/chi-siamo/funzioni-governance/partecipanti-capitale/shareholders_ENG.pdf?language_id=1 |title=Shareholders at 17 February 2024}}</ref>