Crédit Agricole, the leading French investor in Italy.

The fifth Italy- France Business Forum awarded a prize to reflect the foreign direct investments made in 2006 by the Crédit Agricole Group, which, having taken control of Cariparma, intends to make Italy its leading market outside France...
 During 2006, Crédit Agricole [...] acquired, in chronological order, interests of 50 per cent in Fidis (Fiat Auto Financial Services) and 85 per cent in Cariparma (which in turn acquired 76 per cent of FriulAdria), plus 202 Intesa Sanpaolo branches...