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title: "Riccardo Arduini: investor testimony and Ameria"
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as_of: 2026-10-10
keywords: ["SIGNA Holding GmbH","SIGNA Prime Selection","SIGNA Development Selection","René Benko","Familie Benko Privatstiftung","Laura Privatstiftung","Ingbe Stiftung","Supraholding","ownership","insolvency","corporate governance","asset recovery","criminal proceedings"]
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# Riccardo Arduini: investor testimony and Ameria

**Question.** What does Arduini’s retained testimony add to the funding record?

**Answer.** Arduini described his family’s Ameria investment since 2012, substantial loans and reluctance to supply more capital before repayment. His account records what Benko told investors and how Arduini understood the deteriorating situation.

## The family and investment vehicle

- Analysis: A retained account identifies Julia Dora Koranyi Arduini as Riccardo’s wife and the family as a Signa investor through Ameria Invest. Reported testimony dates their Signa investment from 2012. The family association and vehicle role matter to this financial record; distant personal biography does not determine nationality, jurisdiction or company control. [s-d65] [s-d20]
- Attributed: In reported testimony to Soko Signa, Riccardo Arduini said his family owned Ameria Invest AG and had invested in Signa since 2012. [s-d20]
  - Qualification: The retained reported account supports this specific historical statement; it does not establish the participant’s position beyond the stated scope and period.

## The negotiations in 2023

- Analysis: Arduini said Benko sought a EUR350m increase in May 2023 and promised overdue dividends. The family’s position was that no fresh money would be provided until Ameria’s EUR250m Holding loan and EUR50m Prime Assets loan were repaid; converting existing claims into equity was proposed instead. In his account, Benko associated the funds chiefly with Elbtower and repeatedly sought repayment extensions, the third running to 31 May 2024. Those promises and proposed uses are testimony; they do not establish where all loan proceeds went. [s-d20]

## Sources

- [s-d65] Media source · s-d65
- [s-d20] Media source · s-d20