** Shares in Salvatore Ferragamo SFER.MI fall by as much as 4.1% after the luxury firm announced departure of its CFO
** Pierre La Tour is leaving the company as of September 26 to pursue new professional opportunities, Ferragamo said
** "The fact that both CEO and CFO are not there makes the market fear that there's a difficult accounting situation, or problems with the earnings," a Milan-based trader says
** Ferragamo has been looking for a new executive officer since its CEO Marco Gobbetti left the company in March
** At 0758 GMT shares in Ferragamo are down 2.8%, underperforming Italy's all-share index, which falls by 0.2%
** Including today's fall, the stock has dropped by 32.5% YTD
(Enrico Sciacovelli, Giancarlo Navach)
((Enrico.sciacovelli@thomsonreuters.com))