Italian bank is circling Banco BPM and Commerzbank but says it will only do deals that improve its ‘standalone’ position
Several transactions are on the table with billionaire investors, overseas shareholders and domestic politicians all affected
Italian investment bank’s bid for Banca Generali offers something to please most of the parties involved
Lender proposes funding deal by selling its shares in country’s biggest insurer Assicurazioni Generali
Slate of candidates backed by billionaire Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone secured just 3 board seats
Repercussions from the Italian government’s actions are likely to be relatively contained
Rome’s use of ‘golden power’ rules complicates lender’s bid for domestic rival
Italian bank has raised concerns that billionaires’ actions could hand them control of three big financial institutions
Italian lender says holding in insurer Generali is above 5%
It is hard to escape the feeling that an opportunity for simplification has been missed
Board says the deal offers no ‘industrial and financial rationale’ and is danger to its identity
Prestigious Milanese bank has become latest pawn in government consolidation efforts
Move by world’s oldest bank would shake up Italy’s financial sector
Comments from head of Italy’s largest bank Carlo Messina come as rival UniCredit battles opposition from Berlin and Rome
Italian bank escalates effort to take over German lender
Two of Italy’s most powerful — and most contrasting — business figures clash over Banca Popolare di Milano
Andrea Orcel’s move has frustrated Giorgia Meloni’s plan to merge state-backed Monte dei Paschi di Siena with BPM
Italy’s third-largest bank says value of offer is ‘completely unusual’ and fails to reflect its prospects
Two months ago UniCredit swooped on Germany’s Commerzbank. Now the dealmaker is bidding for Banco BPM
Bid for domestic competitor hits shares in Germany’s Commerzbank, which had been viewed as a target
Lowball offer for BPM is unlikely to succeed but gives UniCredit’s chief room for manoeuvre
Rome approves proposals targeting deferred tax payments and stock options in financial sector
Opposition politicians riled by top government officials caught unaware of talks with Italian lender
Its shares have quadrupled, but the Italian bank must decide where to expand — and how to quit Russia
Analysts forecast Rome will tap institutional investors for more debt
