MILAN (Reuters) - UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel has been drawing up plans to take over Banco BPM for years and was almost ready to pull the trigger, two sources close to the matter said. But instead of ...

UniCredit's Commerzbank move sparks opposition, defence Orcel faces political resistance from within Germany ECB approval needed to buy up to 30% of Commerzbank FRANKFURT, Sept 19 (Reuters) - (This ...

Divided between two takeover courtships, UniCredit's Andrea Orcel still has room to sweeten his bid for Italy's Banco BPM, analysts say, while political turmoil stalls a deal with Germany's ...

Having shrunk or exited from the more capital-intensive markets businesses half a decade ago, UBS’s right-sized model is one others have tried to follow. Its earlier move has afforded stability of ...

Hi, it’s Jan-Henrik Förster in Zurich, looking at the message Andrea Orcel is sending to his fellow bank CEOs in Europe. Also today, Nippon Steel is mounting a last-ditch push for US Steel and a ...

UniCredit's CEO Andrea Orcel revealed his hand this week as the Italian lender built a 9% stake in Commerzbank — and a takeover bid for the German rival could still be in the cards. UniCredit faces a ...

True to his reputation as a consummate dealmaker, Unicredit CEO Andrea Orcel is orchestrating one of the largest cross-border bank mergers ever in Europe. Last month, Unicredit swiftly and ...

(Bloomberg) -- After seeing two unsolicited deals in a year stalled by unwilling targets and angry governments, UniCredit SpA Chief Executive Officer Andrea Orcel is finally getting a warmer reception ...

UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel on Wednesday told CNBC that the share price of potential takeover target Commerzbank is currently too prohibitively expensive for a merger deal. UniCredit has built a ...

UniCredit Chief Executive Andrea Orcel said a significant number of jobs would be eliminated if it took over German peer Commerzbank but the figure would be lower than what has been speculated. "I ...

Lots of people in the industry will tell you they always wanted to be an investment banker. Few mean it like Andrea Orcel does. His thesis at university was on investment banks and what they do for ...