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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

MILAN (Reuters) -UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel is facing persistent requests from the Italian bank's board to provide detailed and timely updates about his merger and acquisition strategy, four people ...

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 ...

UniCredit SpA Chief Executive Officer Andrea Orcel wants to decide at the end of this year whether he makes a takeover offer for Commerzbank AG, linking the decision to the next German government’s ...

The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Sergio Ermotti is taking a gamble. The UBS chief executive is preparing to install his former colleague Andrea ...

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 ...