Commerzbank's deputy chair voiced opposition on Tuesday to a takeover of the German bank by Italy's UniCredit CRDI.MI.

Stefan Wittmann, who is also a senior official at German trade union Verdi, told CNBC’s Annette Weisbach that “we certainly hope we can avoid” a hostile takeover by the Italian bank.

The German bank named its next CEO on Tuesday. The lender’s board decried a sudden buy-up of stock by Italy’s UniCredit, which may be looking for a cross-border path to take on Wall Street.

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Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft (CZB) Commerzbank Lays Foundation for Leadership Transition 24-Sep-2024 / 19:29 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

MILAN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed as "an unfriendly attack" a move by UniCredit to become the ...

Commerzbank announced that it had teamed up with Crypto Finance, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse, to offer secure trading and ...

The German bank said that early this month Manfred Knof informed Jens Weidmann, chairman of the supervisory board, of his ...