Caught cold by UniCredit's swoop on Commerzbank, Germany will want to avoid a national embarrassment
Italy’s UniCredit appears to have caught German authorities off guard with a potential multibillion euro merger of ...
Commerzbank picks new boss as UniCredit's move given cool response
German lender Commerzbank appointed finance boss Bettina Orlopp as its new chief executive on Tuesday as UniCredit's move for ...
Commerzbank appoints CFO Orlopp as CEO as UniCredit builds up stake
Bettina Orlopp will take over as chief executive officer of Germany's Commerzbank in the near future, the bank announced on ...
Germany does not see legal means to prevent UniCredit takeover, sources say
The German government does not see legal powers it could use to prevent the takeover of Commerzbank by Italy's UniCredit , ...
Analysis-Germany talks tough but has limited room to halt UniCredit's advance on Commerzbank
UniCredit Chief Executive Andrea Orcel has succeeded in uniting Germany's political establishment in opposition to his ...
UniCredit's stake in Commerzbank puts Europe's vision of a banking union in focus: Analyst
Craig Coben, former global head of equity capital markets at Bank of America, says Europe's vision of a banking union is what ...
Italy’s UniCredit Trades Blows With Berlin Over Commerzbank
Germany’s chancellor decried “unfriendly attacks” on banks after UniCredit moved to raise its stake in the lender.
Commerzbank appoints Bettina Orlopp as CEO as UniCredit builds up stake
Bettina Orlopp will take over as chief executive officer of Germany's Commerzbank in the near future, the bank announced on ...
Italian bank UniCredit’s bid for German stalwart Commerzbank provokes outrage
In a 2005, in a shock-and-awe move, UniCredit snapped up Bavaria’s historic HypoVereinsbank (HVB) for €15 billion. Since then ...
Commerzbank board member warns of significant job losses with a hostile UniCredit takeover
Stefan Wittmann, who is also a senior official at German trade union Verdi, told CNBC’s Annette Weisbach that “we certainly ...
New Commerzbank CEO expected to fight a potential UniCredit takeover
Commerzbank on Tuesday announced its new chief executive would be Bettina Orlopp, who is expected to fight a possible takeover of the German bank by Italy’s UniCredit. Orlopp, currently Commerzbank’s ...