UniCredit-Commerzbank merger: Andrea Orcel eyes control, board overhaul ‘within months’
UniCredit plans to call an extraordinary general meeting once it receives the remaining regulatory approvals needed to take control of Commerzbank...
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Remove Commerzbank leadership, asks UniCredit as Orcel meets German minister
Bettina Orlopp, the Commerzbank CEO, grabbed the headline for leading the months-long ownership battle over Germany's second-largest bank...
Germany pushes to keep Commerzbank listed as merger with UniCredit nears
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil will be pressing the demand, along with other conditions, during his meeting with UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel...
UniCredit-Commerzbank merger: German lender’s Chair calls for review of takeover rules
As per Jens Weidmann, UniCredit's approach raised questions because it had been able to obtain a majority despite making a financially unattractive offer...
Mega-merger ahead? Commerzbank opens negotiation door to UniCredit
The German lender reported stronger quarterly earnings while signalling a more conciliatory stance towards UniCredit’s 45 billion euro takeover approach...
Intesa gains upper hand as Banco BPM abandons MPS merger bid
Banco BPM's main shareholder, France's Credit Agricole, gave a downvote to the deal, stating it would not bring 'any significant value'...
Commerzbank to resume talks with UniCredit for pan-European deal, says CEO
While Commerzbank CEO Bettina Orlopp had been opposing the tie-up, she conducted several – yet unsuccessful – talks with UniCredit recently...
Commerzbank lowers resistance, signals openness to UniCredit takeover talks
UniCredit has asked Commerzbank to start adopting the strategy the Italian bank has mapped out for its German counterpart in January 2026...
Endgame for Commerzbank? UniCredit secures 47.6% of shares of its German counterpart
UniCredit could still struggle to advance its takeover project, due to a united opposition from the Friedrich Merz government, unions, and Commerzbank itself...
Commerzbank maintains defiant stance, urges stakeholders to ward off UniCredit
In a letter, CEO Bettina Orlopp told the shareholders that UniCredit's offer wasn't high enough and the Italian bank had not presented any 'sound plan'...