Plans for higher defence spending and a more relaxed supervisory attitude to matters such as M&A are fuelling optimism in ...

UniCredit, Italy's second-biggest bank, has received European Central Bank authorisation for its 14 billion euro all-share ...

The authorisations mark the final step before Italian securities regulator Consob can complete the review of the offer ...

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Banco BPM CEO Giuseppe Castagna on Friday rebuffed concerns raised by suitor UniCredit about the impact on BPM's ability to ...

UniCredit has the right to drop its bid for BPM without the Danish Compromise benefits, and it reiterated that it would closely monitor the effects on BPM's profitability and capital levels in ...