Andrea Orcel, the ambitious UniCredit chief eyeing his next deal – Financial Times
Unlock Editor's Digest for free FT editor Roula Khalaf has chosen her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Back in the 1980s, Andrea Orcel's university thesis was on hostile takeovers. Almost 40 years later, the ambitious UniCredit boss finds himself at the center of the biggest European banking drama in years, as he closes out […]
Germany turns up heat on UniCredit as Orcel urges talks over Commerzbank By Reuters – Investing.com
Valentina Za and Christian Kramer MILAN/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany stepped up its opposition on Wednesday to UniCredit's raid on Italy's Commerzbank (ETR:) as the bank's biggest investors called for talks, which have been sought by the bank's Chief Executive Andrea Orsel. Two weeks after UniCredit shocked politicians and investors by buying a large stake in […]
Andrea Orcel, Commerzbank and the redemption trade – Financial Times
Get your free copy of Editor's Digest FT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It's been 17 years since the last major European cross-border banking deal, so it's only natural that the architects of that deal would lead the next one. In 2007, Andrea Orcel was a financial institutions banker […]