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Andrea Orcel

  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    European economy
    Europe must decide on the banking union

    Commerzbank and Banco BPM are test cases that ask if we, as a bloc, are serious about greater integration

    Andrea Orcel
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Business InsightPatrick Jenkins
    Orcel vs Caltagirone: a Machiavellian fight for the future of Italian finance

    Two of Italy’s most powerful — and most contrasting — business figures clash over Banca Popolare di Milano

    Andrea Orcel (left) and Francesco Caltagirone
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Banco BPM
    Crédit Agricole lifts stake in Italy’s Banco BPM in blow to UniCredit bid

    French lender’s stake-building comes in wake of €10.1bn takeover offer from Andrea Orcel’s bank

    Banco BPM branch with red pedestrian light
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Due Diligence
    Andrea Orcel resumes M&A offensive Premium content

    Plus, Northvolt’s bankruptcy leads to investor losses and Blackstone teams up with energy giant in new financing deal

    Andrea Orcel
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    News in-depthUniCredit SpA
    Andrea Orcel’s journey from foreign predator to domestic consolidator

    Two months ago UniCredit swooped on Germany’s Commerzbank. Now the dealmaker is bidding for Banco BPM

    Montage of Andrea Orcel and logos of Unicredit, Banco BPM and Commerzbank
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    Italian banks
    UniCredit makes €10bn offer for Italian rival Banco BPM

    Bid for domestic competitor hits shares in Germany’s Commerzbank, which had been viewed as a target

    The UniCredit Tower in Milan's Porta Nuova district
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    LexUniCredit SpA
    UniCredit’s Orcel is just working the angles on European bank mergers Premium content

    Lowball offer for BPM is unlikely to succeed but gives UniCredit’s chief room for manoeuvre

    Andrea Orcel gestures while speaking during a television interview
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    News in-depthUniCredit SpA
    Anatomy of a trade: how UniCredit built its Commerzbank stake

    Italian lender sidestepped bank ownership rules to build 21% position in German rival

    Montage of Andrea Orcel with Barclays, Bank of America, UniCredit and Commerzbank logos and euro notes in the background
  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    Person in the News
    Andrea Orcel, the ambitious UniCredit chief eyeing his next deal

    The controversial move on Commerzbank would be the first big cross-border deal in Europe since the financial crisis

    Illustration of Andrea Orcel
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Commerzbank AG
    Top German investor urges Commerzbank to engage with UniCredit

    Support for open-minded talks with Italian bank comes despite hardening political opposition to potential takeover

    Bettina Orlopp
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    ExplainerCommerzbank AG
    Can Andrea Orcel be stopped from buying Commerzbank?

    UniCredit chief faces stiff opposition from German government and irritation within the ECB

    Unicredit CEO Andrea Orcel smiles as he leaves at the end of the annual Confindustria assembly in Rome
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Due Diligence
    Andrea Orcel sends Germany into a frenzy Premium content

    Plus, Murdoch vies for property listings group Rightmove and a private equity continuation fund’s collapse shows the vehicles’ pitfalls

    Andrea Orcel speaks in an interview
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    UniCredit SpA
    Olaf Scholz says Germany opposes a Commerzbank takeover

    Italian lender raised its stake in German rival from about 9 per cent to 21 per cent through derivatives

    UniCredit credit cards are displayed in front of a blurred Commerzbank logo in the background.
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Business InsightPatrick Jenkins
    Andrea Orcel, Commerzbank and the redemption trade

    After advising on the disastrous break-up of ABN Amro, the banker appears to be positioning UniCredit for a takeover of its German rival

    Andrea Orcel
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Commerzbank AG
    UniCredit approach prompts doubt over Commerzbank’s buyback plans

    German lender puts ‘everything under review’ after Italian rival builds 9% stake

    The entrance to a Commerzbank branch in Berlin.
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    UniCredit SpA
    Orcel plots UniCredit’s boldest move yet on Commerzbank

    Former UBS dealmaker has contemplated tie-up with state-backed German lender for years but Berlin may balk

    A montage of photos of Andrea Orcel and Jens Weidmann, UniCredit and Commerzbank logos and Euros in thebackground
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Due Diligence
    Europe’s most notorious banking dealmaker returns Premium content

    Plus, Wall Street succeeds in bringing down new capital rules and Adnoc goes after a German chemicals giant

    UniCredit chief executive Andrea Orcel speaks in an interview
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    UniCredit SpA
    Can Andrea Orcel solve UniCredit’s big strategic question?

    Its shares have quadrupled, but the Italian bank must decide where to expand — and how to quit Russia

    Montage showing UniCredt, Andrea Orcel and Milan skyline
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    UniCredit SpA
    UniCredit chief Orcel backs French president’s call for bank deals

    Executives at European lenders have long called for consolidation to compete with US and Asia rivals

    Andrea Orcel stands in his office, next to a globe
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    UniCredit SpA
    UniCredit to return €8.6bn to shareholders

    Payout comes as Italian bank reports better than expected quarterly profits

    A woman passes a UniCredit branch in Romania
  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    UniCredit SpA
    ECB approves UniCredit’s share buyback plan ahead of AGM

    Approval comes as investors prepare to vote on pay package for chief executive Andrea Orcel

    Andrea Orcel
  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    Lex
    UniCredit/Orcel: strong performance required to justify pay Premium content

    Shareholders might well question some aspects of the Italian banker’s new package

    Andrea Orcel fell out with Santander over his pay demands
  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    UniCredit SpA
    UniCredit’s board proposes 30% salary increase for chief Andrea Orcel

    Italy’s second-largest lender has been one of the best-performing banks in Europe

    Andrea Orcel
  • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
    Due Diligence
    Another pay drama starring Andrea Orcel Premium content

    Plus, Occidental Petroleum’s miraculous comeback and Deutsche Telekom’s CEO has some regrets

  • Monday, 6 February, 2023
    Spanish court upholds Orcel’s Santander claim but cuts payout by €8mn

    Bank ordered to pay €43.5mn in compensation for aborted offer but will appeal to Supreme Court

    Andrea Orcel
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