Italy’s market regulator Consob is analyzing whether to suspend UniCredit SpA’s takeover bid for Banco BPM SpA, after an ...

An Italian court lifted two conditions imposed by officials, while upholding others, marking the latest development in a ...

The European Commission can order Italy to withdraw the conditions it has set to clear UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM , the ...

Rome’s use of the ‘Gold Power’ rule to impose conditions on the merger is controversial because the two companies are both ...

The EU has challenged Italy's conditions on UniCredit's takeover of Banco BPM, claiming potential violations of EU merger ...

An Italian court has scrapped some of the conditions Rome had set to clear UniCredit's takeover offer for Banco BPM, except a ...

A clash between Italy and the European Commission over whether Rome has the right to impose tough conditions on domestic bank mergers escalated on Monday, when a warning letter from Brussels drew a ...

The European Union said Italy's intervention in the proposed takeover of lender Banco BPM by larger peer UniCredit potentially breaches European rules on mergers.

The European Commission cries foul over Italy’s use of national security rules to effectively block UniCredit’s bid for BPM.

UniCredit has attacked the Italian government’s intervention in its hostile takeover bid for rival Banco BPM, criticising its use of powers setting conditions for the deal as “illegitimate”.

Brussels warns Italy over UniCredit–Banco BPM deal, saying Rome’s golden power decree may breach EU law and overstep ECB oversight.

Europe’s banking sector has experienced a flurry of attempted M&A activity over the past year. However, deals including BBVA’s offer for domestic rival Sabadell, UniCredit’s bid for BPM and its ...