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Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA

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  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    News in-depth
    Monte dei Paschi battle rumbles on after verdicts quashed

    Thirteen executives acquitted of helping world’s oldest bank hide more than €2bn losses

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    Monte dei Paschi poised to replace CEO Bastianini

    Italian state-controlled bank’s current boss has defied government requests to step down

  • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
    LexEuropean banks
    MPS/UniCredit: between a rock and a hard bargainer Premium content

    Italy’s options appear to have narrowed

  • Monday, 25 October, 2021
    LexUniCredit SpA
    UniCredit/MPS: Orcel switches from deal maker to deal breaker Premium content

    Chief executive deserves credit for holding out for a big dowry, but he may have made enemies along the way

  • Monday, 18 October, 2021
    UniCredit SpA
    Talks over UniCredit’s acquisition of Monte dei Paschi hit impasse

    Italian government wants deadlines extended as negotiators say capital injection remains stumbling block

  • Monday, 27 September, 2021
    News in-depth
    Tension mounts as Monte dei Paschi di Siena nears its end

    UniCredit is poised to carve up world’s oldest lender, sparking consolidation of Italy’s banking system

  • Friday, 30 July, 2021
    Bank stress tests
    EU stress tests show world’s oldest bank would be wiped out in economic shock

    Verdict on Monte dei Paschi di Siena comes as UniCredit is in talks to buy ailing lender

  • Friday, 30 July, 2021
    LexUniCredit SpA
    UniCredit/Monte dei Paschi: Andrea Orcel must stick to his firm line Premium content

    Chief executive has set sensible conditions on relieving the Italian government of the bank it nationalised

  • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
    European banks
    UniCredit enters exclusive talks to buy Monte dei Paschi

    Long-mooted move would be first big deal under new chief executive Andrea Orcel

  • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
    UniCredit SpA
    Prospects dim for merger of UniCredit and state-owned rival MPS

    Government balks at new conditions Italy’s second-largest bank has attached to the deal

  • Monday, 5 July, 2021
    Europe Express
    EU to develop investment initiative to counter Chinese influence Premium content

    Draft statement seeks a “geostrategic approach” to investments abroad

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    LexItalian banks
    MPS/UniCredit: Draghi and Orcel go toe to toe Premium content

    Majority state-owned bank is final obstacle to clearing up mess at Italy’s worst-run lenders

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    Inside BusinessSilvia Sciorilli Borrelli
    Rome wrestles over the future of Monte dei Paschi

    Takeover by UniCredit considered as Italian government faces deadline to sell stake

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    LexItalian banks
    UniCredit/Monte dei Paschi: all roads lead elsewhere Premium content

    Governments should not press well-run banks to mop up the mistakes of badly-run lenders

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Corporate bonds
    European bank bonds rally on stronger economic prospects

    Premium in yield that investors demand to hold the debt drops to lowest level since February

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    Italian banks
    Italy’s former finance minister named UniCredit chairman

    Appointment seen as clear signal country’s largest bank will be forced to play role in sector consolidation

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
    Monte dei Paschi to shed non-performing assets to attract investors

    Government-backed lender seeks to kick-start consolidation in Italy’s fragmented banking sector

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    Financial fraud
    Jail terms for 13 bankers over Monte Paschi scandal

    Ex-Deutsche Bank and Nomura staff sentenced in Milan alongside former managers at Italian bank

  • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
    Jail time sought for ex-Deutsche, Nomura staff over Monte Paschi scandal
  • Monday, 3 December, 2018
    Moody’s cuts Monte Paschi rating deeper into junk territory
  • Monday, 22 October, 2018
    Monte dei Paschi sniffs out demand for pricey new debt

    Rescued Italian bank braces for expensive step if ordered by regulators

  • Thursday, 4 October, 2018
    LexEuropean companies
    Italian banks: popular uprising Premium content

    A frenetic political news cycle leaves lenders vulnerable

  • Wednesday, 23 May, 2018
    Italian politics
    Italian bank stocks sell off amid political wrangling

    Bond yields rising amid equities decline, FTSE MIB down 2 per cent on the day

  • Wednesday, 23 May, 2018
    Italian politics
    Italian bond fears turn to Monte Paschi debt

    Bank ‘a hot potato’ as populists policies risk raising the cost of funding for lenders

  • Thursday, 17 May, 2018
    Banks
    Monte Paschi shares rattled by Five Star, League plans
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