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A deal still makes long-term sense and Orcel may just have the diplomatic chops to pull one off
Italian and German chief executives scheduled talks earlier this year but shelved tie-up
Plan set in motion last year to return €16bn to shareholders by 2024 is still on track
Italian bank considers how to leave the country while warning of huge losses
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis says that Italian bank’s remuneration policy is not aligned with investors’ interests
Western executives have limited ways to exit: sell up, wind down or pass the business to the state
Andrea Orcel says lender is conducting ‘urgent’ review of its Russian operations
Europe’s lenders have large stocks of unused provisions built up during the pandemic
Italian bank reassures investors it will still fulfil its dividend pledge
Italian bank could have added scale with Otkritie deal but chief executive has other priorities
Milan-based lender abandons plans to buy Otkritie after talks between Italian business chiefs and Vladimir Putin
Central bank takes action as US threatens ‘massive consequences’ if Moscow invades Ukraine
Italian banker says remuneration fight ‘was the right thing to do because there was no other way’
Italian bank’s chief has delivered treats with his new strategy
Italian lender’s new three-year strategy aims for 10% annual net profit growth and plans dividends and share buyback programme
Italy’s options appear to have narrowed
Italian bank will lay out strategic plan in December with profits up 55 per cent in third quarter
Chief executive deserves credit for holding out for a big dowry, but he may have made enemies along the way
Bank and Italian government cannot agree terms to recapitalise struggling lender
Italian government balks at high cost of recapitalising world’s oldest bank
Italian government wants deadlines extended as negotiators say capital injection remains stumbling block
Politics still stymies the consolidation of European banking fiefdoms
Verdict on Monte dei Paschi di Siena comes as UniCredit is in talks to buy ailing lender
Chief executive has set sensible conditions on relieving the Italian government of the bank it nationalised
Milan-based bank earnings report comes hours after it says it is in exclusive talks to buy MPS
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