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Italy’s BPER Bank Weighs First Significant Risk Transfer as Deals Get More Popular
A relatively small Italian bank is considering selling its first significant risk transfer, demonstrating how the deals are ...
Italian Bank Sondrio Rebuffs Takeover Offer From Rival BPER
The Italian lender Banca Popolare di Sondrio SpA has effectively rejected a takeover offer from rival BPER Banca as too low.
BPER CEO says Italy's M&A wave prompted defensive bid for Pop Sondrio
MILAN (Reuters) -BPER Banca's CEO on Friday said its 4.3 billion euro ($4.5 billion) all-share takeover bid for smaller peer ...
New Italy bank M&A may yet be more than a sideshow
Another day, another chunky Italian bank merger. On the face of it, Thursday’s decision by $9 billion BPER to lob in a $4.5 ...
European shares end lower as trade war worries spike; automakers slide
European shares closed lower on Friday, with automakers among top decliners as investors grew skittish on worries of a global ...
Pop Sondrio Says BPER Bid Not Agreed as Italy M&A Frenzy Prompts Unipol to Hasten Tie-Up
The latest unsolicited bid in Italian banking follows similar moves by UniCredit on Banco BPM and state-backed Monte dei ...
BPER Banca Joins Italy’s M&A Spree With $4.5 Billion Bid for Smaller Rival
The lender said that it was offering €9.527 for each Banca Popolare di Sondrio share, representing a 6.6% premium on ...
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Popolare Sondrio criticizes Bper's takeover bid: it is insufficient on an industrial and financial level
Banca Popolare di Sondrio is moving forward alone, convinced that it has better "growth prospects" in a stand-alone path ...
BPER Banca BPE launches bid to take over smaller rival Banca Popolare di Sondrio
Investing.com -- BPER Banca has made a €4.3 billion all-share takeover offer for Banca Popolare di Sondrio (BIT: BPSI) (BPSO) ...
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BPER Banca Joins Italy’s M&A Spree With $4.5 Billion Bid for Smaller Rival
to take over smaller rival Banca Popolare di Sondrio, the latest twist in a wave of consolidation that is sweeping through Italy’s crowded banking market. The lender said late Thursday that it ...