Commerzbank

The gloves are coming off in Europe’s biggest banking takeover

After high-level deal talks between UniCredit and Commerzbank broke down, the Italian lender is taking its pitch directly to shareholders

Commerzbank had a market value of about 33 billion euros (S$48.3 billion) at Friday’s market close, compared with about 96 billion euros for UniCredit.

Italy’s UniCredit makes takeover bid for Germany’s Commerzbank

It’s offering 0.485 of its own shares for each Commerzbank share

The lender reported a net profit of 591 million euros (S$888 million) in the quarter ended Sep 30, compared with a profit of 642 million euros a year earlier.

Commerzbank Q3 profit unexpectedly falls 8% as higher tax rates, costs weigh

The bank has applied for an additional share buyback of up to 600 million euros

Commerzbank has “a very well diversified, well managed loan portfolio, and that now pays off,” says chief executive officer Bettina Orlopp.(top)

Commerzbank profit unexpectedly rises in boost to CEO Orlopp

Net income increased 12% from a year earlier and operating profit hit a record

Bettina Orlopp, CEO of Commerzbank, says the lender's strategy update will reveal its "significant value potential".

Commerzbank to cut 3,900 jobs, mainly in Germany, as it fends off UniCredit

The situation tests the country’s ability to prevent its financial centre from losing one of its few remaining big commercial lenders

The moves are aimed at boosting business with clients and avoiding shutdowns at Commerzbank’s 400 retail branches, some of which only have a handful of staff.

Commerzbank to assign more employees to branches in revamp

COMMERZBANK is assigning more employees to work in its branches as it seeks to boost the business its does with clients and meet ambitious new targets.

Berlin was taken aback by UniCredit’s swoop to build a large stake in state-backed German bank Commerzbank, a move the Italian bank says could lead to a merger.

Germany denies report it is mulling law to protect banks from foreign takeovers

GERMANY’S finance ministry on Sunday denied that the country was considering introducing a law to protect domestic banks from cross-border takeovers as Italy’s UniCredit CRDI.MI seeks a merger with Ge...

The details are the fullest account yet of contact between Germany and UniCredit before the Italian bank swooped to buy a large stake in Commerzbank.

UniCredit talked to top German officials before Commerzbank stake buy

UniCredit has since pressed for a possible tie-up in what would be the most ambitious attempt yet at a pan-European bank merger

UniCredit has amassed a 9 per cent stake in Commerzbank, and said it planned to buy more shares if it received regulatory clearance.

Commerzbank would lose clients in UniCredit merger, German lender’s CEO says

COMMERZBANK and UniCredit did not discuss a merger at a recent meeting, the German lender’s CEO, Bettina Orlopp, told a local newspaper, saying any tie-up with its Italian peer would result in the los...

Claudia Buch, the head of the ECB’s bank supervision arm, said that cross-border activities and mergers can offer opportunities to create economies of scale and scope.

ECB’s chief supervisor presses for cross-border mergers

THE European Central Bank’s chief supervisor pressed her case for cross-border bank mergers on Friday (Oct 4) as Italy’s UniCredit considered a bid for Germany’s Commerzbank after taking a large stake...