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.
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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 ...
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BPER Banca launches $4.4bn takeover bid of rival Banca Popolare di Sondrio
The acquisition would add approximately 900,000 customers, close to 400 branches, and around 4,000 employees to BPER Banca’s ...
BPER CEO says Italy's M&A wave prompted defensive bid for Pop Sondrio
By Andrea Mandala and Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) -BPER Banca's CEO on Friday said its 4.3 billion euro ($4.5 billion) ...
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 ...
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 ...
Unipol-backed BPER joins Italy's M&A frenzy with $4.5 billion Pop Sondrio bid
Italy's fourth-largest bank BPER on Thursday joined in a raft of takeover bids rocking the country's financial sector, with a ...
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 ...
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Banking risk, another blow: Bper launches takeover bid on Pop Sondrio for 4,3 billion euros with a 6,6% premium. CEO Papa: "Not a hostile offer"
New twist in the game of risk that is animating the Italian banking panorama. Modena-based Bper has launched a voluntary ...
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BPER Banca Joins Italy’s M&A Spree With $4.5 Billion Bid for Smaller Rival
BPER Banca launched an all-share bid of roughly 4.3 billion euros ($4.47 billion) to take over smaller rival Banca Popolare di Sondrio, the latest twist in a wave of consolidation that is sweeping ...
Why bank investors are standing up to ‘knockout’ bids
The logic for consolidation is straightforward: Europe doesn’t have enough banks with the scale to compete with the US and facilitate investment in essential projects such as the climate transition.
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BPER CEO says Italy's M&A wave prompted defensive bid for Pop Sondrio
BPER unveils 4.3 bln euro all-share offer for Pop Sondrio Unipol is main shareholder in BPER and Pop Sondrio Move prompted by round of M&A in sector, BPER says MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - BPER Banca ...