After seeing two unsolicited deals in a year stalled by unwilling targets and angry governments, UniCredit SpA Chief ...

The U.K. has fully exited its stake in NatWest as governments across Europe move to unload holdings in banks they bailed out during the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Following the rapid unwinding ...

Despite the uncertain future regarding its independence, Commerzbank has emerged as one of the top performers in the European banking sector, which itself has outpaced the broader market with a ...

Italy has special powers it can use to protect national security interests but these have become a major hurdle to some of ...

The Rome-based energy company said Monday that a swap agreement between its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America and Gulf Pacific Power will increase its consolidated renewable capacity in the ...

UniCredit chief executive Andrea Orcel said on Tuesday the bank is prepared to let its €14bn takeover offer for its smaller domestic rival Banco BPM lapse, as regulatory hurdles and government-imposed ...

"It’s an investment and it’s a partial ownership, but it will be controlled by the USA," he said. The merger would create the world’s third-largest steel producer by volume, following China ...

This paper presents recent trends in bank ownership across countries and summarizes the evidence regarding the implications of bank ownership structure for bank performance and competition, financial ...

Even when corruption and money laundering schemes are exposed, the lack of transparency in company ownership means that law enforcement agencies cannot track down individuals behind the companies and ...

No matter where you are in that process, you may be wondering how to transfer stock ownership after death. If you designate a transfer-on-death (TOD) beneficiary, the process can actually be ...