European bank stocks just completed their strongest first-half since 1997, and in doing so extended what has been a golden run for the sector.

Andrea Orcel made his name helping banks choose the moment to pounce on a rival. Last week, the CEO of Italy’s deal-hungry UniCredit UCG-0.04%decrease; red down pointing triangle made his own ...

Divided between two takeover courtships, UniCredit's Andrea Orcel still has room to sweeten his bid for Italy's Banco BPM, analysts say, while political turmoil stalls a deal with Germany's ...

Orcel’s strategy moves between tactical decisions and large operations, in a context marked by political pressures and ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 21 - UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel told Bloomberg TV in Davos Tuesday Italy's second biggest bank was ready to withdraw from its apparent takeover bid for Germany's second biggest ...

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish bank Santander has been ordered by a Madrid court to pay Italian banker Andrea Orcel 67.8 million euros ($76.40 million) over a withdrawn offer to make him chief ...

UniCredit's Chief Executive Andrea Orcel on Tuesday vowed to gradually reduce the stake it has built in the country's top insurer Generali, ruling out large insurance deals for Italy's second-biggest ...

T he career of Andrea Orcel vividly encapsulates the recent history of European banking. At Merrill Lynch, now part of Bank of America, Mr Orcel advised on deals that formed part of the wave of ...

UniCredit's CEO Andrea Orcel revealed his hand this week as the Italian lender built a 9% stake in Commerzbank — and a takeover bid for the German rival could still be in the cards.

The chief executive of UniCredit said in a newspaper interview on Friday the Italian bank was likely to withdraw its offer ...

Goldman Sachs International Co-CEO Anthony Gutman told CNBC that the convergence in U.S. and European growth rates came about ...

MILAN (Reuters) -UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel said on Wednesday he currently saw little scope to advance his acquisition strategy, given that Commerzbank had become too pricey and Italy was effectively ...