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HSBC wealth buy boosts BNP Paribas’s Germany strategy
As HSBC retrenches from domestic business on the continent, BNP Paribas steps up its ambition in Europe’s biggest economy – focusing largely on the family-owned Mittelstand.
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UniCredit: Mustier’s magical year
As a self-described ‘insider-outsider’ at UniCredit, Jean Pierre Mustier has transformed the image of Italy’s biggest bank – inside and out – over an extraordinary 12 months as CEO.
UniCredit’s new guard fights to revive its empire
After a few difficult years, culminating in the resignation of its long-serving CEO, Italy’s biggest lender is hoping for a fresh start. But plenty of hurdles need to be overcome if it is ever to reassume its position as one of Europe’s leading banks.
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The bank’s new CEO signals openness to M&A, while flagging investment fees as a key profit driver this year. -
The maverick activist is blazing a trail by targeting a big southern European bank – and is warning against the risks of a deal between UniCredit and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
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Less charismatic chief executives will serve Europe’s banks well in the 2020s – unless it simply means that more power will reside with their chairmen.
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Jean Pierre Mustier has spoken candidly with Euromoney throughout his five years of running UniCredit. Here is the inside story of how the first foreign chief executive of Italy’s international banking champion came close to continental leadership but left in acrimony – after clashing with the country’s financial establishment and with chairman-elect Pier Carlo Padoan.
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Must all former chief executives eventually form a special purpose acquisition company?
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The consummate dealmaker appeals to shareholders and the board, by being an Italian with a big international profile.
