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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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Italy’s biggest bank is offloading choice bits of its 60,000-strong art collection – in doing so it is going in a different direction to peers like Intesa Sanpaolo. -
Gives up on common deposit insurance – regulatory transparency and consistency between states more important, says CEO.
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Prospects for a European deposit insurance scheme (EDIS), together with technology, allow a relatively upbeat assessment on bank merger opportunities, according to Société Générale CEO Frédéric Oudéa.
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UniCredit lifer and top Italian speaker to step down as number two; Khayat and Bisagni take wider commercial roles as Burton becomes CIB head.
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UniCredit regional division head says the UK crashing out of the EU is one of the main external risks to CEE this year.
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The political tune of 2018 was not to UniCredit’s taste. Chief executive Jean Pierre Mustier needs a different rhythm to bring back the party spirit.
