The German bank named its next CEO on Tuesday. The lender’s board decried a sudden buy-up of stock by Italy’s UniCredit, which may be looking for a cross-border path to take on Wall Street.

Commerzbank's deputy chair voiced opposition on Tuesday to a takeover of the German bank by Italy's UniCredit CRDI.MI.

UniCredit Chief Executive Andrea Orcel has succeeded in uniting Germany’s political establishment in opposition to his ...

Bettina Orlopp has been waiting in the wings for more than four years. With Commerzbank AG scrambling to fend off an ...

When UniCredit bought 9 per cent of Commerzbank this month, the Italian bank’s chief executive Andrea Orcel sought to ...

UniCredit Chief Executive Andrea Orcel has succeeded in uniting Germany's political establishment in opposition to his ...

UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel's stakebuilding in Commerzbank has provoked strong opposition from Germany's political establishment. Despite few legal options to thwart Orcel's ambitions, German ...

In a 2005, in a shock-and-awe move, UniCredit snapped up Bavaria’s historic HypoVereinsbank (HVB) for €15 billion. Since then ...

The German government does not see legal powers it could use to prevent the takeover of Commerzbank by Italy's UniCredit, two ...

Italy's UniCredit stunned markets by clandestinely raising its stake in Germany's second-largest lender to 21%. As ...

The economic stimulus plan announced by the Chinese Central Bank reinvigorates the luxury sector, which hopes for a recovery ...

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said his government decided to suspend sales of Commerzbank AG shares because ...