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Consortium of Italian banks in talks to plug €1.2bn in incurred losses at struggling lenders
Chief executive aims to boost insurance and asset management
Political and macroeconomic threats help to scupper Deutsche Börse and Generali deals
Merits of combining bank and insurer failed to convince
Italian insurer shores up defences against potential bid from country’s largest bank
Italian bank spots potential in lender-insurer structure that has fallen out of favour
Shareholders have reason to resent excessive rewards for failure
Italian bank’s full-year profits rise 13.6% as it weighs up transformational deal
Similarities in the deal should give management and investors pause for thought
Regulators and investors need convincing of deal that would reshape Italian finance
Combining the bank and the insurer would increase risks on several fronts
Italian bank seeks growth in asset management, private banking and insurance
Intesa, Allianz and Axa circle Italian insurer but there are big barriers to a deal
Italian insurer buys stake in bank to ward off rumoured bid with Germany’s Allianz
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