UniCredit has raised its exposure to Commerzbank to 28 per cent, as the Italian lender escalated its pursuit of the German bank at the same time as going after domestic rival Banco BPM.
The Italian bank said on Wednesday it had entered into new financial instruments relating to Commerzbank shares, after rapidly building a 21 per cent interest in the German lender in September.
Source: Financial Times
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