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UniCredit and Commerzbank square off with target hikes amid takeover battle

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UniCredit posts 8% year-on-year hike in net profit to 2.5 billion euros ( $2.25 billion ) Commerzbank reveals 6.2% drop in third quarter amid a broader drop in net interest income and higher risk provisions.

Markets are watching for whether UniCredit will press ahead with efforts to lure Commerzank into a takeover.

German government has yet to bless the potential union, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz slamming "unfriendly attacks, hostile takeovers".

Fitch Ratings upgraded its rating on UniCredit 's long-term debt to BBB+ — just above the BBB grade of Italy 's sovereign bonds.

Orcel brushed off the exposure risks associated with its stake build in Commerzbank and a potential takeover.

UniCredit will only march ahead "if it gives us the returns out investors expect, actually".