UPDATE 2-Italy's Banco BPM bids for asset manager Anima, boosting shares of both Deal looking to benefit from favourable capital rules Will boost revenues from fees as rates decline M&A was forecast among bank insurance units, fund managers Anima shares close up 11%, Banco BPM gais 9% Adds details on rules that triggered deal in paragraph 4-5; concerns over Amundi's investment in Anima in 9; absence of lack of control clause in Monte dei Paschi contract in 12; updates shares By Valentina Za and

UPDATE 1-Italy's Banco BPM launches $1.7 bln bid for asset manager Anima Adds details in paragraphs 6, 10-11 By Andrea Mandala and Valentina Za MILAN, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Italy's third-largest Banco BPM BAMI.MI on Wednesday said it would launch a buyout offer to gain full control of asset manager Anima Holding ANIM.MI in an up to 1.6 billion euro ($1.7 billion) deal.

UPDATE 1-Italy's Banco BPM launches $1.7 bln bid for asset manager Anima Adds details in paragraphs 6, 10-11 By Andrea Mandala and Valentina Za MILAN, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Italy's third-largest Banco BPM BAMI.MI on Wednesday said it would launch a buyout offer to gain full control of asset manager Anima Holding ANIM.MI in an up to 1.6 billion euro ($1.7 billion) deal.

BRIEF-Poste Italiane "relatively optimistic" about 2025, CEO says Nov 6 (Reuters) - Poste Italiane SpA PST.MI CEO Matteo Del Fante tells analysts: POSTE ITALIANE CEO: WE HAVE REASONS TO BE RELATIVELY OPTIMISTIC ON 2025 OUTLOOK BECAUSE COMMERCIAL TRENDS ARE STRONGER POSTE ITALIANE CEO: NO VISIBILITY ON SHARE PLACEMENT, WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR INSTRU

UPDATE 1-Italy's Poste operating profit beats forecast in Q3 Adds CEO quote in paragraph 4, interim dividend in paragraph 9, shares in paragraph 10 MILAN, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Italian postal service operator Poste Italiane PST.MI on Wednesday reported better-than-expected operating profit in its third quarter, helped by a positive performance by all its diversified businesses and cost control.

Italy's Poste operating profit beats forecast in Q3 MILAN, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Italian postal service operator Poste Italiane PST.MI on Wednesday reported better-than-expected operating profit in its third quarter, helped by a positive performance by all its diversified businesses. Poste, which has insurance, financial and digital payment divisions besides the traditional mail and parcels segment, said adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) rose to 789 million euros ($848 million) in the

BRIEF-Poste Italiane Q3 Net Profit EUR 569 Mln Beating Estimates Nov 6 (Reuters) - Poste Italiane SpA PST.MI : Q3 NET PROFIT EUR 569 MILLION VERSUS EUR 515 MILLION IN AVERAGE COMPANY-PROVIDED CONSENSUS Q3 REVENUE EUR 3.06 BILLION VERSUS EUR 3.05 BILLION IN AVERAGE COMPANY-PROVIDED CONSENSUS Q3 ADJUSTED EBIT EUR 789 MILLION Further company coverage:

Italy - Factors to watch on November 6 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . ECONOMY October services PMI HCOB data (0845 GMT). COMPANIES (*) UNICREDIT CRDI.MI The Italian bank raised its profit outlook on Wednesday and said it would start paying out half of its net income to investors

REFILE-Italy's Cariverona to consider buying Poste shares in Treasury's planned stake sale Fixes hyperlink in paragraph 2, no changes to text MILAN, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The Italian banking foundation Cariverona will consider buying Poste Italiane PST.MI shares in the planned sale of a stake by the Italian Treasury, its chairman said on Monday. The Italian Treasury plans to sell a stake of around 14% of the Italian postal service under a public offering, initially expected to be launched later thi

RPT-Italy seen skipping autumn retail bond, crowded out by post office sale Repeats story published on Friday, with no change to text Italy aims to avoid market glut with postal service stake sale Treasury's last retail bond in May saw muted demand Italy well on way to meeting funding needs for 2024 By Sara Rossi MILAN, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Italy will skip its usual autumn issuance of a bond aimed at small savers this year, three market sources said, mainly to avoid a clash with the planned sale o

Italy seen skipping autumn retail bond, crowded out by post office sale Italy aims to avoid market glut with postal service stake sale Treasury's last retail bond in May saw muted demand Italy well on way to meeting funding needs for 2024 By Sara Rossi MILAN, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Italy will skip its usual autumn issuance of a bond aimed at small savers this year, three market sources said, mainly to avoid a clash with the planned sale of a stake in the state-owned postal service which is also focu

Italy - Factors to watch on October 25 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . POLITICS Italy's 5-Star Movement will sever ties with its founder , comedian Beppe Grillo, due to his "acts of sabotage", party leader and former premier Giuseppe Conte said in book excerpts published on Thursday

Italy - Factors to watch on Oct. 23 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . ECONOMY Italy's economic growth this year and next will be weaker than the government's targets of 1% and 1.2% respectively, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the country's main business lobby said on Tues

Italy - Factors to watch on Oct. 22 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . POLITICS Italy's government on Monday passed a decree aimed at overcoming court objections to its flagship immigration plan that is aimed at deterring boat migrants by sending them to detention camps in Albania.

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Barratt Redrow, Genuit Group, Munich Re Oct 21 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies including Barratt Redrow, Genuit Group and Munich Re, on Monday. HIGHLIGHTS * Barratt Redrow Plc BTRW.L : Morgan Stanley raises to overweight from equal-weight * Genuit Group Plc GENG.L : JP Morgan initiates coverage with neutral rating; PT 535p * Intertek ITRK.L : RBC cuts to sector perform from outperform * Munich Re MUVGn.

Italy will put right 'small technical things' on Poste public offering, minister says ROME, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Italy's economy minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Thursday Rome would put right some minor technical issues regarding the Treasury's planned stake sale of the country's postal service. "There is no problem, there are small technical things but we put them right," Giorgetti said on the sidelines of activity in Parliament.

BUZZ-Italy's Poste jumps after share offering document put on hold ** Shares in Poste Italiane PST.MI rise as much as 3.4% after market watchdog Consob temporarily suspended the approval of its share offering document, pending decisions on the stake sale by the Italian Economy Ministry ** The Italian Treasury plans to sell a stake of around 14% of

BRIEF-Italy's Consob Temporarily Halts Approval Of Poste Italiane Share Offering Document Oct 17 (Reuters) - Poste Italiane SpA PST.MI : WITH MEF INITIATE PROCEDURE WITH CONSOB FOR SHARE OFFERING PROCEDURE TEMPORARILY HALTED PENDING DECISIONS ON OFFERING Further company coverage: PST.MI (Gdansk Newsroom)

Italy - Factors to watch on October 17 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . POLITICS Italy's parliament made it illegal on Wednesday for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy -- a pet project of Prime Minister's Giorgia Meloni party which activists say is meant to target sam

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Adidas AG, Covivio SA, L'Oreal Oct 16 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies including Adidas AG, Covivio SA and L'Oreal, on Wednesday. HIGHLIGHTS * Adidas AG ADSGn.DE : RBC raises target price to EUR 265 from EUR 260 * Covivio SA CVO.PA : JP Morgan raises to overweight from neutral * L'Oreal OREP.PA : JP Morgan cuts to underweight from neutral * OCI NV OCI.AS : JP Morgan cuts to neutral from overweight * Wizz