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Private banking awards national winners 2025: Bulgaria
UniCredit Bulbank demonstrated strong financial performance and made notable enhancements to its product offering over the review period.
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UniCredit: Mustier’s magical year
As a self-described ‘insider-outsider’ at UniCredit, Jean Pierre Mustier has transformed the image of Italy’s biggest bank – inside and out – over an extraordinary 12 months as CEO.
UniCredit’s new guard fights to revive its empire
After a few difficult years, culminating in the resignation of its long-serving CEO, Italy’s biggest lender is hoping for a fresh start. But plenty of hurdles need to be overcome if it is ever to reassume its position as one of Europe’s leading banks.
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The Italian bank refined the blueprint for cross-border bank mergers in Europe.
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Central and eastern Europe's leading institutions have been quick to praise UniCredit's acquisition of HVB, which creates the region's biggest bank. But, they warn, it had better stay on its toes, as rivals will look to profit from any loss of focus that the alliance brings.
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Boards are faced with a tough decision on a structure to combine the banks' strengths in central and eastern Europe -
Combined group has the potential to be a domestic market leader
