Intesa CEO says rival Unicredit can create value through a merger with Commerzbank
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MILAN, Oct 3 (Reuters) -Intesa Sanpaolo Chief Executive Carlo Messina said on Thursday Unicredit CRDI.MI can create value through a merger with Commerzbank CBKG.DE, as the Italian rival bank already runs a large banking business in Germany.
"You can create synergies because you have got another bank in the country," Messina said during an event in Milan organised by Bloomberg. "In Germany, UniCredit and Deutsche Bank are the only two banks that can create value from an integration with Commerzbank".
UniCredit's operations in Germany comprise mainly of HVB, the Bavarian lender it acquired in 2005.
"The unique way to make cross synergies today is related with the reduction of people," Messina said.
The CEO said the bank would not engage in any M&A activity in the next two years, as he remained focused on increasing commissions and improving technology within the bank.
"The only areas in which we can consider (M&A) is asset management and private banking, where targets are too expensive, difficult to realize," Messina said.
Reporting by Valentina Za, Elisa Anzolin and Giulio Piovaccari, editing by Gavin Jones and Franklin Paul
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