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Italy's Mediobanca beats profit forecasts as it fights off MPS bid
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 9, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 9, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Mediobanca exceeds profit forecasts, reporting 334 million euros in Q3. It faces risks from MPS's takeover bid, focusing on a merger with Banca Generali.
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's Mediobanca on Friday beat market forecasts with its quarterly results, but warned that risks posed by Banca Monte dei Paschi's hostile takeover bid would increase if its own proposed merger with Banca Generali succeeded.
Mediobanca said last month it planned to acquire asset manager Banca Generali and bring wealth management revenue to 45% of the total from 26% at present as it sought to fend off an unsolicited bid from smaller rival Banca Monte dei Paschi (MPS).
"The MPS offer for Mediobanca presents numerous risk factors" and they "would be further amplified with the combination Mediobanca-Banca Generali", the merchant bank said in a statement, without elaborating further.
Mediobanca will seek shareholder approval for the Banca Generali deal on June 16 and CEO Alberto Nagel has said he hopes the plan's backing would signal investors' intention to reject the Monte dei Paschi's proposal, which aims to combine its and Mediobanca's bank networks
Some of Mediobanca's investors, including its biggest shareholder Delfin, have welcomed the Banca Generali acquisition proposal, though they said they did not necessarily see a conflict between that plan and the MPS bid.
Mediobanca reported a net profit of 334 million euros ($374.95 million) in the third quarter of its financial year that ends on June 30, beating a bank-provided analyst consensus of 304 million euros.
Revenues increased by 3% year-on-year to 920 million euros, surpassing expectations thanks to the contributions from all banking divisions.
Mediobanca confirmed its full-year outlook, including earnings per share growth in the 6%-8% range and is set to pay an interim dividend of 0.56 euros per share later this month.
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(Reporting by Gianluca Semeraro; editing by Alvise Armellini, Valentina Za and Tomasz Janowski)
Mediobanca reported a net profit of 334 million euros in the third quarter, exceeding analyst expectations of 304 million euros.
Mediobanca plans to acquire asset manager Banca Generali, aiming to increase its wealth management revenue from 26% to 45% of total revenue.
Mediobanca indicated that the MPS offer presents numerous risk factors, which would be amplified by the combination of Mediobanca and Banca Generali.
Mediobanca will seek shareholder approval for the Banca Generali acquisition on June 16.
Mediobanca confirmed its full-year outlook, projecting earnings per share growth in the range of 6%-8% and plans to pay an interim dividend of 0.56 euros per share.
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