Banco BPM
Native name | Banco BPM S.p.A. |
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Traded as | BIT: BAMI |
Industry | Financial services |
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Founded | 1 January 2017 |
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Website | http://www.bancobpm.it |
Banco BPM S.p.A. is an Italian bank that started to operate on 1 January 2017, by the merger of Banco Popolare and Banca Popolare di Milano (BPM) (approved by the board of directors on 24 May 2016). The bank is the third largest retail and corporate banking conglomerate in Italy (in terms of total assets in 2016), behind Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit.
The bank is a constituent of Italian blue chip index FTSE MIB; the predecessors, Banco Popolare and BPM, were ranked 1189th and 1502th respectively in 2016 Forbes Global 2000.[1]
History
Banco BPM is the third largest retail and commercial banking conglomerate by total assets in Italy behind UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo, but surpassing Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (€164.385 billion at mid-2016). Although Bank of Italy, the central bank, and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, the national investment bank, technically have larger total assets than Banco BPM, they operate in a different line of business.
As of 30 June 2016 Banco Popolare had total assets of €123.699 billion and net assets of €8.876 billion in a consolidated basis,[2] while Banca Popolare di Milano had a total assets of €49.698 billion and a net assets of €4.571 billion.[3] However, they had a similar size in terms of market capitalization, both already suppressed Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
The shareholders of Banco BPM are the former shareholders of Banco Popolare and Banca Popolare di Milano in a proposed ratio of 54.626%-45.374% .[4] After the capital increase of Banco Popolare in mid-2016, the final exchange ratio for the merger was 1 share of Banco Popolare to 1 share of Banco BPM, as well as 6.386 share of Banca Popolare di Milano to 1 share of Banco BPM.[5]
Banco Popolare and BPM themselves were both originated as People's Bank (Italian: Banca Popolare), a kind of co-operative bank in Italy, based in Bergamo, Verona, Modena, Novara and Lodi (Banco Popolare) and Milan (BPM). They merged and acquired many Banca Popolare and Cassa di Risparmio (saving bank) to become the 4th and 9th largest retail and commercial banking conglomerate in 2015, in terms of total assets, according to a study of Mediobanca.[6] Banco Popolare and Banca Popolare di Milano were about to demutualize in 2016, due to Italian Law N°3/2015, but the two banking group forming a new public limited company directly, instead of demutualize themselves. A new subsidiary, Banca Popolare di Milano S.p.A., would be incorporated to run the brand of BPM for a few years.
On 10 February 2017, the "year zero" financial results was announced. Due to 2016 capital increase of Banco Popolare, the new banking group had a CET1 capital ratio of 12.30%.[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/global2000/list
- ↑ "Consolidated half-yearly report at 30 June 2016" (PDF). Banco Popolare. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ↑ "Relazione finanziaria semestrale del Gruppo Bipiemme al 30 giugno 2016" (PDF) (in Italian). Banca Popolare di Milano. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ↑ "APPROVAL OF THE MERGER PROJECT BY BANCO POPOLARE AND BPM" (PDF). Banco Popolare / Banca Popolare di Milano. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ↑ "JOINT PRESS RELEASE" (PDF). Banco Popolare / Banca Popolare di Milano. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ↑ "LE PRINCIPALI BANCHE ITALIANE [2016]" (PDF) (in Italian). Mediobanca. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ↑ "Results as at 31 December 2016" (PDF). Banco BPM. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.