Deutsche Bank mulling steps agst UniCredit Commerzbank move

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 16 - Deutsche Bank is sharpening its weapons and studying possible countermoves to thwart the possible takeover of Commerzbank by UniCredit after Italy's second biggest bank upped its stake in the German lender to 9%, Bloomberg said Monday.
    Among the options being considered by CEO Christian Sewing is the purchase of some or all of the remaining 12 per cent stake in Commerzbank still held by the German government, according to Bloomberg.
    There has so far been no official comment from Deutsche Bank.
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