Minority investments are an increasing feature of the Italian PE market. One key driver of minority investments is demand from many entrepreneurs, founders and small and medium-sized businesses for ...

ROZZANO, Italy (AP) — French media group Vivendi lost de facto control of Telecom Italia on Friday when a U.S. activist hedge fund won a majority of seats on the former state monopoly’s board in a ...

MILAN/MADRID (Reuters) - Italy's Pirelli sold its Telecom Italia interest on Saturday to Spain's Telefonica and a group of Italian banks that will have majority control, ensuring the phone group ...

MILAN (Reuters) - French media group Vivendi has told the European Commission it could "de facto" control Telecom Italia after a shareholder meeting next month appoints a new board of directors, three ...

(Bloomberg) -- Poste Italiane SpA made a €10.8 billion ($12.5 billion) offer to buy full control of Telecom Italia SpA, in a deal that would return the former phone monopoly to government ownership ...

Paul Singer's Elliott Management has won a bitter battle for control of Telecom Italia. Shareholders have rejected the previous board, dominated by French conglomerate Vivendi. Eliott Management will ...