Italy's Generali and France's BPCE said on Tuesday they had taken the first step towards creating Europe's largest asset manager by revenue as the industry bets on size to protect profit margins. The

Generali and the owner of France’s Natixis Investment Managers agreed to jointly create a European asset manager overlooking $1.979 trillion.

The board of Italy's top insurer Generali has approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that paves the way for an asset management deal with BPCE's Natixis Investment Managers to crate a European champion,

Generali and Natixis (BPCE group) on Tuesday signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to create a European asset management giant that will have 1.9 billion euros in assets under management and 4.