MILAN (Reuters) -UniCredit has raised its stake in Germany's Commerzbank to 28% with new derivative contracts, the Italian bank said on Wednesday, as its bid for smaller domestic peer Banco BPM faces hurdles. UniCredit in September emerged as the biggest private investor in Commerzbank, in a move that angered the German government. It sought European Central Bank clearance to get to 29.9% - just below the level that triggers a mandatory takeover offer - before raising the stake with derivatives to near 21%.
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