MILAN, March 24 (Reuters) - Italy's Banco BPM (BAMI.MI), opens new tab has secured more than half of the capital of Anima Holding (ANIM.MI), opens new tab in its bid for the fund manager ...

Banco BPM was relying on being able to apply the rule to limit the capital hit from the Anima acquisition, and distribute an additional 1 billion euros ($1.08 billion) in dividends to shareholders ...