louise kernohan stays with us, the investment manager at aberdeen asset management. are exposed within the u.k. government. we discussed britain's brexit options. this is bloomberg. ♪ a.m. in london and 8:20 in rome. italy is waking up to seeing matteo renzi resigned. open just under 20 minutes ago, down by 1%. italy is facing a new political future. it was the size of the no v hee that is interest to t market, at 60%. italian government bonds trading up this morning in terms of terms an yield and down in e of price. europe is facing a new political period of turmoil. the euro dollar, just off a 20 month low at 1.0583. that is the italian political question. let's get to the business flash with christine harvey. reporter: thank you. amundiinvestment from is the pioneer to purchase asset management from unicredit. the business is valued at 3.5 billion euros and a purchase of pioneer would be the biggest acquisition of amundi. that would grant a most $1.4 trillion in assets. protesters have won a landmark victory with the u.s. denying the permit needed to complete the