<div>UPDATE 1-Italy's Del Vecchio asks ECB to allow bigger Mediobanca stake</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Italian billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio confirmed on Monday he had asked the European Central Bank (ECB) for permission to raise his stake in Mediobanca , lifting its shares.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Y7iMHJxT0-0:dpeFd6VITj4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Y7iMHJxT0-0:dpeFd6VITj4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Y7iMHJxT0-0:dpeFd6VITj4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Y7iMHJxT0-0:dpeFd6VITj4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Y7iMHJxT0-0:dpeFd6VITj4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/Y7iMHJxT0-0" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters