By Giuseppe Fonte and Valentina Za ROME/MILAN (Reuters) – Italy favours keeping Anima Holding in domestic hands and could raise the stake in the country’s biggest independent asset manager it holds through the national post office Poste Italiane, two people close to the matter said. Anima aims to remain independent and develop its own business, a strategy which the Treasury views favourably, the sources said, asking not to be named because discussions are confidential. Both companies declined to comment. Anima is currently discussing strengthening its commercial ties with state-owned bank Mont…