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UniCredit set to free up capital with potential SRT deal, Bloomberg News reports

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Posted on November 9, 2024

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· Last updated: January 28, 2026

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(Reuters) – UniCredit is selling a significant risk transfer (SRT) linked to a 1.5 billion euro ($1.62 billion) credit portfolio to free up capital, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The Italian lender is marketing an SRT worth 144 million euros which is linked to domestic residential mortgages, the report said, citing people familiar with the […]

(Reuters) – UniCredit is selling a significant risk transfer (SRT) linked to a 1.5 billion euro ($1.62 billion) credit portfolio to free up capital, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.

The Italian lender is marketing an SRT worth 144 million euros which is linked to domestic residential mortgages, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

($1 = 0.9287 euros)

(Reporting by Rhea Rose Abraham in Bengaluru; Editing by Shreya Biswas)

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