UniCredit says idea of separating foreign assets may be considered

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's biggest bank by assets, UniCredit , could consider the notion of putting its foreign operations into an offshore holding company, but it is not an urgent issue, Chairman Fabrizio Saccomanni said on Friday."It's a matter that could be considered in the event that we were to carry out operations of an extraordinary nature," he told CNBC on the sidelines of a banking conference. He did not elaborate but there has been speculation that UniCredit could look to a merger with..