InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate Italy could take on US$17 billion of UniCredit bad loans to ease MPS sale: Report By financialnews_rlv83x - January 6, 2021 0 97 Italy’s government is working on a plan to take on about €14 billion (US$17.3 billion) of UniCredit’s non-performing loans to make a takeover of state-owned Monte dei Paschi more attractive for the country’s second-biggest bank, sources said.