UniCredit bank CEO Ghizzoni attends during the press conference at the Unicredit headquater in downtown...
UniCredit bank CEO Federico Ghizzoni attends during the press conference at the Unicredit headquater in downtown Milan, Italy, February 9, 2016. Italy's biggest bank by assets UniCredit beat analyst forecasts by turning in a net profit in the fourth quarter and also boosted its capital base, although it said it will pay a scrip dividend for the third year running. UniCredit posted a net profit of 153 million euros ($172 million) in the last three months of the year, against an expected loss of 140 million euros according to an analyst consensus distributed by the bank. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini