UniCredit has entered into exclusive discussions with a consortium including global asset manager Pimco, real estate specialist GWM and loan management specialist Finance Roma for the set-up of a long term platform, project "Sandokan", designed to manage a selected pool of large real- estate backed loans over a medium to long term period.
The platform shall bring added real estate sector expertise to the target portfolio through proactive asset management, implementation of innovative solutions and by providing additional funding when needed.
Project Sandokan will be a partnership focused on an initial portfolio of loans, targeted at Euro approximately 1.2 Billion and will not result in the deconsolidation of the portfolio for UniCredit Group.