Ghizzoni upbeat for Pop.Vicenza

(ANSA) - Milan, April 7 - Unicredit CEO Federico Ghizzoni said Thursday that he was hopeful Popolare di Vicenza's upcoming 1.75-billion-euro capital increase via a rights issue will be a success. "The pre-marketing has started. I'm very confident that the operation will go ahead in a positive way," said Ghizzoni, whose bank is underwriting the contract for the cash call. "It's an operation that the market will respond positively to".