Italy's Monte dei Paschi appoints banks for rights issue - sources
LONDON (Reuters) - Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena has appointed Goldman Sachs and Mediobanca to run its rights issue, alongside existing global coordinators Citi and UBS , two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Italy's third-largest bank could raise up to 2.5 billion euros (1.96 billion British pounds) to plug a 2.1 billion-euro capital shortfall, a source told Reuters.
The lender has added Barclays , Bank of America Merrill Lynch , Societe Generale and Commerzbank as bookrunners for the deal, the sources said. Deutsche Bank is also a bookrunner, one of the sources said.
($1 = 0.8012 Euros)
(Reporting By Freya Berry and Sophie Sassard; editing by Clare Hutchison)
