BPER shareholder Unipol would back merger but nothing at present <!-- no image --> <div>As a shareholder in Italy's BPER Banca, Unipol would back a potential tie-up involving the second-lender, the head of the insurance group said on Friday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=i24IB4K3riE:ltMT_wmcX-k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=i24IB4K3riE:ltMT_wmcX-k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=i24IB4K3riE:ltMT_wmcX-k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=i24IB4K3riE:ltMT_wmcX-k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=i24IB4K3riE:ltMT_wmcX-k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/i24IB4K3riE" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters