July 11 (Bloomberg) -- UniCredit SpA, Italy's biggest bank, named Andreas Bohn, Bernhard Brinker and Piergiorgio Peluso as co-heads of investment banking.

Bohn will be responsible for financing and principal investments, while Peluso will look after investment banking in Italy and Brinker will be responsible for business in Germany and Austria, UniCredit said in a statement today. The three will report to Theodor Weimer, executive chairman of global investment banking.

In a separate statement, UniCredit said Alicja Kornasiewicz will head the emerging Europe unit within the bank's Markets and Investment Banking division. Kornasiewicz will report to Edoardo Spezzotti, head of markets and investment banking.

To contact the reporter on this story: Elisa Martinuzzi in Milan at emartinuzzi@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: July 11, 2008 05:21 EDT