MILAN (Reuters) – Italian bank UniCredit said it had launched a pilot project to train staff in Italy to try to boost retention rates, weeks after rival heavyweight Intesa Sanpaolo announced a venture with a private equity firm centred around its learning operations. UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel said retention rates were between 30% and 50% higher for companies with a strong learning culture. “Eighty-six percent of millennials say they would stay in their roles if training and development is offered by their employers,” the former UBS banker said. Spurred by the disruption of the pandemic, recor…