Loan defaults at Brazil's Itaú seen rising this year

SAO PAULO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Consumer and corporate loan defaults at Brazilian lender Itaú Unibanco Holding SA will keep rising through the end of the year, Investor Relations Director Marcelo Kopel said on a conference call on Tuesday (Reporting by Guillermo Parra-Bernal; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)