IPE's Italy Coverage – Page 5
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NewsItaly economy minister calls for institutional fund of funds
Structural changes are necessary to reduce the fragmentation of the investments in Italy, says finance ministry’s undersecretary Federico Freni
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NewsItaly’s pension funds association defines first proxy voting guidelines
A working group established within Assofondipensione monitors how effective are the voting policy and the guidelines
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NewsItalian schemes restructure sub-funds offering, introduce new life cycle option
Fondo Pegaso and Fondenel are restructuring their sub-fund offerings for their members, introducing new life-cycle options
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NewsPrevindai’s sub-fund returns 11% with mix of equity and alternative funds
Assets under management increased year-on-year to €14.5bn at the end of 2023 from €13.71bn in 2022
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NewsFondo Pensione Intesa Sanpaolo ditches engagement policy
The scheme looks to strengthen its internal structure for engagement activities, which will come with additional costs to members
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NewsEnasarco returns bump AUM to €8.7bn
It has started managing assets for the retirement bonus fund separately from 1 January 2024, forecasting an AUM of €2.5bn in 2024, reaching €2.7bn in 2026
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NewsFondo Pensione Intesa Sanpaolo plans private market investments
The overall commitment, to be made via Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), is €100m
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NewsENPAM plans a further €520m investment in private markets
Italian scheme targets domestic private debt, private equity and venture capital allocations
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Opinion PiecesTeamwork in rugby and Italian pensions
A peculiar parallel can be drawn between the Italian second-pillar pension industry and the country’s national rugby union team and its supporters, which every year since 2000 gets excited about the Six Nations Championship.
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NewsItaly opens consultation on CSRD
Finance ministry and securities market regulator to assess market size of assurance services in transition to new regime
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NewsItalian schemes plan shareholder activism platform with Frontis Governance
Approximately 14 pension funds with assets under management of around €27bn are taking part in the project
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NewsItalian bank launches benchmarks for pension funds in line with SFDR
BFF Bank’s indices help pension funds assess the performance of their sub-funds’ investments according to Article 8 of the SFDR
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NewsFirst Italian schemes commit to Real Economy Project’s infrastructure FoF
CDP has committed €300m to the FoF, and potentially the same sum will be raised through other pension funds
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NewsPrivate market investments boost Previmoda’s returns
Project Iris (private equity) and Project Zephyr (private debt) have recorded largely positive returns in 2023
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NewsItaly’s Real Economy Project funds of funds reach €800m target
Assofondipensione in favour of discussions on tax exemption on alternative investment returns
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NewsCometa proposes FoF with protection mechanism for direct investments in Italy
the fund is ready to pilot a project with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti to channel capital to support the real economy
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NewsItalian parliamentary committee presses schemes on real economy investments
Assets directly managed by Casse di Previdenza amounted to around 55% of €60bn in 2013, down to one third of €104bn now, says Adepp
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NewsItalian pension schemes with higher equity exposure outperform, says COVIP
Laborfonds, Fondaereo, and Fopen’s equity sub-funds recorded higher returns in 2023 than peers investing in other asset classes
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NewsCometa boosts guarantees for members in ‘Garantito’ sub-fund
Asset manager Generali will beef up fixed income investments as a result
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NewsInarcassa grows AUM to over €14bn as bonds, equities rebound
The pension fund for self-employed engineers and architects in Italy recorded a gross operating result of approximately 7.7% last year
