IPE's Italy Coverage
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Fondo Pensione Pegaso appoints four managers to oversee €600m mandate
The fund has awarded mandates to PIMCO, AXA Investment Managers, Generali Investments, and Amundi
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Fondo Gomma Plastica awards €712m to Anima in multi-asset reshuffle
The fund reassigned assets previously managed under multi-asset mandates with AXA IM and Groupama, consolidating them with Anima
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Fonchim picks managers for €2.71bn in mandates
Most asset managers accepting mandate renewals agreed to slight fee reductions, says pension fund
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Italian fund overhauls strategy, awards €1.6bn in mandates
Latest round of manager appointments follows a broader decision by BCC CRA to diversify portfolios via new ‘specialist and balanced world mandates’
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Fondenergia seeks manager as it boosts equities investment
The move is part of a broader strategy to offer members a life cycle approach
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Previp strips Amundi of sub-fund mandate
€3.4bn Italian multi-employer defined contribution pension fund reallocates assets to mandate co-incumbent
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Amundi, Generali, Allianz among managers to join Italy’s national strategic fund
Pension funds Enpam, Arco and Prevedi are yet to decide whether to participate in the Fondo Nazionale Strategico Indiretto
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Italian pension funds in focus as strategic national fund seeks capital boost
The fund aims to raise between €1bn and €1.5bn in capital before engaging with international and large-scale investors
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Italy’s largest pension funds outperform in 2024 amid governance overhauls
Enpam surpasses targets, while Cassa Forense posts double-digit returns and Inarcassa boosts private market exposure
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Fondo Telemaco reshapes investment portfolio with new managers for €2.4bn
The appointments are part of a broader shift in the fund’s asset allocation, aimed at increasing equity exposure and simplifying its fixed income structure
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How Italy’s first-pillar pension funds are navigating uncertainty
Enpab and Inarcassa have made bold asset allocation decisions to contain drawdowns, while Cassa Nazionale del Notariato is relying on diversification
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Fopen selects Schroders for €120m private equity mandate
The pension fund for energy firm Enel is also boosting exposure to private debt, committing €105m through Progetto Zefiro
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Italy’s Previndai sidesteps defence play despite sector boom
No changes to the strategic asset allocation are expected in relation to the announced European ‘rearmament’ plan, says Previndai
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Italian private credit-focused DC consortium commits more capital, turns to ELTIF
Progetto Zefiro, the consortium of Italian DC pension funds dedicated to private credit, is making new commitments, to be deployed via ELTIF vehicles
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Italian investors grapple with ban on controversial weapons investments
Pension regulator COVIP, Bank of Italy, IVASS, and the Ministry of Finance published guidelines but no exclusion list
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Enpam targets innovative firms with €190m investment
The Italian pension fund for doctors plans to keep its private markets allocation stable, targeting 12-13% returns in private equity and 7-8% in private debt
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CONSOB committee pushes to force Italian schemes to invest in SMEs’ equities
Italian pension funds only invest 1.8% of total assets in equities of domestic companies, according to pensions regulator COVIP
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Italy’s fund for journalists records lower returns with new strategy
INPGI’s new strategy for the period 2024-2026 will see cutting its exposure to fixed income from 54% to 48%
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Institutional investors play key role in strengthening equity markets, says Consob
Institutional investors tend to shy away from investing in the Italian equity market, according to Italian securities market regulator
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Fondaereo selects asset managers as it sets up new sub-funds
The scheme is selecting managers to invest assets worth €265m