IPE's Italy Coverage – Page 9
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News
Credit Suisse AM replaces Amundi in Previambiente’s garantito fund
Plus: Inarcassa increases exposure to ESG for European equities; AUM growth for industry-wide schemes slows down
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Special Report
Italy: Reform season lies ahead
Italian policymakers are discussing further changes to the pension system but are reluctant to address the fundamental problems
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News
Italy roundup: Alifond awards mandates for ‘bilanciato’ sub-fund
Plus: Priamo picks Link Institutional Advisory as financial adviser
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Interviews
Exit interview: Ivonne Forno
Ivonne Forno, former CEO of Laborfonds, reflects on her experience of building one of Italy’s most successful pension institutions
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Interviews
How we run our money: Fondo Pensione Nazionale BCC CRA
Sergio Carfizzi (pictured), CEO of Italy’s Fondo Pensione Nazionale BCC CRA, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the fund’s ambitious alternative-investment programme
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News
Pension investors put faith in central bankers to handle inflation
Inarcassa, Danica Pension CIOs tell IPE Summer Pensions Congress they’re confident about monetary policy, but Mondrian warns on debt burden
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News
Progetto Zefiro picks StepStone to invest €215m in private debt
The private debt consortium includes four industry-wide pension funds – Fondo Gomma Plastica, Fopen, Pegaso and Previmoda
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News
Italy roundup: Pension assets grow despite pandemic impact
Plus: Priamo continues positive performance in Q1
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News
Pension investors press companies over Myanmar human rights risks
Norway’s Storebrand one leader of initiative; signatories include Velliv, AP7, Dutch architects
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News
Italy roundup: Inarcassa carries on with private debt allocation
Plus: Journalists fund to invest in real assets; Institutional investors turn to ESG; Fondo Pegaso’s performance
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News
Real Economy Project sets infra FoF investment target
Investments, which could start as soon as this autumn, will have sustainability criteria
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News
Italy roundup: Inarcassa’s investment performance short of 3% target
Plus: Enpab improves operating profits
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News
Italy roundup: Enpam’s net assets climb to €24bn
Plus: Inarcassa buys green bonds; Enpap’s assets rise; Enpav’s positive returns; Byblos’ sub-funds mixed performance
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News
Italy roundup: Priamo awards €200m global bond mandate to Payden & Rygel
Plus: Fondapi seeks alternative investment proposals; Arco, Laborfonds, Pegaso’s real economy project; Alifond’s garantito mandate, Solidarietà Veneto’s performance
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Opinion Pieces
Green ambitions to drive recovery
Last month, Italy announced its first foray into the hot market of green bonds by raising a record €8.5bn (see page 9).
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News
Italy roundup: Pension funds seize first Italian green bonds offering
Plus: Pegaso’s active shareholder approach on ESG; Fondoposte, Alifond postpone engagement policy
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News
Italy records high demand for first green bond offering
Funds can be deployed in sectors including renewable electricity and heat, energy efficiency, transport, pollution prevention and control and circular economy
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News
Italy roundup: Monte dei Paschi scheme seeks ESG, financial advisers
Plus: PreviAmbiente issues garantito mandate, Mario Negri tenders US equities, Fondo Creval searches DB manager
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Opinion Pieces
‘Whatever it takes’ may not be enough
Italy has another new government; the 67th since 1946. An argument over the management of EU COVID-19 recovery funds led to the appointment of Mario Draghi, the former president of the European Central Bank (ECB), as prime minister. He is after all credited with saving the euro-zone by pledging to do “whatever it takes” during the 2012 debt crisis.