Latest Italy News
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NewsItalian pension fund moves €2.16bn to Luxembourg platform in new strategy
The overhaul coincides with the rollout of BCC CRA’s 2025–27 strategic asset allocation for its three sub-funds
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NewsItalian pension funds reassess market risks while redrafting strategies
Italian Casse rethink allocations, expand private markets and deepen domestic exposure despite mounting macro risks and constraints
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NewsEnpam eyes bigger bets on asset managers Nextalia and Green Arrow
Italy’s largest doctors’ pension fund explores increasing holdings in private equity and alternative managers
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NewsItaly’s pension funds deepen private markets drive amid search for diversification
Several Italian pension schemes are expanding allocations to private markets to boost diversification and returns
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NewsItalian pension funds back higher private markets cap
Lifting the legal threshold that limits Italian pension funds’ allocations to private markets to 20% of AUM helps funds avoid pressure to liquidate private assets at a discount
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NewsCometa tenders €1.2bn in active mandates to diversify €11bn portfolio
The €15bn Italian pension fund for employees in the metal industry is tendering a €900m in active bonds and €300m in active equity for its ‘Reddito’ sub-fund
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NewsAlifond makes infrastructure debut in strategy overhaul with €660m mandates
The pension fund for employees of Italy’s food industry will see its strategic target for alternatives increase to 10% of total assets, up from 8%
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NewsFondoposte builds bond portfolio with tilt to Italian sovereigns
Amundi, one of the pension fund’s fixed income asset managers, will overweight US Treasuries and UK Gilts
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NewsIntesa Sanpaolo pension fund trims sub-fund costs after merger
Synergies from the merger with Fondo Pensione Cariplo are expected to reduce costs indirectly charged to members
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NewsCassa Forense accelerates private markets push
Investments in private equity, private debt and infrastructure now account for close to 15% of the €19.5bn fund’s total assets
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NewsItalian pension funds expand equity allocations to SMEs
Fondo Gomma Plastica, Foncer, Pegaso and Previmoda have appointed Anima to manage a €82m mandate
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NewsItalian pension funds lift returns with tactical shifts
Inarcassa, Fondo Gomma Plastica and Solidarietà Veneto have relied on tactical asset allocation decisions in bond and equity portfolios to deliver positive returns
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NewsEconomists call for further regulation of Italy’s first pillar pension funds
The proposal comes as scrutiny of casse di previdenza’s investments in domestic banks intensifies
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NewsByblos appoints Payden & Rygel for €190m balanced mandate
The €1bn pension fund for the media sector has awarded a globally balanced mandate to invest in bonds, equities and UCITS funds
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NewsItalian pension fund defends position in ‘banking M&A risk’ game
Enpam and Fondazione Enasarco offices were raided by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza seeking documentation relating to securities transactions
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NewsFondo Fon.Te looks for managers to invest €1.61bn in sub-funds
The €6bn pension fund for Italy’s commerce, tourism and services sector is seeking to award 18 mandates in total
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NewsItalian pensions regulator urges consolidation amid structural challenges
Italy’s pensions regulator recently placed the pension fund for newspaper workers under special administration and is pushing for a merger with Fondo Pensione Byblos
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NewsItalian pension funds set ESG agenda for new engagement campaign
Fondo Pegaso, along with Cometa, Fondo Pensione Byblos, Fondoposte, and Inarcassa, are involved in the campaign
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NewsItalian first pillar pension funds required to draft investment strategy document
Document to be submitted to the ministries of labour and economy – the two supervising authorities – as well as to pensions regulator Covip
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NewsFondenergia appoints Azimut for global equity as new strategy takes effect
The new strategy also involves an increase in the equity allocation of the €1bn ‘Dinamico’ sub-fund by around seven percentage points
