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Asset owners target top management performance at AGMs
Decisions on ESG and executive pay are also top priorities
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People moves: £8bn Church Commissioners appoints head of equities [updated]
Church Commissioners, PRI, Norfund, ESMA, Fondo Espero, Stap, FRC, AFM, AXA Investment Managers, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Värde Partners, Calastone
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Italy’s Espero tenders for depositary bank
ITALY - The government-backed pension fund for teachers and school employees, Fondo Scuola Espero has tendered for a depositary bank.
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Italy’s Espero to hit membership target by summer
ITALY – Fondo Scuola Espero, the state-backed pension fund for 1.1m school employees, is likely to hit its preliminary target of 30,000 members by next summer, according to one of its architects.
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Italy’s Espero teachers’ fund tenders admin
ITALY - Fondo Scuola Espero, the new government-backed pension fund targeting 1.1 million teachers, has tendered for a manager to take on its administration and accountancy function.
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Italy puts money into Espero teachers’ fund
ITALY - The Italian government is to put up to around three million euros a month into the Espero educational pension scheme, the head of the scheme said.
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On the Record: How do you help members get the best out of DC?
Three pension funds - Almenni, AP7 and Fondo Espero - share insights about their DC schemes
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Mandate roundup: Ircantec awards five mandates worth €2.8bn [updated]
Plus: German church fund awards currency overlay mandate to Metzler; Italian education workers’ scheme shakes up manager line-up; Hampshire hires JP Morgan
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Italy: IORP II in limbo
The EU’s IORP II directive has yet to be fully implemented by Italian pension funds
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Italy: Compulsory membership and education are key to improving pension system
Francesco Vallacqua is a research fellow of Center for Applied Research and Finance (CAREFIN) at Bocconi University of Milan. He has held positions as a consultant to governmental institutions and pension schemes, such as at Cometa, the fund for mechanical engineering industry workers, and is currently a board member of Espero, the teaching professionals’ fund.
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Covip approves first Italian public scheme for 1.1 million teachers
ITALY- Pension regulator Covip, Commissione di Vigilanza sui Fondi Pensione has given the go-ahead to the first government-backed pension scheme aimed at public employees, Fondo Scuola Espero.
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Pensions In Italy: An alternative approach
Despite shifting and ambiguous regulation, a growing number of pension funds are increasing diversification by making larger allocations to alternative asset classes, writes Silvio Bencini
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Italian association ponders lack of 2nd-pillar
ITALY – The Italian association of pension funds, Assoprevidenza, says the limited take-up of occupational pensions in Italy is due to the lack of a pension fund for public employees.
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Italy: In search of the right balance
Further scandals at casse di previdenza highlight the urgent need to promote better governance at Italian pension funds, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Italy: Moves to improve standards
Following scandals at casse di previdenza, we asked leading pension funds and advisers: Is there a problem with governance at Italian pension funds and what steps should be taken to improve standards? Carlo Svaluto Moreolo reports