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Previmoda fine tunes for better results
In 2023, Previmoda, the pension fund for the fashion and textile sector, rejigged the strategic asset allocation of its sub-funds Smeraldo Bilanciato, which has a higher exposure to fixed-income, and the equity-focused Rubino Azionario.
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Italy’s Foncer reviews investment strategy to bolster private asset allocation
Foncer has reviewed the limit for investments in its Bilanciato sub-fund, that invests in private assets
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Private 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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Italian 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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Italy roundup: Pension funds pull positive returns in 2020 despite pandemic
Fopdire, Previmoda, Foncer, Previp, Fondapi, Eurofer, Inarcassa
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Italian pension funds pick Eurizon Capital for infrastructure investment
The asset manager will select infrastructure AIFs investing in companies involved in economic, social and renewable energy projects
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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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Italian pension fund quartet boosts private equity investments
Asset manager Neuberger Berman will invest in buyout and growth strategies, and mainly in companies operating in Italy
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Italian pension funds group commits €168m to infrastructure
The process to select an asset manager, conducted with the support of Prometeia Advisor Sim, will end in November
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Fondo Gomma Plastica eyes private equity secondary investments
Rubber and plastic fund chief sees private equity opportunities in the US as the Milan-based fund makes a further pivot to alternatives
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Italian pension funds fine-tune asset allocation
Growing appetite for private market investments, amid shifting equity and bond portfolios, are keeping Italian pension funds busy
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Italy roundup: Inarcassa tilts towards inflation-linked government bonds
Plus: Priamo’s challenges, Previmoda’s returns on equities, fondo pensione Deutsche Bank skips engagement
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Italian pension schemes to further increase exposure to alternatives
Majority of industry-wide pension funds (88%) is investing through mandates this year, up from 79% last year
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Italian industry-wide DC funds team up for private debt investment
Four funds have committed €195m in total
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Previmoda in RFP for bond/equity managers
ITALY – Italian fashion and textiles industry pension fund, Previmoda, is tendering for three managers to run two bond portfolios and one equity fund....
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Italian funds appoint Neuberger Berman to run joint private equity mandate
Five industry-wide defined contribution schemes have joined forces to invest €216m in private equity
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Italian schemes issue first tender for joint private equity investment
Five funds have clubbed together to form Progetto Iride, and are seeking a manager for a €216m mandate
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Private equity: Visions of the future
Is Project Iris, a joint effort by Italian pension funds to invest in alternatives, a sign of things to come?
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Private markets: Seeking post-COVID alternatives
Italian pension funds continue to invest in private markets ahead of a potentially promising post-Covid recovery phase