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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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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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Italy roundup: Pension funds pull positive returns in 2020 despite pandemic
Fopdire, Previmoda, Foncer, Previp, Fondapi, Eurofer, Inarcassa
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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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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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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 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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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
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Pegaso chooses TFR manager
[17:01 CEST 17/05] ITALY – The €191m pension fund for Italian utility workers is one of the first to choose a manager for a yet unknown amount in TFR severance payments that will enter the fund from July.
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Mefop puts occupational take-up at under 9%
ITALY – According to new data from pension association Mefop, the take-up rate of workers eligible to access the Italian second pillar is just under nine percent – with the largest fund worth 1.65 billion euros.
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Italian funds on manager trail
Fondo Pensione Complementare per la Famiglia (Fondo Famiglia), the Italian housewives’ and part time workers’ pension fund, which could potentially include as many as 15m members, has drawn up a shortlist of 12 asset management firms to take care of the fund’s assets. The successful companies will be revealed next ...
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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