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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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NewsFondo Gomma Plastica awards €712m to Anima in multi-asset reshuffle
The fund reassigned assets previously managed under multi-asset mandates with AXA IM and Groupama, consolidating them with Anima
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NewsItalian 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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NewsItalian schemes team up for public equity investment to bolster domestic economy
The pension fund quartet is creating a consortium for public equity allocations to benefit from tax breaks at mandate level
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NewsItalian vets scheme picks bfinance to design sustainable investment policy
Enpav’s investment strategy has so far lacked the integration of ESG criteria
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NewsFonchim reviews sub-fund’s strategy picking UnipolSai as new manager
UnipolSai Assicurazioni will manage a €285.94m portfolio, replacing Amundi
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Italian roundup: Minibond, Pioneer, BNP Paribas, Prometeia, PensPlan, Fondo Pegaso, Groupama
Pioneer launches €200m Italian minibond fund, offering debt with minimum rating of B-
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NewsItalian schemes bolster ESG standards in private equity allocations
Research shows that 57% of Italian institutional investors directly buy private equity products in line with ESG criteria
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Country ReportItaly's recovery: Endless opportunities for pension funds
Italian pension funds are primed to participate in Italy’s post-COVID-19 recovery
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Country ReportItaly: The greening of the pension industry
Italian pension funds are developing their approaches to sustainable investing, with increasing focus on impact and engagement
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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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Country ReportPrivate 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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Country ReportPrivate 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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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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Country ReportESG picks up steam
Italian pension funds have been late starters in embracing ESG principles but they are catching up fast
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Italian occupational fund subscribers up 0.6%
ITALY – New subscribers to Italian occupational pension funds have risen a “mere” 0.6% in 2003, according to research consultancy Prometeia.
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The European insurance challenge
European insurers may turn to a wider range of asset management strategies as they face up to difficult market conditions
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Financing the real economy
The credit funds industry is evolving fast to meet the needs of the world’s SMEs. Claudio Bocci and Gianmatteo Guidetti provide a survey of the products on offer
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NewsMandate roundup: Foncer, Epap, Enpapi, PKH, Nottinghamshire
Italian pension funds have issued searches for balanced and fixed income managers
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Telemaco: A colourful approach
The telecom pension fund has increased diversification significantly, considering alternatives and ESG





