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Italy: 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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Italy roundup: Fondenergia swaps Amundi with Credit Suisse to manage ‘garantito’ fund
Plus: Euronext moves clearing activities to Italy
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Italy: Pension investors raise their sustainability game
Pension funds and other institutions are making greater use of engagement and voting as they pursue their ESG goals
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Italian private pension funds call on Draghi to stay as PM to guarantee stability
Political instability and the possibility of early elections would lead to postponed reforms
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Borsa Italiana, S&P to launch Italian index
ITALY – The Borsa Italiana and Standard and Poor’s are joining together to launch an index that will become the main indicator for the Italian equities market.
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ESG gains ground
Italian pension funds are increasingly making their investment choices with ESG factors in mind
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IPE Conference Day 3: Manager selection, diversity & inclusion and future-proofing
Kevin Eastwood (Local Pensions Partnership Investments), Sylvain Chateau (LSE), and Keith Ambachtsheer (KPA Advisory Services) among other speakers
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A real alternative to help Italy's economy
A review of think tank Itinerari Previdenziali’s and Borsa Italiana’s recent project on Italian pension funds’ real-economy investments
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Briefing: Shining a light on active ETFs
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have grown into a $5trn (€4.4trn) global industry by focusing on a few key selling points – low costs, liquidity, easy diversification and transparency.
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Active ETFs’ disclosure challenge
Active ETFs are still getting off the ground, representing just over 1% of the worldwide ETF market. Nevertheless, they are the focus of intense interest
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Liquidity & Implementation: Will all mutual funds become ETFs?
It took almost five years, but the US regulator still surprised many in the exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry when it gave preliminary approval to Precidian Investments’ ActiveShares in May.
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LSE launches $2.7bn bid for Russell, flags review of investment business
Group behind London Stock Exchange places repeated emphasis on Russell’s index business
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S&P and Italian exchange to launch joint index
ITALY- Standard & Poor’s and Borsa Italiana are to launch a new index, the S&P/MIB 45, designed to provide a broader and more accurate representation of the Italian equities market.
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Italian roundup: Pension fund for journalists, Fondo Progetto MiniBond Italia
Second-pillar pension scheme for journalists appoints six new asset managers
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Italy: Your country needs you
Pension fund assets are in demand for infrastructure and SME lending as bank credit dries up. Carlo Svaluto Moreolo finds mixed views about whether funds will take up this opportunity
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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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Borsa's place in the sun
When Borsa Italiana, the Italian Stock Exchange, introduced a central counterparty (CCP) for its cash markets on 23 May, it was the latest step in a re-engineering of Italy’s post-trade environment aimed at greater integration of the country’s markets with those of Europe. The ultimate aim of a series of ...
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Pensions In Italy: New alternatives exist
Most Italian pension funds are new to alternative investment. However, the wind is changing, with several pension funds making the first significant allocations, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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New index gives better picture of market
The Italian equity market is awaiting the arrival of a new index. The Italian stock exchange, Borsa Italiana, and global equity index provider Standard & Poor’s have established a partnership to launch a new index intended to become the benchmark for the Italian equity market. The new index, to be ...
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Exchanges asked to crack down on 'inadequate' reporting
Institutional investors call on 30 exchanges to address ESG disclosure among listed companies.