IPE's Italy Coverage – Page 11
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News
Mandate roundup: £1bn LGPS fund preparing low-carbon switch
Plus: Solidarietà Veneto tenders two mandates worth €328m; Cardano details six fiduciary mandates
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Special Report
Italy: Prioritising early retirement
The 2019 budget allocated funds to allow more favourable early retirement but its impact has been limited
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News
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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Chart of the Week: Italy’s coalition collapses – bond markets barely blink
Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte quit his post this week, signalling the end of the controversial coalition government of the Five Star Movement and the Northern League
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Italian pension fund Solidarietà Veneto to add infrastructure, real estate
Fund for companies in the Veneto region said it was ready to make the move based on its experience so far in private markets
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Italian roundup: Fonchim offers five mandates worth €1.75bn
Utilities sector fund Pegaso seeks consultant; Media industry fund tenders mandates for equity and bond managers
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Experts voice concerns over planned Italian second-pillar fund
Aon and SSGA say Italy’s INPS is unsuited to run a proposed new pension fund and should focus on developing existing arrangements
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Italian pension schemes hit out at government plan for new fund
The Italian Social Security Institute wants to set up an alternative to existing second-pillar funds, but trade body Assofondipensione warns it could hurt the system
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Compenswiss tenders real estate mandate worth €50-100m via IPE Quest
Quartet of tenders sees Swiss and Nordic investors allocate to China A-shares, currency hedging and core real estate as investors continue diversification push
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Italy roundup: Industry scheme seeks managers for €1.6bn worth of mandates
Fondo Telemaco seeks private equity and private debt managers to run €105m; Solidarietà Veneto picks Groupama, Eurizon for new mandates
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Features
Italy’s first-pillar obsession
Italy’s anti-establishment, eurosceptic coalition government has partly delivered on its promise to reform the pension system. ‘Dismantling’ the 2011 pension reform that curtailed benefits and raised the retirement age was key for both coalition partners – the Five Star Movement and the Lega. Previous governments had raised the retirement age.
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Interviews
How we run our money: Eni
Carlo di Gennaro, head of global group pensions at Eni, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo how the oil and gas company is streamlining its pension strategy
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News
Italian pension fund seeks up to 17 managers to run €4bn
Service sector pension fund re-tenders entire asset base and seeks risk overlay manager
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News
Italian, UK institutional investors back private debt funds
Italian banking sector pension fund and others join European Investment Fund in backing Anthilia BIT III; Merseyside LGPS fund invests £30m with Funding Circle
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News
Asset management roundup: UK, China regulators agree stock connect programme
Plus: DWS to sell €2bn hedge fund business to Alma Capital; MFS signs Italian distribution agreement with Deutsche Bank
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News
Italy roundup: Allianz GI wins €220m mandate from Fondo Telemaco
Tenders announced by a number of other pension funds including Fondo Pensione Nazionale BCC/CRA, Fondo Crédit Agricole, and Fondo Cometa
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News
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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News
Italian telecoms scheme appoints Payden & Rygel to €250m mandate
€1.8bn Fondo Telemaco pension fund began an asset allocation overhaul last summer
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News
Asset manager roundup: Generali backs ex-Pioneer staff’s multi-asset firm
Also: Deutsche Börse buys Axioma in $850m deal; AQR opens Frankfurt office
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News
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