IPE's Italy Coverage – Page 14
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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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NewsItalian 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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NewsItaly 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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FeaturesItaly’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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InterviewsHow 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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NewsItalian 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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InterviewsHow we run our money: Laborfonds
Ivonne Forno (pictured), the CEO of Laborfonds, the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional pension fund, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo shortly after the fund’s 20th birthday
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Strategically speaking: Tages Group
Saying that Tages is an investor in alternative asset management businesses does not really do justice to its eclectic nature
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Italian funds team up to invest in alternatives
Eight industry-wide schemes are pooling resources in an innovative approach to illiquid assets
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Generali pensions unit targets cross-border, risk transfer markets
Generali Global Pension will offer de-risking solutions and cross-border plans to multinationals
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AnalysisAnalysis: European Commission rejects Italian budget plan
Italy’s government is intent on keeping its budget promises after the European Commission rejected its draft plan, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
