Azimut is Italy’s leading independent asset manager (active since 1989). The Parent Company Azimut Holding was listed on the Italian stock exchange on 7 July 2004 (AZM.MI) and, among others, is a member of the main Italian index FTSE MIB. The shareholder structure includes over 1,200 managers, employees and financial advisors, bound by a shareholders’ agreement that controls 25% of the company. The remaining 75% is free float.
www.azimut.itFondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR is the management company of the first private equity fund, Fondo Italiano di Investimento, promoted by the Italian Ministry of Finance with the co-operation of Associazione Bancaria Italiana (Italian Banking Association), Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Confindustria (Industrial Association), Intesa Sanpaolo, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Unicredit and Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari.
www.fondoitaliano.itThe European Investment Fund (EIF) is a European Union agency for the provision of finance to SMEs. EIF’s central mission is to support Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth for SMEs in Europe’s. EIF is part of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group. It was founded in 1994 and it is owned by the EIB, the European Commission and a number of European public and private financial institutions.
www.eif.org