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Mistakes to avoid when investing
December 13th, 2011
The best results when investing are obtained by using coldness and rationality and often, even by adopting a contrarian behavior, that is antithetic, with respect to the rest of the market.
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Long Term Saving Plans: a powerful tool to increase welfare saving also in Italy
November 16th, 2011
Long term saving plans will be a new entry in the Italian asset management setting. A favorable capital gain taxation will facilitate longer-lasting investments and promote therefore welfare saving. Long term saving plans have already been successfully introduced in other European countries and in the US.
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Easier to understand mutual funds. The new KIID and the simplified offer documentation
September 23th, 2011
The Key Investor Information Document (KIID) is the new document that comes with the subscription of mutual funds. The advantages are significant. In two clearly-written pages, there is all the relevant information for investors. It’s an important step towards providing them with awareness, thus favoring a proper financial planning decision process.
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Stock Market Seasonality
June 15th, 2011
Seasonality, or more appropriately “market anomalies”, are stock market trends that recur at particular times of the year. And which, therefore, are independent from economic and financial factors.
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The “Record Date” effect on 2011 shareholders’ meetings in Italy
May 19th, 2011
Adoption of the “Record Date” mechanism has led to a slimlining of the procedures governing minority shareholder participation in the Shareholders’ Meetings of the main Italian listed companies. This has translated into more extensive exercise of voting rights and conferred greater meaning to the decisions taken by shareholders.
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Gianluca Manca
Head of Sustainability
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Socially Responsible Investment: a growing market
March 23th, 2011
Sustainable and socially responsible investment is still a niche market, but in a not-too-distant future, the selection of securities based on environmental, social, and govern-ance evaluation parameters seems set to condition also traditional investment approaches.
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Mirco Portolani
Fund manager of Eurizon Azioni PMI Europa
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Behavior of small caps in the expansive phase of the economic cycle
February 15th, 2011
Historically, investment in mid-caps and small-caps has allowed an amplification of the effects of an economic recovery, anticipating exit from the recession, and outperforming other indices in expansive phases.
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Marco Fontana
Fund Manager of Eurizon Azioni Pacifico
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The perspectives of domestic consumption in Asian emerging economies
October 10th, 2010
The reasons that will modify the profile of emerging Asian economies are numerous, moving the barycenter from exports to domestic consumption. With significant advantages for stability and length of their economic growth.
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Corrado Gaudenzi
Head of Quantitative Research
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Investing successfully in equities: how long does it take
July 12th, 2010
Certain investment criteria can contribute to “shorten” the long period
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The presence of independent members elected by minority shareholder groups to the Board of Directors and Board of Statutory Auditors of listed companies
May 25th, 2010
The proposed independent members included in the minority lists presented by mutual funds have received full appreciation and have been elected with significant portions of share capital.
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