Corporate / Financial
AURIGA
Auriga is one of the foremost suppliers in Italy of leading edge solutions for multichannel banking. It provides financial institutions with a full range of products, services and consultancy for managing ATMs, Internet banking, mobile banking and branches.
Thanks to its complete range of technologies and advanced services, today Auriga boasts an impressive market share, dealing with the management of almost half the Italian fleet of ATM systems (over 35,000 units) and the supply of Internet banking services to over 500,000 customers.
ECPI
ECPI is a leading independent provider of sustainability research, rating and indices aimed at the integration of intangible value/non–traditional risk factor research such as ESG (Environmental risk, Social impact and Corporate Governance structure) with mainstream quantitative financial analysis. The company was founded in 1997 by a group of professors from Bocconi University along with experienced finance professionals aiming to exploit the effectiveness of sustainability research in the context of capital markets’ investments.
AQUAFIL
Established in 1969 in Arco (Trento), Aquafil manufactures the synthetic fibre Nylon 6, with specific focus on the production of fibres for textile flooring, a segment in which the Group is market leader in Europe with a share of 34% and the second player in the world. The company has also significant experience in the segment of engineering plastics and special textile fibres. Aquafil, which in 2008 achieved a turnover of 380.7 million Euros, is present with production plants in Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, USA and Asia, employing over 1,800 employee.
MARAZZI GROUP
Marazzi Group, based in Sassuolo (Modena), is the world’s most important manufacturer of ceramic tiles. Marazzi Group operates in 130 countries and employs 4,000 workers for a consolidated annual revenue of Euro 750 million and a production of over 83 million squared metres of ceramic tiles.
UCINA
UCINA - National Union of Shipyards, Marine and Connected Industries - is a no-profit organization that deals with the development and promotion of the marine industry, and promotes the growth of marine culture and tourism. UCINA, which is a member of Confindustria - the Confederation of Industries, gathers over 460 companies and organizations involved in the pleasure craft industry.
Members are provided with assistance, protection, information, representation and consultancy, both from a technical and a regulations standpoint. UCINA, jointly with Fiera di Genova (Genoa Fair), is the promoter of the Genoa International Boat Show - the largest in the world dedicated to boats and marine culture.
Banca Popolare di Milano (BPM)
Banca Popolare di Milano (BPM) is one of the main Italian cooperative banks. The mai activities of the institution are retail banking, small and medium business banking and asset management.
Brunello Cucinelli
Brunello Cucinelli, fashion company headquartered in the town of Solomeo (Perugia) globally renowned for its coloured cashmere collection that are nowadays part of a wider range of products.
LUISS
LUISS (Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali) Guido Carli, is a scientific and cultural reference point in Italy and abroad for economic, management, social and law studies. In 2010 LUISS ranked first among private universities for its Politics and Law faculties and second for its Economics one (according to Censis Survey).
London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.L) sits at the heart of the world’s financial community. The LSE Group is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with significant operations in Italy and Sri Lanka and employs around 1500 people. The Group operates a broad range of international equity, bond and derivatives markets, including London Stock Exchange; Borsa Italiana; MTS, Europe's leading fixed income market; and Turquoise, offering pan-European and US derivatives trading. Through its markets, the Group offers international business unrivalled access to Europe’s capital markets. The Group is a leading developer of high performance trading platforms and capital markets software and also offers its customers around the world an extensive range of real-time and reference data products and market-leading post-trade services.
Cavit
Cavit is a company created in 1950 as a large co-operative composed of a large number of small wineries with the aim of creating and spreading the wine culture throughout the Trentino region, assist and contribute to the "training" of his winegrowers.
With over 4500 winegrowers, 5,700 ha of cultivation and more than 100 labels just in the Italian market, Cavit - taking part in the most famous and prestigious international wine competitions - has obtained since 2000, more than 400 awards.
The company employs 200 employees and between June 2008 / May 2009 reached a turnover of 128.6 million euros. Adriano Orsi is the Chairman and Enrico Zanoni is the Managing Director.
BCM & Partners
BCM & Partners is an independent investment manager established in June 2005 by a group of executives from Morgan Stanley in London. BCM & Partners has EUR 765 million in assets under management, focused on credit investment products including: open-ended funds, discretionary managed portfolios, a fund and a fund of hedge funds. BCM & Partners gives investors access to a highly sophisticated investment and operational platform, that puts a strong emphasis on technology and the experience of its investment and operational teams.
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is the world’s oldest bank and nowadays it iso ne of the leading Italian banking institution with over 1,900 branches on the Italian territory, about 25,000 employees and over 4.5 million customers. MPS is a leader in all principal banking practices with operations ranging from traditional banking services to asset management and insurance services, from investment banking to structured finance, with a great expertise in retail and commercial banking services mostly aimed at families and SMEs.
Giochi Preziosi
Giochi Preziosi is the leading toy manufacturer in Italy and the 4th worldwide. The Group, headquartered in Cogliate, Milan, operates in Italy as well as in the rest of Europe and in China, where it has two manufacturing and distribution units located in Hong Kong and Shenzen. Giochi Preziosi designs, manufactures and distributes several sorts of toys, mainly aimed at babies and children between 0 and 12 years.
GWM Group
The GWM Group is an independent financial services partnership based in Geneva and Luxembourg, with offices and representatives in major financial centres around the world.
The Group is composed by five parent companies which are: GWM Wealth, specialized in wealth management and family office; Sodali, an independent and conflict-free consultancy dedicated to advising Boards and the Management of companies on shareholder response; GWM Merchant, which provides management consulting and merchant banking services; GWM Institutional, the asset and investment management firm of the Group; and GWM Renewable Energy, which is specialized in investments in renewable energy and clean tech.
Italcementi
Italcementi Group, founded in 1864, is the world’s fifth largest cement producer with an annual production capacity of approximately 75 million tons of cement. The parent company, Italcementi S.p.A., is one of Italy’s 10 largest industrial companies and is listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. The Group’s operates in 22 countries in 4 Continents boasting an industrial network of 59 cement plants, 11 grinding centres, 5 terminals, 350 concrete batching units and 90 aggregates quarries.
In 2010 the Group had sales amounting to about 4.8 billion Euro.
It is a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development(WBCSD). Moreover, Italcementi has been included in “The Sustainability Yearbook 2011”, the yearly publication by SAM (Sustainable Asset Management), and has adhered to the UN Global Compact, a strategic initiative promoted by the United Nations to align companies operations and plans with universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and ethics.
Seat PG
SEAT Pagine Gialle is a group focused on three business areas: Directories, Directory Assistance and Business Information. In Italy the Group operates through some of its most renowned bands, such as Pagine Gialle, Pronto Pagine Gialle 89.24.24, Pagine Bianche and Tuttocittà. Abroad the Group holds relevant shares in parent companies Thomson Directories, Telegate and Consodata Group. SEAT Pagine Gialle, operating in the directories market for over 80 years, counts on a commercial network of over 2,000 technicians working on the development of new technologies, a database of over 15 million families, 3.8 million representatives and a wide range of products able to offer an integrate communication system. SEAT Pagine Gialle is nowadays a large multimedia platform that offers to tens million of clients detailed information and sophisticated research instruments as well as a wide offer of multimedia (paper-phone-internet) advertising services to its advertisers and further cutting edge products.
Unicredit
UniCredit is a major international financial institution with strong roots in 22 European countries and an overall international network present in approximately 50 markets, with about 160,679 employees and 9,607 branches. The Group operates in multiple markets via country-based banks with a significant local presence. Although the Group has a retail and commercial banking footprint, nowadays it is specialized in all banking practices, such as corporate and investment banking, insurance services, asset management and structured finance.
Assocarboni
Founded in 1897, Assocarboni is a non-profit association and, with more than 90 member companies, is the only association representing the entire coal value chain from coal mining groups to electricity and steel producers, cement manufacturers, shipping firms, terminal operators, maritime agents, surveyors, engineering companies, boiler makers, bulk handling equipment manufacturers. The Association aims to ease, promote and regulate the consumption of solid fuels in Italy.
Manuli Rubbers
Manuli Rubber Industries is a multinational group that operates through the parent companies Manuli Hydraulics and Fluiconnecto by Manuli.
Manuli Hydraulics is focused on achieving excellence in the design, manufacture and sale of machines and fluid conveying rubber/metal components for high pressure hydraulics and oil & marine applications.
Fluiconnecto by Manuli is focused on achieving excellence in providing end-users from all sectors with top quality hydraulic components and technical services.
Reply
Reply is a leading consulting, system integration, application management and business process outsourcing company, specialising in the creation and implementation of solutions based on new communication networks and digital media.
Reply’s offer is aimed at fostering the success of its customers through the introduction of innovation along the whole economic digital chain. Given its knowledge of specific solutions and due to a consolidated experience, Reply addresses the main core issues of the various industrial sectors. Reply supports the main European Industrial groups operating in Telco and Media, Banking, Insurance and Financial companies, Industry and Services, Energy and Utilities and Public Administration market segments.
Reply’s offer covers three areas of competence: consulting, system integration and application management.
Legal
Ferrante Law Firm
Ferrante Law Firm, with its headquarter in New York, is an innovative boutique law firm specialized in helping top-name international business found and expand successful U.S. ventures, especially in the areas of fashion, design, art, food & wine, hospitality, entertainment, photography and e-commerce. The Firms offers individualized advice and comprehensive services and network of resources in all areas including: corporate transactions and operations, immigration, real estate, intellectual property and commerce. The firms multilingual attorneys provides everything the clients need to establish, manage and grow their business in the US, including traditional and e-commerce ventures.
Brand
E. Marinella
E. Marinella is the prestigious manufacturer of handcrafted ties established in Naples by Eugenio Marinella at the beginning of XX century.
About 100 years have passed since the opening of the historical showroom in Piazza Vittoria in Naples, nowadays Marinella is the most famous and iconic brand for ties.
Marinella’s saga began with Eugenio, the founder, who, after having worked for 15 years in the men’s clothing industry, decided to revolutionize the style and the look of upper-class men. He’s the founder of Marinella’s philosophy: the boutique is a living room where personal relationships are based on availability, courtesy and respect. His son Luigi, who took over then, and his grandson Maurizio, who manages the company today, have carried the founder’s philosophy forward, making Marinella’s ties a globally recognized symbol of elegance.
