1. The role of institutional investors in the Italian financial system
1.1. Institutional framework
1.2. SGR and SICAV, pension funds, insurance companies, private wealth managers
1.3. Development of intermediation by institutional investors: an international comparison
2. Traditional institutional portfolio management techniques
2.1. Benchmarks and passive management strategies
2.2. Benchmarks and active management strategies
2.3. Total return strategies
2.4. Capital guaranteed and capital protected products
3. Portoflio diversification through alternative asset classes
3.1. Hedge funds and funds of hedge funds
3.2. Private equity
3.3. Real estate finance
3.4. Commodities
3.5. Currency overlay techniques
3.6. Structured products
4. Policies of risk control
4.1 Risk measurment: instruments
4.2 Ex-ante risk limits
4.3 Ex-post risk evaluation
4.4 Performance attribution techniques