Franco Passacantando

European Investment Bank is a long term lending bank representing the interest of the European Union members. It raises substantial volumes of funds on the capital markets and provides finance and expertise for investment projects towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion among members. Its services include lending, blending and advising. The Lending service offers loans, guarantees, microfinance as well as equity investment. The Blending service includes unlock financing from other sources and blended together to form full financing package. The Advising service covers administrative and project management assistance with facilities investment implementation. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Euroclear Ltd. engages in the provision of settlement and related services including banking services for domestic and international securities transactions, covering bonds, equities, investment funds, and derivatives. The company was founded on July 7, 1972 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Euroclear Bank SA/NV provides settlement and related securities services for cross-border transactions involving domestic and international bonds, equities, investment funds and derivatives. It offers asset classes, banking services, corporate actions, primary issuance, tax and settlement services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Centrale dei Bilanci Srl provides financial analysis services. It also offers information systems, methodological, and statistical consultancy as well as economic research services and credit risk projections. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Turin, Italy.

Banca d'Italia (Investment Portfolio) (BD-IP) is the investment portfolio division of state-owned Banca d'Italia in Italy. Headquartered in Rome, BD-IP was founded in 1893. The firm’s primary function is to ensure monetary and financial stability. They are responsible for investment portfolios and manage the country’s official reserves in foreign currency and gold.

Cerved Group SpA provides online information products and services for financial institutions, corporations, insurance companies, public administrations, professionals and private customers. It operates through the following business areas: credit information, marketing solutions, credit management, and the research department. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Euroclear SA/NV engages in domestic and cross border settlement services for bond and mutual fund transactions. It provides settlement, safe-keeping and servicing of domestic and cross-border securities for bonds, equities and derivatives to investment funds. The company was founded 1968 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.