Cdp drops the ace of the markets: the first Investor Day in Milan with over 150 big names in finance

A programmatic manifesto on the priorities of the group (and the country) and, at the same time, a clear signal sent to international markets. Cassa Depositi e Prestiti has chosen the great hall of the Sda Bocconi School of Management, in the heart of the Lombardy capital, to celebrate the first Investor Day in its history.

An exceptional debut which saw Cassa's top management, president Giovanni Gorno Tempini and CEO Dario Scannapieco, call together over 150 institutional investors, managers and representatives of the global financial community, from US giants such as BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, to the large managed savings players such as Fidelity, Pimco, Amundi and Eurizon.

A parterre de roi to take stock of the state of the art of the Italian economy and to open the doors of its strategic subsidiaries: thus, around the same table, the top management and chief financial officers of many national champions from Eni to Poste Italiane, from Snam to Terna, passing through Italgas, Nexi, Fincantieri, Ansaldo Energia and Autostrade per l'Italia moved.

The work was started by the president of CDP, Giovanni Gorno Tempini, and the CEO, Dario Scannapieco, who reiterated the strategic role of Cassa in supporting the country's development. Gorno Tempini explained, in particular, how the first Investor Day reflects the institute's commitment to an open dialogue on the challenges that are transforming the global economy and therefore recalled how the group can and must act "as a bridge between public priorities and private investments", enhancing "a widespread presence in strategic sectors" which constitutes the true infrastructural and industrial backbone of the country.

A positioning which, on the market finance front, has seen the Cassa accelerate significantly in recent years. Since 2023, CEO Dario Scannapieco highlighted, "the group has issued four Yankee bonds, further strengthening its presence on international markets where today there are over 550 institutional investors participating in our issues". The number one then recalled Cdp's pioneering role in sustainable and digital finance - from the first Italian social bond to the first European green bond launched on blockchain technology - and then reiterated the meaning of the Milanese operation: to create, for the first time, a single platform in which the financial community can interact directly with Cdp and with the companies in which the group invests, with the aim of generating a lasting and long-term impact for the country.

The day was divided into a packed program of in-depth sessions and operational meetings dedicated to the hottest issues for national competitiveness. The work began by analyzing the impact of artificial intelligence on business models and productivity, with contributions from Poste Italiane, Accenture and Cassa's CFO, Fabio Massoli. Ample space was then dedicated to the crucial issue of how to finance the energy transition, in a debate coordinated by Gianfranco Di Vaio, head of Investor, Co-Investor & Rating Agencies Relations at Cdp, which featured the financial and strategic managers of Eni and Snam, supported by analysts from Goldman Sachs and Eurizon.