Alberto Checchinato

Banor SIM SpA is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Milan, Italy. The firm was founded in 1989 and was bought out in 2000 by a group of private investors and managers led by Massimiliano Cagliero. Banor SIM specializes in capital management and advisory services for high net worth clients, institutional clients, private and complex entrepreneurial families’ private wealth.

Bestinver Sociedad de Valores SA (Italy) is the Italian broker/dealer arm of Bestinver Sociedad de Valores SA in Spain. They are ultimately owned by Acciona SA (BME: ANA). Formerly known as Fidentiis Equities Sociedad de Valores SA, the firm is headquartered in Milan and provides securities brokerage services.

In May 2013, Kepler Capital Markets SA completed the acquisition of Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux SA from Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA, a unit of Crédit Agricole SA. Kepler Capital Markets intends to combine its business with Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux under a new entity, Kepler Cheuvreux, in 2013, and will be headquartered in Paris. They will have offices in Amsterdam, Boston, Frankfurt, Geneva, London, Madrid, Milan, New York, San Francisco, Stockholm, Vienna and Zurich.