Ignazio Visco

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.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank for Europe's single currency, the euro. The ECB’s main task is to maintain the euro's purchasing power and thus price stability in the euro area. The main objective of the Eurosystem is to maintain price stability: safeguarding the value of the euro. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.