Banca IMI SpA, Research Division

Banca IMI SpA, Research Division is a research firm. It offers macroeconomic and fixed income, equity and credit, retail, technical and quantitative, industry banking, and international economics research. Under the macroeconomic and fixed income research, the firm offers research on currency, monetary and government bond markets. Under equity research, it provides research and recommendations on the Italian listed companies. The firm also produces sectoral and thematic research. It offers research and recommendations aimed at defining market strategies on debt instruments with focus on individual sectors and issuers and credit products segment. Under retail research, the firm offers research and recommendations concerning scenarios, asset allocation suggestions and trading ideas for private clients, small and medium-sized companies and banks. It provides intra-day comments and periodic publications concerning the main markets such as the equity, bond, currency and commodity markets; and specific publications with subject-matters such as the real estate market, mortgages or model portfolios which include a strategic and tactical asset allocation. The technical and quantitative research offers daily research and recommendations on the major equities listed in Italy and Europe and on all major futures. Under industry and banking research, the firm produces structural analyses and forecast scenarios on economic sectors, analyses of the region, industrial zones, local authorities and local public services; structural and economic analyses on banking and financial intermediation; and forecast scenarios for the Italian banking system. Under international economic research, it offers analysis on economies and external markets with particular regard to emerging countries and countries in transition. The firm caters to institutional and corporate clients. Banca IMI SpA, Research Division is based in Torino, Italy. It is a subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo SpA.