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Milan directory · 54 firms

Asset management firms in Milan

Most Italian asset management is owned by banks - which is exactly what makes the independents worth mapping. Scattered around Milan's financial district are 54 genuinely independent managers: founder-led SGRs running specialist equity and credit strategies, real asset managers, and boutiques spun out of the big houses by managers who wanted their own name on the door. FirmScope verified each one by hand as active, Milan-based and independent of the banking groups, with its strategy recorded the way the firm itself describes it.

Scroll for the list. The full directory adds working website and LinkedIn links, named contacts where firms publish them, and filters by strategy - the fastest route to a credible target list in Italian asset management.

30
Generalist
10
Private Credit
4
Infrastructure
3
Real Estate

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25 of the 54 firms on the list

FirmFocusTeam size
Europa Investimenti S.p.A.Private Credit51-200
Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGRGeneralist51-200
LFPI ITALIA REIMPrivate Credit51-200
NextaliaPrivate Credit51-200
Quaestio Capital SGR S.p.A.Multi-Asset51-200
Anthilia SGRPrivate Credit11-50
Apeiron ManagementPrivate Credit11-50
Arcadia SGRGeneralist11-50
Azzurra CapitalGeneralist11-50
Banco BPM Invest SGRGeneralist11-50
BLUE SGRReal Estate11-50
CFO SIM S.p.A.Multi-Asset11-50
Colliers Global Investors ItalyReal Estate11-50
F2i SGRInfrastructure11-50
FSILong Only11-50
Fürstenberg SGRGeneralist11-50
KYIP Capital SGRGeneralist11-50
Lio FactoryMulti-Asset11-50
Mediobanca SGRGeneralist11-50
NUOGeneralist11-50
RealStep SGRReal Estate11-50
Renaissance PartnersGeneralist11-50
Riello Investimenti SGRPrivate Credit11-50
Sosteneo Infrastructure PartnersInfrastructure11-50
Valeur Asset ManagementGeneralist11-50

Ordered by team size, then name. Websites, LinkedIn pages, search and filters are in the full directory.

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What counts as a boutique here

Independent asset managers with real Milan operations: specialist SGRs, credit and real asset managers, and multi-strategy boutiques whose ownership sits with the founders rather than a banking group.

The bank-owned giants of Italian asset management are excluded on purpose - their graduate schemes are well documented. This list covers the firms that hire one person at a time, quietly.

Full detail on sourcing and verification is on the methodology page.

Common questions

How many boutique asset managers are in Milan?

FirmScope currently tracks 54 in Milan. Italian asset management is heavily bank-owned, so the independent pool is select - and the list updates as it consolidates.

Why are the famous Italian fund names missing?

Because most of them are owned by banking groups, and this directory maps independents. A manager that belongs to a bank recruits like a bank; the firms listed here hire directly and quietly.

Do Milan asset managers hire juniors without Italian?

Some do, particularly firms with international strategies where English is the working language. Italian helps enormously for domestic-client roles; state it honestly and target accordingly.

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