Investments in venture capital and in the debt of unlisted companies have long remained the prerogative of institutional and professional operators. Small savers were effectively precluded from having private equity, private debt, venture capital and infrastructure assets in their portfolios, capable – historically – of offering higher and decorrelated returns compared to shares and bonds on the public markets. A virtue which, however, comes with a constraint to remain invested for a prolonged period, even beyond 10 years, as in the case of private equity. Today this path can also be followed by private investors – carefully weighing risks and opportunities – thanks to the eltifs (acronym for European Long Term Investment Fund), i.e. the long-term funds introduced by a European regulation in 2015, then updated in January 2024 with a new regulatory framework, which has made this market more attractive. According to a survey conducted byCourier Economy among the main operators in the sector, seven of the 16 eltif funds currently available in Italy were launched after the entry into force of the new regulation on 10 January. The data does not include products managed by operators already active in the eltif segment – such as Eurizon, BlackRock, Kairos, Credem PE sgr, among others – but not currently in the placement phase.
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