General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> January 19, 1998

Gaimpaolo Trasi – Imi Sigeco Uk

GIAMPAOLO TRASI was born in Rome in 1960. He graduated magna cum laude in Economics in 1983 in the University of Rome and got a Master in Business Administration at Scuola Amministrazione Aziendale in Turin in 1996. He is an ordinary member of AIAF (Italian Association of Financial Analysts) and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has worked with the IMI Group since the beginning of his career, first as an analyst for the industrial financing in Rome and then as an equity analyst for Imi Sigeco since 1987 in Milan. He has been an analyst for the Italian Automotive sector during the last ten years, including Fiat and Pirelli among his main coverages. He has also covered the cement and construction sector and some Italian holding companies. He has been appointed Head of the Italian Research Team in 1995 and today he coordinates a group of 9 equity analysts and two macroeconomists. Giampaolo Trasi acts as country strategist for the Italian Stock Market, assessing market prospects and Index targets in his publication "Italian Investment Strategy." In recent years, he spoke in various conferences (Italian privatisation; Value Creation). During the last 12 months, IMI Sigeco Research Department has extensively applied the Economic Value Added model to the major Italian listed companies (see the publication: Value Creation in Italy, March 1997), deriving it from the experience of Stern-Stewart in Us. IMI Sigeco Research team ranked 2nd in 1997, according to Institutional Investors and Euromoney, in the Italian Research ranking. It has also been awarded the Leonardo d'Oro (best research team among Italian houses) in 1997. He is married and has two daughters. Profile
TWST: Mr. Trasi, why don't we start by your giving us a description or a

profile of your firm and your responsibilities at that firm?

Mr. Trasi: IMI SIGECO is a brokerage house belonging to