What are individual savings plans

Individual savings plans (PIR) are “tax containers”, accounts which can contain different financial instruments (mutual funds, securities, insurance policies, liquid cash), which must be subject to certain investment constraints.

 

The benefits

Individual savings plans allow exemption from income taxes deriving from financial instruments included in the container and the exclusion of said instruments from inheritance taxes.

The tax benefit is augmented by the potential upside of the Italian equity market thanks to positive flows stemming from the initiative, with the possibility of bridging the valuation difference with respect to other European markets.

 

Beneficiaries

The beneficiaries are normally natural persons residing in Italy.

 

Investment solutions

With the Ersel PIR account, the customer can:

• Invest in Ersel’s PIR-compliant funds, Leadersel PMI, Ersel’s historic Italia equity fund, already present as Fondersel PMI, among the best products in its category and the recipient of a number of awards over the years for its consistent results. Leadersel PMI HD is a flexible programme that invests in Italy shares with variable exposure of between 0 and 100% and that, at the moment in which the market conditions call for it, activates coverage through futures that reduce the risk of significant losses and mitigate volatility.
• Access a broader investible universe with respect to the single subscription to a PIR fund, allocating up to 30% of the investment to non-PIR compliant funds that can invest in different asset classes, strategies and markets. The maximum investible amount per individual instrument is equal to 10% of the capital.

The benefit of exemption from capital gains tax and inheritance tax extends to the entire portfolio held in the PIR account, and is not limited to the PIR compliant fund.

 

Restrictions on investments

• Each natural person can invest a maximum of Euro 40,000 per year in PIRs, up to a total limit of Euro 200,000.
• The tax exemption accrues from the fifth year of continuous detention in each instrument included in the plan
• Each natural person can hold only one savings plan.
• In each calendar year of duration of the PIR, for at least two thirds of said year, at least 70% of the sums or securities intended for the PIR must be invested in financial instruments (also unlisted) issued by companies residing in Italy that carry out non-real estate activities.
• 70% of the fund must be invested at least for 25% of the total value in financial instruments of companies different from those included in the FTSE MIB index and at least for a further 5% in financial instruments of companies different from those included in the FTSE MIB indices and FTSE MID CAP.