IFA Family Office

Overview

IFA Consulting SCF Ltd is an Italian independent financial advisory firm founded in 2002 by professionals who had been active in financial advice since the 1990s. The firm reports registration in Italy’s Register of Financial Advisors under OCF Resolution No. 1080, dated April 18, 2019, in the legal-entity section for independent advisers.¹

IFA Consulting describes its model as fee-only professional advice, operating independently from financial-product distributors and providers.²

History

The firm reports serving public institutions and judicial bodies since 2005, including parliamentary commissions, the Court of Auditors, local authorities, and foundations. It also maintains academic ties with the University of Verona in quantitative finance and risk-management models and has contributed teaching at LUISS, Bicocca, and Ca’ Foscari.¹

IFA Consulting reports collaborations with Il Sole 24 Ore, Rai News 24, Rai 3, La7, Data Room, Corriere della Sera, and other media outlets as an independent financial-analysis authority.¹

Timeline

1. 2002IFA Consulting SCF Ltd is an Italian independent financial advisory firm founded in 2002 by professionals who had been active in financial advice since the 1990s.
2. 2005The firm reports serving public institutions and judicial bodies since 2005, including parliamentary commissions, the Court of Auditors, local authorities, and foundations.
3. 20191080, dated April 18, 2019, in the legal-entity section for independent advisers.

Leadership

Nicola Benini is Founding Partner, Chartered Accountant, Independent Financial Advisor, and Consultant to the Judiciary and Parliament. Laura Chilese is Head of Research, Quantitative Analyst, and Independent Financial Advisor. Ilaria Fava is Head of IFA Family Office and an Independent Financial Advisor.¹

Alessio Vencato is Head of Litigation and Corporate Office and a Quantitative Analyst. Elena Filippini is an Independent Financial Advisor and Certified Financial Planner.¹

Services

IFA Consulting’s Family Office and Financial Clinic serves families, companies, institutional entities, foundations, pension funds, territorial bodies, and other clients seeking independent financial analysis. Its work includes asset mapping, financial and economic audits, investor profiling, personalized benchmarks, portfolio planning, implementation support, monitoring, and rebalancing.³

The firm uses probabilistic scenarios and risk measures including maximum drawdown, volatility, value at risk, and conditional value at risk in portfolio analysis.³

Its Corporate Office advises companies and industrial groups on financial risk management, including risk policies, hedging-flow estimates, currency, interest-rate, and commodity exposures, instrument selection, and contractual standards.²

IFA Consulting also lists financial planning and wealth mapping, instrument and service audits, customized portfolio consulting and benchmarking, corporate financial consulting, risk hedging, financial-instrument litigation support, wealth protection, and generational transition among its services.²

The firm provides support in financial pre-litigation and litigation. It reports having acted as an adviser to judicial authorities, an arbitrator, and a technical consultant for parties.²

What the firm offers

• Financial planning
• Philanthropy
• Risk and insurance

Client Focus

The firm’s stated client base spans private families, companies and industrial groups, institutional entities, foundations, pension funds, territorial bodies, public institutions, and judicial bodies. Its Family Office and Financial Clinic is designed for clients seeking independent financial analysis and coordinated support across planning, portfolio oversight, risk assessment, and wealth matters.³

Approach

IFA Consulting presents its approach as independent, fee-only advice supported by quantitative analysis. Its portfolio work combines probabilistic scenarios with measures such as maximum drawdown, volatility, value at risk, and conditional value at risk, while its broader practice integrates financial planning, risk management, wealth protection, and generational transition.²³

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Sources

1. IFA Consulting, About Us
2. IFA Consulting
3. IFA Consulting, Family Office

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