Italy's philanthropic foundations remain significant shareholders in the country's banks, which has helped them ease their way through the economic crisis and maintain a long-term growth strategy.rnIt was not meant to be like this. The philanthropic foundations that own substantial stakes in Italian banks should have continued to diversify away from the sector. Instead, some have found themselves pumping huge sums of money back in, weighting their investment portfolios still further towards bank stocks.
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