Italy’s small investor push to slacken when ECB rate cuts start

ELISABETTA Trevisan, a 50-year-old teacher from Venice, plans to use interest payments from an Italian bond for small savers to help put her two sons through university.

The three bonds she bought for €40,000 (US$43,100) carry an annual coupon of up to 4.5%, a healthy mark-up on other savings options, with payments every three or six months.