December 2007– Current Head of Research for Private Investors
Research Department of Intesa Sanpaolo
Macroeconomic, fixed income (govies, credit and EMG) and equity research (indices and single stocks) as well as asset allocation analysis and commodity research for private investors. Analysis of the banking sector and the funding environment.
Major responsibilities include: 1) discussing and defining the macroeconomic scenario and the outlook of interest rates and the main asset classes; 2) supervising a team producing research reports; 2) meeting private clients to present the macroeconomic scenario and the investment strategies.
April 2005– November 2007 Co-head of Macroeconomics & Asset Allocation - Head of Market Strategy & Analysis
Research Department of Banca IMI – Sanpaolo IMI Group
Macroeconomic and fixed income research (govies, credit and EMG) for major countries, as well as asset allocation for institutional clients.
July 2004– March 2005 Fixed Income and Economic Research
Research Department of UBM - Unicredit Banca Mobiliare, Investment Bank - Unicredito Italiano, Milan
Macroeconomic and fixed income research (govies, credit and EMG) for institutional clients.
October 2002 – June 2004 Fixed Income and Economic Research
TradingLab Banca, Investment Bank - Unicredito Italiano, Milan
Macroeconomic and fixed income research for private and retail investors. A special focus was devoted to research on high yield products like Corporate Bonds, LatAm and Eastern Europe Government Bonds.
January 2001 – September 2002 Fixed Income and Economic Research
Research Department of UBM - Unicredit Banca Mobiliare – Investment Bank- Unicredito Italiano, Milan.
Economic research for institutional clients on selected European economies (France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic) and relative value analysis on respective Government Bonds.
July 1998 – December 2000 Economist - Euro area Economy
Research Department of UBM Unicredit Banca Mobiliare – Investment Bank- Unicredito Italiano, Milan.
Analysis and forecasts of the euro area economy for institutional clients, working on econometric models in order to provide day-by-day and long-term forecasts on major macroeconomic indicators of the Euro Area economy.
October 1997 – June 1998 Economist - Italian Economy
Credito Italiano, Milan. Research Department
Analysis and forecasts of the Italian economy for institutional clients, working on econometric models in order to provide day-by-day and long-term forecasts on major macroeconomic indicators of the Italian economy.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND AND MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
June 2011-March 2017 Vice-President of the Italian Financial Analyst Association (AIAF)
September 2006 Chartered Financial Analyst
January 2003 CFA Institute Member
November 2002 Options for the Professional, International Trading Institute - Chicago
June 1998 Master in Financial Economics, "London Business School" and Bocconi University", Milan Italy.
June 1997 Master in Economics (MEC), "Bocconi" University, Milan – Italy
March 1996 Graduation in Economics at the "Federico II" University; Final dissertation in Monetary Economics: "Analysis of the demand for money"; Final grade: 110/110 with honors.
Languages English: Fluent French: Fair Italian: Native
IT skills Office, Eviews, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, basic programming
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