Mr. I. Rebesco, STF’s Fund Manager, graduated with PhD in Economics from the S. Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa where he was a Visiting Lecturer for Economics and Finance from 2002-2003. In addition, he has a Masters in Quantitative Finance from the Venice International University. He previously worked for Intesa-BCI Bank (Suisse) where he was in charge of asset allocation and risk management for Alternative Investments (Hedge Funds and Structural Notes), and in a hedge fund were he was running the quant desk dedicated to the development and implementation of systematic strategies.
Mr. A. Badò, STF’s Fund Operation, graduated with a BA degree from “La Sapienza” University of Rome, qualifying as a registered auditor. His previous experience include five years as a European equity banking analyst and equity derivative specialist salesman at IMI-S.Paolo London based banking group. He then moved to Milan where he spent five years as the head of European equity derivatives at Intesa-BCI and Monte dei Paschi di Siena banking group. In addition, he worked for a macro hedge fund as a global equity derivative portfolio manager.
Mr. D. Scribano, STF’s Fund Manager; graduated from the University of Pisa in Economics. Subsequently, he attended a two-year course qualifying him as a Financial Analyst by Associazione Italiana Analisti Finanziari (AIAF). Prior to joining the fund he worked as an independent trader primarily modeling and trading a trend-following system for a hedge fund, were he headed up a quant desk dedicated to the development and implementation of systematic strategies.
Mr. P. Fietje, Alphea’s Fund Director; graduated from London School of Economics and IESE Business School.
Previously, Patrick was a cash equity/proprietary trader at Goldman Sachs in the industrial sector, where he quickly established himself as a senior trader with strong ties to his hedge fund clients. In 2004 he joined Lehman Brothers International, first as a senior financials trader, then head of banks trading where he further expanded his knowledge of electronic trading and derivatives. Patrick joined Euronova Capital Partners in 2007 as a founding partner of its new large cap fund which in March of 2008 was spun out to form CGP Capital Partners, a European equity large-cap long/short fund.