Filippo Di Benedetto Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

FIG sector coverage including bank equities, AT1 RV Trades, thematics.

Oxfordshire, Inghilterra, Regno Unito

Setting up team covering Global Macro

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

- Banks & Financials Coverage Team. Pitched mortgage insurer stock (Long NDAQ: NMIH) to the Investment Committee. Buy recommendation at $30.56 with 1 year holding period (TP $50.76). Half-way update (09/2024): CP $41.04 (~30% upside). - Finalist (5/50 teams selected) at the Oxford Inter-Uni Stock Pitch Competition sponsored by Saray Capital

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

- Selected as one of 30 students from across the University of Oxford to join the fund's academy. - Training Sessions would be hosted during weekends to develop skills in investment research, valuation techniques (e.g., DCF, Comps), financial modeling on Excel, and accounting. - Offered to join as an Investment Research Analyst in the Fundamental Strategies Fund, with responsibilities to write one investment memo per term and pitch it to the Investment Committee and at Stock Pitch Competitions.

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

- Wrote functions and loops in R to automate exploratory data analysis (EDA) for all commodities Futures & Options- Uploaded the code on Nasdaq's internal GitHub repository for other teams to replicate the granger tests and rolling cross-correlations on any other instruments of interest

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

- Extracted order book data from Nasdaq NTS and Refinitiv DataScope and manipulated with tidyr and dplyr (R)- Performed correlation tests to compare 17 alternative measures of association with easystats (R)- Tested granger time series hypothesis and cross-correlations of commodity futures & options and related instruments with stats, astsa, rugarch (R)- Pitched findings to the Research & Innovation Council including SVPs (30+ people in NY, London, Sydney). Findings were also presented to clients at Nasdaq's Surveillance Conference 2023 in Tokyo. Received offer to return and work PT during my MPhil.

London, England, United Kingdom

Joined Multi-Asset Investment & Allocation team as a Research Intern to present a thematic investment research piece on FinTech. Presented a ppt to the Investment Committee.- Backtested cross-correlations between crypto and major asset classes in Python- Compared Bitcoin Vs Gold as a portfolio diversifier and identified companies that leverage Blockchain for economic moats- Pitched macro-implications of digital assets to Principal (CIO), Portfolio Managers, and Chief of Risk

Started a side hustle in early 2019 with the simple idea of using the web to market products through the FBA programme. This relatively small venture funded my Master's at Imperial.- Founded private label (FarmTech®) marketed through Amazon.it in the Top 100 Best Sellers of the Pet Category. Won Climate Pledge Friendly award issued by Amazon & ClimatePartner. Sold the brand to private investor in 07/2022.- Sold Research reports & Marketing Analytics to SMEs. I reported on industry trends, product demand forecasts, advertising returns, and cross-price elasticities using data science programming languages and econometric methods. Relevant results included reducing inventory costs and increasing conversion rates by double-digit % pp.

Como, Lombardy, Italy

Captain of Giovanissimi Nazionali (U14), Allievi Lega Pro (U16), Allievi Nazionali (U20), Primavera 3 (U20). Vice-Champions of Italy 2017 Dante Berretti (Primavera 3).

Master Of Philosophy - Mphil, Economic History, Met Dphil/Phd Requirements

Activities and Societies: CapitOx, The Oxford Union, Bacchus (Wine Tasting Society), Poker Society, Wolfson Football, Wolfson Boat Club.

Master'S Degree, Business School, Distinction

Activities and Societies: TEDxImperial, Tech Trip 2022

Master Of Science - Ms, Economics For Business (Applied Economics), Distinction

Dissertation (70%): “Military spending and innovation, econometric evidence from Israel”

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Economics, 110/110 Summa Cum Laude

High School Diploma, Scientific Studies (Maths, Physics, Science & Chemistry, Philosophy, Latin, History, Literature), 3Rd Best Of My Class

Primary And Secondary School