befinlab
THE RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR BEHAVIORAL FINANCE
People
ALESSANDRO INNOCENTI
University of Siena and LabSi
http://www.labsi.org/innocenti/
Alessandro Innocenti is Associate Professor of Economics of the Department of Political Economy, Finance and Development (DEPFID) at University of Siena. He is director of the Interuniversity Center for Experimental Economics and researcher of the Experimental Economics Laboratory LabSi and Innocenti's research interests originated in the history of game theory and of experimental economics. He wrote a Ph.D. thesis on the introduction of game theory into economics and then he studied how the early evolution of game theory contributed to the emergence of laboratory methods in economics. Progressively, he became interested in conducting laboratory experiments on economic decision-making. This new focus led him to test in the laboratory the robustness of drift equilibrium, the impact of gender differences on trust and reciprocity and the processes of information collecting. He has also studied the organization of local productive systems and the mechanisms of information decentralization in networks of firms. More recently, his research has come to address how cognitive sciences can contribute to the understanding and prediction of economic behavior. The first projects concern the role of cognitive biases in behavioral finance and in the processes of information collecting.
ARUN R. KELSHIKER
CFA, CAIA Russian Federation
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Arun+R./Kelshiker,+CFA
Arun Kelshiker was formerly Deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer at the Allianz Group Asset Management entity operating in Russia, (one of Russia’s largest asset managers). He was responsible for the performance of the company’s investment portfolios including all mutual funds and discretionary mandates. He was also on the Board of Management for the Allianz Group Asset Management entity in Russia. Arun joined Allianz Group’s global asset management operations in the nineties where as a senior equities portfolio manager, he successfully managed Allianz institutional funds with average volumes of several billion Euros. He began his investment career in the early nineties, and has worked with a number of investment firms including ING Barings, Lehman Brothers and Allianz Global Investors; he has also worked in a number of geographies including Emerging Markets in Asia, Europe and Russia. He has his first degree from UMIST, UK, his Masters from Bocconi University, Italy and is currently completing his second Masters (Executive MBA) from the University of Chicago, US. He is a CFA Charterholder and also holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst qualification. His current role is within a Russian investment group, working with the owner in managing a USD1.5billion portfolio of investments. He is a former board member of Russlavbank and Rossia Insurance company in Russia, and a former vice president of the CFA Association of Russia. Arun has presented and chaired events on Russian financial markets internationally on several occasions.
PIER MALPENGALeo Fund Managers Ltd, London
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/pierino72
Pier is an Investment Manager and Head of Trading at Leo Fund Managers Ltd in London. His responsibilities include the management of Leonardo Capital Fund and other funds together with the CIO. Pier holds an Honours Degree in Economics from the Bocconi University where he subsequently worked as a Researcher in the Public Finance Department. He began his career in the Investment banking industry at Mediobanca and then he was an Equity Fund Manager of the Financials Funds at Allianz/RAS Asset Management. From 2000 till the beginning of 2008 he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Equities division first as a sales person and later as a trader of the Financials book.
LORENZO MENCONICorte dei Conti and University of Siena
http://sites.google.com/site/lorenzomenconi/
Lorenzo Menconi is Project Manager of IT projects and Head of the Software Development Team of "Corte dei Conti".
He was formerly Head of Software Development Team of Coop Centro Italia s.c.r.l. (Great Supermarket Chain) and Software Developer of Caliari Research S.p.A. (IT consulting).
DIEGO SALZMAN
London South Bank University
https://phonebook.lsbu.ac.uk/php5/person.php?name=salzman.d
Diego Salzman is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, Science and The Built Environment of London South Bank University.
ALESSANDRO SANTONI
BMPS Research & Intelligence Department
http://www.santogne.com/biografiaeng.htm
I worked for ten years as financial analyst primarily at Goldman Sachs as Executive Director responsible for South European Banking Sector. I was ranked "Top European Rising Star Analyst" (Extel Survey) from 2003 to 2005 publishing several reports on European Banking sectors. I am currently Head of Research, Intelligence and IR at Banca MPS. I received my degrees (Economics, History and Social Communication) from the University of Siena and my MBA from SDA Bocconi-Milan. I have been NATO Army Officer (Anti Aircraft missiles) in 1996-97. I wrote a Ph.D. thesis on applied behavioral finance.