Vittorio Siracusa

Overview

Vittorio is a PhD candidate in Economics. He is mainly interested in capital markets and macroeconomic policies and, under the supervision of Professor Michael Ben-Gad and Professor Joseph Pearlman, is focusing his research on the monetary and fiscal policy interactions in the Euro area.

He also serves the Bank of Italy, where he co-manages an investment portfolio on behalf of the European Central Bank. Until 2023 he has been involved in the Bank’s debt management activities on behalf of the Italian Treasury. He studied Economics and Finance at Bocconi University, where he later obtained an MSc in Finance. Before joining the Bank of Italy, he worked for the European Investment Bank and Deutsche Bank’s Corporate & Investment Banking division.

Qualifications

• GRE, Educational Testing Service, United States, October 2020
• MSc in Finance, Bocconi University, Italy, September 2015 - October 2017
• BSc in Economics and Finance, Bocconi University, Italy, September 2012 - October 2015
• IELTS Academic, British Council, United Kingdom, February 2015
• Visiting student, University of Florida, United States, August - December 2014
• ECDL core, ECDL Foundation, Ireland, January 2012

Postgraduate training

• Reserve management Seminar, Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland, September 2024
• Bloomberg for professionals, Bloomberg (United States), New York, United States, February 2024
• Applied Bayesian Econometrics, Bank of England, London, United Kingdom, March 2023
• Economic Modelling and Forecasting, Bank of England, London, United Kingdom, September 2021

Employment

• Portfolio manager, Bank of Italy, Italy, January 2024 - present
• Editor, Treccani Institute, Italy, December 2020 - present
• Sovereign debt analyst, Bank of Italy, Italy, August 2018 - January 2024
• Investment Banking Analyst, Deutsche Bank (United Kingdom), United Kingdom, August 2017 - March 2018
• Intern, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg, February - July 2017

Languages

English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review), French (can read, write, understand spoken) and Italian (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)