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Ana Sina
Ph.D Student

Ana Sina

I hold a BSc in Economics and Business and a MSc in Economics and Finance (Summa Cum Laude) from Cà Foscari University of Venice. I graduated in July 2015 with a Master 2 Double Degree in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (first out of five students selected) from AIX Marseille University (Summa Cum Laude - Très Bien).

I am currently pursuing a PhD at the ICMA Centre under supervision of Dr. Simone Varotto, Dr. Alfonso Dufour and Prof. Dr. Monica Billio (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) in the Finance area. My research interests span Systemic Risk, Financial Institutions, Networks, Risk Management and Econometrics.

Prior to my doctoral studies, I've worked as a 2nd level financial consultant in the finance division at Deloitte, and as a specialist in the finance division of the Pernod Ricard’s Italian headquarter.

I am serving as a Teaching Assistant for the modules of Introductory Securities and Markets (2018/Present) and Management of Risk (2018/Present).

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Education

2018 - Present
Henley Business School, University of Reading, Reading UK

Ph.D. in Finance

Advisors: Dr. Simone Varotto, Dr. Alfonso Dufour and Prof. Monica Billio
2013 - 2015
AIX Marseille University, Marseille, France

M.Sc.2 Summa Cum Laude (Double 2 Degree) in Economics, Econometrics and Finance

(Double Master 2 Degree. First out of five students selected)
Master 2 Dissertation: Relation between the Quantitative Easing and the Bank Liquidity Creation: the U.S. case
2013 - 2015
Università Cà Foscari of Venice, Venice, Italy

M.Sc. Summa Cum Laude in Finance

2010 - 2013
Università Cà Foscari of Venice, Venice, Italy

B.S. in Economics and Business

Additional Education

2019
University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Summer School in Mathematics

Working Papers

  • Leveraged Loans, Systemic Risk and Network Interconnectedness
    with M. Billio, A. Dufour and S. Varotto

Conferences

( *: poster presentation)

2020

AFA Annual Meeting (American Finance Association) (San Diego - U.S.)*

2019

EDEEM Doctoral Summer Workshop in Economics (Venice - IT)*

2019

ICMA Centre Ph.D. Workshop (Reading - UK)

Academic Service

2019

Scientific Committee

Royal Economic Society Symposium of Junior Researchers (Warwick - UK)

Teaching Experience

09/2019 - Present
The Brilliant Club, London, UK

Ph.D. Tutor

2018 - Present
Henley Business School, University of Reading

Teaching Assistant of Introductory Securities and Markets

2018 - Present
Henley Business School, University of Reading

Teaching Assistant of Management of Risk

2017
Deloitte Consulting, Milan, Italy

Tutor for New Hired Resources, Finance and Risk Service Line

Industry Experience

2018
Pernod Ricard, Milan, Italy

Financial Planning & Control Specialist

2015 - 2017
Deloitte Consulting, Milan, Italy

Promoted twice up to the second level consultant - Finance and Risk Service Line

Additional Industry Experience

2014
Banca Popolare di Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy

Intern - Research Department (Planning Control)

2013
Comune di Santa Maria di Sala, Venice, Italy

Intern - Taxation Office

During my B.S. I always worked to support myself financially.
I also worked as a call receptionist in New York (Summer 2012)

Awards/Bonus and Scholarships

2018 - Present

PhD Scholarship - ICMA Centre

2020

AFA Travel Grant (Annual Meeting) - The American Finance Association (1050$)

2019

Summer School in Mathematics - University of Perugia (300€)

2016 - 2017

Deloitte Consulting Bonus - Twice 1st Range Bonus (4/4)

2015

Merit Scholarship - Double Degree Program (Universit Franco Italienne)

2015

Merit Scholarship - Erasmus Placement Scholarship

Programming Expertise

  • LATEX, Stata, SAS, Matlab, RStudio and OxMetrics

Languages

  • English (IELTS Certificate C1), Italian (Native), Spanish (Fluent), Franch (Basic), Albanian (Second Language)
 

Honors, Challenges and Volunteering

2019 - Present

Mentor and Ambassador in Mentors4u Program

2017 - 2018

Policlinico di Milano Hospital Volunteer

2014 - 2015

MENTORS4U and GenerAzioni

Selected among top ranking students to participate to two mentoring programs
2015

CFA FUND MANAGEMENT challenge participant

2015

BNP PARIBAS ACE MANAGER competition participant

Ranking: 1st Team at Ca’ Foscari University Level; 6th/140 teams across Italy;
134th/2508 at world level
2015

HARVARD NMUN participant (Boston, U.S.)

2013 - 2014

CFA INSTITUTE RESEARCH CHALLENGE participant

Ranking: Finalist at a national level

Contact

Henley Business School University of Reading

a.sina@pgr.reading.ac.uk

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