As a young but experienced team, with years of experience in the industry (1B+ hedge funds, investment companies, banks, trading firms, etc.) and having partnered with investment and asset management firms ranging from traditional to digital assets, we combine expertise and research, intellectual curiosity and empirical results.
OUR TEAM
Marco Santanché, Founder
Marco is the founder of Unbiased Alpha. He holds a M.Sc. in Quantitative Finance at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. During his career, he worked as Quantitative Researcher for Neuberger Berman, investigating systematic trading strategies and signals in the Emerging Markets Fixed Income team.
Following that, he joined Credit Suisse where he worked as a Quantitative Analyst backtesting derivatives portfolios of the Investment Banking division, and Multi-Asset Strategist for the Hedging the Cycle Fund (1B+ assets under management), developing portfolio management tools and models for the investment team.
As a consultant, Marco worked for many clients, including digital asset firms, hedge funds, investment firms and private investors. Recently, he launched a Digital Asset Management Fund with E-Cobalt Investing, of which he is the fund manager. His expertise covers systematic strategies in equities, forex, cryptocurrencies, commodities and fixed income, with a heavy emphasis on derivatives strategies.
Matteo Pecchiari, Quantitative Researcher
Matteo is a Quantitative Researcher and Trader at Unbiased Alpha. After completing his MSc in Finance, he began his career working in asset management with equity structured products for two and a half years.
He then joined the model risk management department at UBS as a quantitative analyst on forecasting models on the investment banking and asset management business.
Additionally, he has been an intraday trader on futures and options for over seven years, mainly on equity indexes and single stocks, developing a strong understanding of market microstructure, flows and positioning.