Diego Valiante, Ph.D. is a CEPS Research Fellow and the Head of Research at the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) since March 2009, where he coordinates the research activities and projects on capital makets economics and regulation. He holds a BSc in Economics (2004) and an MSc in Law and Economics (2006) from LUISS – Guido Carli in Rome, both degrees summa cum laude. He also earned an LL.M. Master in Law and Economics (EMLE) from Hamburg and Bologna University, and in 2010 the Ph.D. in Law and Economics from LUISS University.
As a result of its interdisciplinary studies, Diego’s specialties are financial and securities regulation, capital markets, market structure, competition policy and corporate governance. He has published extensively on economic and regulatory aspects of financial markets and services. He frequently contributes to official studies for European institutions and to groups of experts on economic and regulatory issues of capital markets. His publications have been so far downloaded +18,000 times.
Diego is often invited to speak at conferences and seminars, and he is regularly interviewed and quoted on major international newspapers and specialised blogs. In the past (2007), he also worked as intern for the Public Authorities Division of a major investment bank in Canary Wharf, London.
In 2011, Diego has been included by the Financial News (Dow Jones) in the list of the “Top 40 Rising Stars in Trading and Technology” under the age of 40 in the EMEA.
Specialties
Financial and securities regulation (e.g., MiFID, EMIR), capital markets policy, market structure, financial services, competition policy, corporate governance.