Riccardo Rasi joined Enpap – a €2bn pension fund – as CIO in January 2022, and is responsible for the whole investment process from cash-based to private market investments. Previously, he oversaw €3.5bn of direct and indirect public markets investments at Fondazione Enasarco, an €8bn pension fund, based in Italy too. He started his career in finance as a quantitative researcher and trader for hedge funds in UK and Monaco. He currently holds a position as an adjunct professor of public economics at Università Telematica San Raffaele Roma and holds a master’s in banking and international finance from Cass Business School and a degree in statistics from Università La Sapienza di Roma. He has been a CFA charterholder since 2018.

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