Michele Costa

Michele Costa is a Quantitative Researcher at Macrosynergy since September 2022, previously serving in the same role at Lazard Asset Management from October 2018 to December 2022, contributing to the Quantitative Equity & Data Science team. Prior experience includes work as an MSc Thesis student at Telefónica, where a project focused on the impact of social media sentiment on stock returns was developed. Additionally, Costa was a Research Assistant at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, specializing in Natural Language Processing and big data algorithms. A background in portfolio management includes positions at Indosuez Wealth Management, where bespoke investment strategies were managed and research was produced for equity recommendations, and a summer internship at Intesa Sanpaolo focused on fund analysis and asset allocation. Education includes a Master of Science in Data Science from Barcelona School of Economics and a Master of Science in Economics from The London School of Economics and Political Science, complemented by a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Università Bocconi.