elisa cencig

Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA)

The European Centre for Government Transformation promotes public policy innovation through its annual College of Europe competition in which students prepare case studies on public administration challenges and make concrete recommendations to the clients.

Organization of high-level policy and advocacy events, maintenance of the ECFR Rome Office database, research on Italian and EU foreign policy issues.

Sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone, Italy's reform agenda, EU issues in France's 2012 presidential campaign, general developments in EU crisis governance.

Risk Control Limited supplies portfolio models, stress testing software and reporting applications to financial institutions and assists clients with risk management and valuation consultancy advice. Risk Control is a research-led company supplying innovative but practical solutions to clients' risk management needs.Our software has been used for credit VaR, ALM, CDPC modeling, counter-party risk analysis, macro and parametric stress testing, ICAAP analysis, balance sheet forecasting, capital planning, and investment analysis of a wide variety of instruments including emerging and structured product exposures.We have advised major banks on topics including model review, risk model parameterisation, pricing of portfolios of complex instruments, review of valuation methodologies, default probability estimation, stress testing techniques, early warning systems. We bring quantitative techniques to bear on clients' problems, supplying clear and intuitive answers to the questions clients face.

Thesis: 'Explaining EU Credit Rating Agencies regulation: is the Commission back in the driving seat?'​ Mention 'Excellent'

Thesis: 'The 7th European Parliament (2009-2014) and the economic and financial crisis: an analysis of the EP plenary agendas and MEPs voting behaviour on economic governance and financial regulation issues'