Michael J. di Santo

About Michael J. di Santo

As the Director of Credit Trading at Scotiabank, Michael J. Di Santo is responsible for providing liquidity, market analysis, and trade ideas to investors in the Energy and Utilities Investment Grade and Crossover cash bonds across the curve. He has over 15 years of experience in trading, structuring, and risk management in Credit, with a proven track record of profitability, compliance, and innovation.Michael J. Di Santo holds a CFA designation and an ESG Certificate of Investment from the CFA Institute, demonstrating his expertise and commitment to investing. He is also a leader in developing and executing trading strategies, leveraging appropriate platforms and tools to enhance efficiency and performance. He is a technically minded, result-oriented, and collaborative professional who strives to deliver profitability, high quality analytics, research, and solutions to his clients and the firm.

Experience

1. Director Credit Trading

   Scotiabank

   Mar 2022 — Present · US

   Primary market maker in Energy and Utility Investment Grade and Crossover cash bonds across the curve• Provide liquidity to investors while managing risk within position and holding period limits• Provide real time market analysis, credit analysis and color commentary to clients and the firm• Back up other traders on the desk in all sectors when needed• Distribute profitable, executable trade ideas directly to clients • Collaborate with Energy analysts to produce research driven trade ideas• Participate in weekly meetings with Syndicate, DCM, and Bankers in order to develop the Credit Flow business• Took an active lead in developing electronic quote dissemination strategy and trading with appropriate electronic platforms and clients• Model various credit metrics to identify relative value, including performing reversion to mean analysis for paired trades using Z and G spreads, and analyzed curve trades using historical yields and spreads

Education

• NYU Stern School of Business

  MBA, (Finance and Economics)

• St. John's University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Management and Japanese Studies