Webinar Invite: Analyst Access: Predicting a Market: Unpacking the Research on Prediction Markets

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Webinar Invite: Analyst Access: Predicting a Market: Unpacking the Research on Prediction Markets

Stefano Pascale is a Director at Barclays and Head of the

US Equity Derivatives Strategy. Stefano's areas of focus

include cross-asset volatility for efficient hedging, alpha

generation, and non-linear risk premia investing across

Index, ETF, and single stock derivatives markets. Prior to

joining Barclays in December 2021, Stefano worked in a

similar role at Bank of America for 5+ years. Stefano holds

a Master's degree in Finance from the London School of

Economics and BS in Economics, Econometrics, & Finance

from the University of York.

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Brandt Montour, CFA, is a director and research analyst

covering U.S. Gaming, Lodging & Leisure. Prior to joining

Barclays in 2021, Brandt worked at JPMorgan in both

Equity and Fixed Income across Research, Sales and

Trading. In Research since 2015, he was part of JPMorgan’s

Gaming & Lodging team, which was ranked #1 by

Institutional Investor from 2015 to 2021. Most recently,

Brandt was ranked runner-up by Extel for Gaming and

Lodging in 2025, as well as for Leisure (analyst level). He

holds a BSE in Engineering, magna cum laude, from the

University of Michigan.

Lev Dynkin, PhD, is the founder and Global Head of the

Quantitative Portfolio Strategy (QPS) Group at Barclays

Research. Lev and the QPS group joined Barclays in 2008

from Lehman Brothers, where they had been a part of

Global Research since 1987. While at Lehman Brothers,

QPS was involved in launching the Lehman (now –

Bloomberg) Fixed Income Indices and advising major

clients on a bespoke basis on all quantitative aspects of

managing portfolios relative to these indices. At Barclays,

the group’s research is focused on systematic portfolio