About
Alessandro Pasti
Capital allocation, risk and consequential investment decisions.
Perspective
Alessandro Pasti’s perspective developed across financial markets and derivatives, commodity and spread trading, shipping and maritime industries, infrastructure and real assets.
Derivatives and commodity spread trading were the origin of a risk mindset: examine exposure, downside and what changes when conditions move. The focus later widened from individual positions to capital allocation and the quality of consequential investment decisions.
- 01Markets & derivatives
- 02Risk
- 03Capital allocation
- 04Shipping, infrastructure & real assets
- 05Investment decisions
- 06Research
- 07CDF
The question
What makes a capital decision actually stand up?
The question is not merely whether a spreadsheet works or a reported return looks attractive. It is whether evidence supports the assumptions, whether the economics survive the relevant constraints and risks, and whether the investment thesis can withstand adversity.
The responsible decision-maker should be able to see what the decision depends on, where uncertainty remains and what could change the conclusion. CDF makes that path explicit while leaving final judgment with the accountable human authority.
Selected formation
- Degree in Economics and Business
- MBA — POLIMI Graduate School of Management
- ESG Investing — London Business School
Selected work
- 2026Decarbonising Non-Residential Real Estate — A Decision Framework for Owners and Investors
Research connecting transition risk, capital allocation, asset resilience and long-term investment decisions.
- 2022
La Finanza Agevolata nello Shipping
Technical book on incentive finance in the shipping industry.