About Our Speakers
Kathryn Rooney Vera is Chief Market Strategist at StoneX where she is responsible for formulating investment strategies across asset classes for institutional clients globally, based off her macroeconomic analyses and forecasting. She previously worked at Bulltick as Chief Investment Strategist, at Bear Stearns as a fixed income Emerging Markets research analyst, and started her career at MetLife Investments, also in Emerging Markets Research. Kathryn is a high-frequency contributor to television networks Bloomberg Television, CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN en Español, and Fox Business. She is a frequent keynote speaker at major conferences in both the English and Spanish-speaking world. Kathryn holds her Master’s in Business degree, specializing in Economics and Finance, from New York University’s Stern School of Business. She earned her BA in Economics and Spanish literature from Rutgers College.
Vincent Deluard is the global macro strategist for StoneX, where he authors weekly research reports on global macro trends, flows, European capital markets, and quantitative topics. Vincent advises large pension funds and other institutional investors on asset allocation and risk management. Prior to joining StoneX, Vincent served as the Europe Strategist for Ned Davis Research Group. In November 2013, Vincent was awarded the Euromoney Padraic Fallon Editorial Prize for his in-depth study of the European debt crisis. Before joining Ned Davis Research, Vincent was the Executive Vice President of TrimTabs Investment Research, where he headed the firm’s quantitative research. Vincent’s work is often featured in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Barron’s and he is a frequent contributor on Bloomberg, CNBC, and RealVision. Vincent is an adjunct professor of finance for McGill University and Saint Mary’s College and taught at Golden Gate University’s Executive MBA program. Vincent is a CFA charterholder. He completed a dual master’s degree at Sciences-Po Paris (Cum Laude) and Columbia University and speaks English, French, Italian, and Indonesian.
Steve Gola is the Head of the US Treasuries business globally at StoneX. In this capacity, he communicates and transacts regularly with asset managers of all varieties and sizes, and also leads the business’s trading and investing strategy effort always shared with the customer base. For over twenty years as an investment professional Steve has served in each of sales, strategy, market making, and principal risk-taking capacities. He held trading and management roles at the likes of Citigroup, Barclays Capital, Royal Bank of Canada, and most recently was head of the Government Bond Business at Odeon Capital before joining StoneX. Steve graduated from Rutgers College and holds an MBA from Columbia University.