Dr Carmelo Latino

Profile 

Carmelo Latino is a Research Associate in Transition Finance at the University of Oxford and an Affiliated Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE.

His research examines how securities are priced in response to investor preferences, corporate behavior, and evolving regulatory frameworks, with a focus on ESG ratings, greenwashing, and green securitization. . At Oxford, Carmelo contributes to interdisciplinary projects that connect financial economics, climate policy, and data science, with a particular emphasis on the role of transition plans in aligning capital markets with climate goals.

His studies have been featured in international media outlets such as the Financial Times, Structured Credit Investor, Capital, and Grist.  In addition, Carmelo has led core working packages in several European-funded projects, where he developed tools and datasets to support evidence-based policymaking and capital markets supervision. 

He holds a PhD in Finance from Goethe University Frankfurt, an MSc from Ca’ Foscari University, and a BSc in Economics from the University of Siena. Carmelo has held visiting positions at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Ca’ Foscari University.