Meet the Researchers
Nick Zarra
Education
- Ph.D., Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University, 2025
- B.S., Finance and Statistics, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, 2016
- Hedge funds and prime brokerage
Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2025 - presentPhD Fellow
Bank for International Settlements
2024Dissertation Fellow
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2023Research Analyst
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
2016 - 2018
- Essays on Finance
Nicholas Armando Zarra
Dissertations (New York University) (2025) - Hedge fund exposure to the carry trade
Frank Packer, Andreas Schrimpf, Vladyslav Sushko, and Nicholas Zarra
BIS Quarterly Review (2024)
conference
05/21/2026SFS Cavalcade
Prime Broker Credit Supply and the Stock Market: Evidence on Hedge Fund Transmission
seminar
05/12/2026Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Prime Broker Credit Supply and the Stock Market: Evidence on Hedge Fund Transmission
seminar
03/24/2026Dartmouth University
Prime Broker Credit Supply and the Stock Market: Evidence on Hedge Fund Transmission
seminar
03/20/2026University of Mississippi
Prime Broker Credit Supply and the Stock Market: Evidence on Hedge Fund Transmission
seminar
03/13/2026University of Colorado, Boulder
Prime Broker Credit Supply and the Stock Market: Evidence on Hedge Fund Transmission
seminar
12/11/2026Bank for International Settlements
Market De-Risking: A Narrative Approach
Referee
- Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments