Alternative Fund Insight explores the dynamic and complex world of hedge funds and private market investing through exclusive interviews with managers and other key industry players. The AFI podcast takes listeners behind the headlines to explore the key trends in alternative investing and features key decision-makers at leading management firms as well as investors, regulators, journalists and other stakeholders. The website features big-name print interviews, long reads and industry analysis. Founder and editor Will Wainewright has reported on the sector for more than a decade in London and New York, working for the Bloomberg newswire and editing the trade magazine EuroHedge.
Wellington
Wellington Management’s alternatives capabilities benefit from what we think is the best of both worlds: the resources and reach of a US$1.4 trillion global investment manager and the agility and entrepreneurial spirit of a US$32.1 billion alternatives boutique. Our private ownership model, world-class infrastructure, and long-term mind-set help us attract and retain talented alternatives investment professionals. We combine their skill with robust risk-management tools to help deliver solutions to the complex challenges our clients face. To learn more about our alternative strategies, including hedged equity, fixed income, and multi-asset solutions, visit us at http://www.wellington.com/alternatives. (Figures are as of December 2021.)
Murano
Murano is the industry matchmaker, connecting funds and investors. Our team of research analysts, technologists and client service professionals are dedicated to delivering the highest level of excellence to the client funds we serve, and to the investors we rely on for insights.
Established in 2011, we have over 35 employees collectively working to understand what 3rd party fund allocators need. We work with 120+ managers from across the industry, ranging from esoteric, offshore funds to ETFs looking for allocators. Our fund clients encompass the entire spectrum of asset classes, across both private and public markets.
We’re in regular contact with thousands of investors. It’s important to know that our service is not an automated algorithm, we operate on the foundation of relationships. We don’t actively sell any fund or strategy, instead we conduct bespoke research in order to generate quality matches between funds and investors.
For more information, please visit: www.muranoconnect.com
Pantera
Pantera Capital is the first institutional investment firm focused exclusively on bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the blockchain tech ecosystem. Pantera launched the first cryptocurrency fund in the United States when bitcoin was at $65/BTC in 2013. The firm subsequently launched the first exclusively-blockchain venture fund. In 2017, Pantera was the first firm to offer an early-stage token fund. Pantera Bitcoin Fund has returned over 32,000% in nine years and has returned billions to its investors. Pantera manages $5bn across three strategies – passive, hedge, and venture.
Wave Financial
Wave Financial is a Los Angeles based registered investment advisor that provides institutional digital asset fund products with over $1B of AUM. Considered a top 5 regulated crypto asset management firm in the US, Wave is led by a team of highly experienced financial services professionals. Wave offers private placement funds, via their diverse investment strategies in digital assets, and bespoke treasury management services for firms seeking tailored digital asset exposure and yield generation. Wave is federally regulated by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission as a Registered Investment Advisor (CRD#: 305726).
Deloitte
Are you leading the charge toward Web3 and decentralized finance as a crypto-native? Or maybe you’re just entering the world of blockchain and digital assets as a newbie. No matter where you are in your blockchain journey, we can meet you where you’re at and take you further than you thought you’d ever go. Deloitte’s broad set of capabilities and deep understanding of this space can help you identify ways blockchain and digital assets can bring new value to your organization.
For more information, please visit deloitte.com/us/blockchainanddigitalassets
New York Alternative Investment Roundtable
The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable hosts monthly programs featuring visionary investment thinkers and compelling topics for the alternative investment community. The Roundtable’s interactive events include in-person, virtual and hybrid formats, enabling participants to hear insights from thought-provoking speakers, exchange ideas, and build key relationships.
Membership benefits:
Keynote speakers and workshops featuring engaging discussions, exclusive insights, podcasts and world-class networking.
Attendance at monthly Roundtable forums and on-demand replays, calls/webinars, workshops and networking programs.
Frequent regulatory updates, as well as valuable discounts to industry events and organizations, including Chartered alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA).
Members may submit thought leadership content for editorial consideration and publication on the Roundtable website and social media.
IMDDA
The IMDDA is the leading and most affordable training platform and community for financial professionals in the world. Our mission is to empower our members to improve their knowledge and skills to accelerate their growth and development to advance in their careers. We do this by providing exceptional training, a vibrant community, and essential tools that make our members and their organizations more successful.
Blockchain Association
Blockchain Association is the unified voice of the cryptocurrency industry. Our members include the sector’s leading investors, companies, projects, and protocols, working together to support a future-forward, pro-innovation national policy and regulatory framework for the crypto economy.
Hedge Fund Association
The Hedge Fund Association, HFA, is an International not for profit industry trade and nonpartisan lobbying organization devoted to advancing transparency, development and trust in alternative investments. HFA’s global presence spans 5 continents and over 14 countries.
Membership in HFA includes hedge fund, private equity, venture capital, real estate and wealth management firms, family offices, private banks, broker-dealers, funds of funds, pension funds, endowments and foundations, high net worth individuals, allocators, and service providers including prime brokers, administrators, custodians, auditors, lawyers, risk managers, technologists and third-party marketers.
LMAX Group
Headquartered in London, LMAX Group is a global financial technology company and the leading independent operator of multiple institutional execution venues for FX and crypto currency trading.
The Group’s portfolio includes LMAX Exchange, LMAX Global and LMAX Digital
Servicing funds, banks, asset managers and retail brokerages, LMAX Group builds and runs its own high performance, ultra-low latency global exchange infrastructure.
Uniquely positioned to offer both FX and crypto trading, LMAX Group is shaping the future of capital markets and is driving the industry transformation to an open, transparent marketplace with fair, precise & consistent execution, based on robust trading technology.
LMAX Group has a global client base spanning 100 countries and 11 offices worldwide.
For more information: www.LMAX.com
Abra
Abra is a premier digital asset financial services company serving consumers, high net worth individuals, and institutions. Abra empowers its clients to trade over 100 cryptocurrencies (including any-to-any pairs), generate yields on their digital assets, and borrow dollars against their crypto holdings. The company’s vision is to help create an open, global financial system that is easily accessible to everyone. Abra Capital Management allows clients to access actively managed, structured products and investment funds. With over 2 million customers and growing, Abra has processed over $2 billion in crypto-backed loans and paid millions of dollars in interest to retail and institutional clients. Founded in 2016 by Bill Barhydt, Abra’s investors include American Express Ventures, First Round Capital, Adams Street Partners, RRE Ventures, Digital Currency Group, HCM Foxconn Capital, and Pantera Capital, among others.
For more information, please visit www.abra.com.
Blockchain.com
Blockchain.com is trusted by over 37M verified users to buy, sell, and trade crypto in 200 countries. Since 2011, $1T+ of crypto transactions have occurred in Blockchain.com Wallets, as have 1/3rd of all Bitcoin network transactions.
Blockchain.com is one of the leading Institutional partners in crypto, having originated $5B in loans and traded $10B in the last year. Whether you’re a fund, market maker, miner, DeFi protocol, or need trading solutions, Blockchain.com provides bespoke solutions for crypto Institutions.
Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary, and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch Ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective, and insights we provide help investors to make important credit judgments with confidence.
Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is comprised of: Fitch Ratings, a global leader in credit ratings and research; Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of credit market data, analytical tools and risk services; Fitch Learning, a preeminent training and professional development firm; and Sustainable Fitch, the first global ESG Ratings solution for all asset classes at an entity and instrument level.
With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst.
For additional information, please visit fitchratings.com.
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Kaiko
Kaiko is the leading source of cryptocurrency market data, providing businesses with industrial grade and regulatory compliant data. Kaiko empowers market participants with global connectivity to real time and historical data feeds across the world's leading centralized and decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Kaiko’s proprietary products are built to empower financial institutions and cryptocurrency businesses with solutions ranging from portfolio valuation to strategy backtesting, performance reporting, charting, analysis, indices, pre- and post-trade.
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Coinbase
Coinbase Institutional provides clients a comprehensive solution for accessing crypto markets through advanced trading, financing and custody, built on top of a robust security infrastructure. Our trading platform Coinbase Prime, offers a state of the art marketplace with a deep pool of liquidity for transacting in crypto assets. For our ecosystem partners, we provide developers, merchants, and asset issuers a platform enabling them to build applications leveraging crypto protocols, actively participate in crypto networks, and securely accept cryptocurrencies as payment.
With ten years of building the cryptoeconomy, the Coinbase Institutional platform has grown from strength to strength. As of our latest first quarter 2022 shareholder letter, we have grown to over $256 billion of assets on platform - approximately 11.2% of the crypto asset market share. From this, $134 billion of our assets on the platform come from our 11,000+ institutional clients spanning across traditional finance, cryptonative and corporate institutions.
ONEflight
ONEflight International, Incorporated is a global private aviation company revolutionizing the luxury private jet travel industry since the company’s founding in 2010. It is the fastest growing market leader developing and implementing technological solutions for non-commercial air travel through the proprietary online Book a Jet platform, BAJit.com.
With 762 world-class aircraft charter operator partnerships and a network of 6,000 private jets worldwide, ONEflight empowers members to seamlessly search, select and book a private flight with a fleet of aircraft at their disposal and exceptional customer service from booking to disembarking. Our diverse Brand Ambassadors range from Hollywood to Wall Street, including Anthony Scaramucci and Kevin O’Leary.
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sFOX
In crypto, opportunity is everywhere. With sFOX, it’s all in one place.
We’re a full-service crypto prime dealer that aggregates liquidity from over 30 exchanges and OTC desks in one easy-to-manage platform. Our best execution platform algorithmically routes you to the most competitive prices worldwide, virtually eliminating slippage and offering sophisticated order types to power your trading at scale.
We’re a fully agnostic counterparty in your trading operation. Our Prime Services offering bolsters your competitive advantage pre- and post-trade with flexible settlement, clearing, treasury, and more. Our platform provides these downstream services from a single account, a single counterparty, and a single workflow — giving you greater capital efficiency.
sFOX is committed to the highest standards of investor protection and reliability. We have not had a single security incident since our founding in 2014. Our SOC 2 certified platform provides access to the market 24/7, and with 99.99% uptime, you can trust it for your largest, most sensitive trades.
sFOX. The nexus of global liquidity.
Securitize
Securitize is the leader in digital asset securities. Securitize provides investors with access to invest in and trade private market digital asset securities (security tokens), and provides companies with a fully-digital, end-to-end suite of compliant solutions leveraging the advantage of next generation blockchain technology to make raising capital easier and less costly.
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FV Bank
Enterprise Banking for Fintech and Blockchain Companies
FV Bank is an international digital bank and digital asset custodian regulated by the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (OCIF), Puerto Rico, USA. FV Bank seamlessly integrates banking and payments with digital asset custody services in a regulated and compliant infrastructure. With products ranging from depository accounts and payment services to digital asset custody and VISA card issuance, FV Bank supports the unique requirements of corporates, institutions, family offices and their respective clients through online banking and integrated API solutions.
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