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Matthew Shaw, Protos Asset Management

The emerging world of cryptocurrency asset management

Drawing on decades of experience, Matthew Shaw (pictured) and Philipp Kallerhoff are founders of Protos Asset Management, a Swiss based cryptocurrency asset manager that brings the investing concepts of value, momentum and volatility to the crypto world in the form of a fully traditionally regulated Cayman Island based fund. Protos

Dominic Lawton-Smith, JP Integra Group

The rise of crypto and token business

Dominic Lawton-Smith (pictured) is head of Private Client & Private Equity at Cayman-based boutique fund administrator, trustee and corporate services firm JP Integra Group. The company is 11 years old, has Cayman trust, fund administration and corporate services licences, enabling it to work with private, institutional and sovereign clients and

Todd Lemmons, Veridium Foundation

Veridium offers carbon offsets

A brand-new social impact offset token has come out of a 25-year history of creating sustainable solutions for corporations, explains Todd Lemons (pictured), chairman of the Veridium Foundation. Veridium is a collaborative initiative between a coalition of industry leaders including IBM, Stellar, Brian Kelly Capital Management, EnVision Corporation, and IDEAcarbon

Manuel Anguita, Silver 8

Investing in transformative technology

Q&A with Manuel Anguita (pictured), co-founder of top-performing blockchain- and crypto-focused hedge fund Silver 8… How did Silver 8 come to invest in crypto assets in 2015? Much of the credit must go to my business partner and Silver 8’s other co-founder, Jose Suarez, who is responsible for the vision.

Beverly Chandler, GFM

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain move centre stage

It’s a true sign of the times. The two top performing hedge funds of 2018, according to data providers Preqin, are both focused on cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Silver 8 Capital – read about them further on in this report – managed the highest returning hedge fund last year focusing on

Scottish private equity firm invests in Good Hemp

Edinburgh-based private equity fund, Inverleith, has made a seven figure, multi-million GBP investment in Braham and Murray Good Hemp, a plant based food and drink brand which manufactures products from hemp seed. Inverleith invests in consumer brand companies within the health & wellbeing, lifestyle and heritage sectors. It specialises in

Andrew Borowiec, IMDDA

IMDDA to launch professional due diligence designation in Q4 2018

The Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA), an investor-based organisation dedicated to the professionals who investigate facts concerning investment programs, is to launch a professional due diligence designation program later this year. The Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA) will be an internationally recognised designation developed to ISO 17024 and ANSI

Avedon Capital Partners exits Fit For Free and SportCity

Avedon Capital Partners has sold Fit For Free and SportCity, two fitness centre brands, to Bencis, an independent investment company based in the Benelux and Germany. Closing is subject to regulatory approvals.   In 2009, Fit For Free (founded in 2005) and SportCity (founded in 1995) came together with a

Arma Partners advises Nordic Capital on its acquisition of Macrobond

Arma Partners has acted as financial advisor to Nordic Capital on its acquisition of Macrobond, a provider of research systems and macroeconomic and financial time series data from primary and third-party sources. Founded in 2008, the company has developed a global and scalable SaaS application that offers an extensive database

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