Blockchains
Richard Kang
Alexander Shipilov
Richard Kang has the experience of over 25 New York Stock Exchange listed ETF launches since May 2009. Richard was one of three founders and Chief Investment Officer at eEmpering Global Advisors LLC based and managed ETFs woth underlying exposures in emerging and frontier markets.
Over his 20 years of busy-side experience, RIchard has had senior roles ar a hedge fund, fund-of-hedge fund, invesment counseling firm, index provider and ETF issuer/manager.
Mr. Kang has earned the Financial Risk Manager designatio from the Global Association of Risk Professionals and has recently taught the "Fundamentals of Portfolio Management" course at NYU's School of Professional Studies. He sits on FTSE's Country Classification Indexing Commitee as well as the editorial board of The Journal of Index Investing, the only academic journal for the indexing and ETF industry.
Strong leadership, management and communication skills, combined with a talent for effective decisions and a deep insight into the risk management function, provides a proven track record in delivering practical business solutions. Over 25 years of experience gained inside the Financial Services Industry, consulting in corporate governance, risk management, compliance and audit. Frequent risk management conference speaker and course teacher.
Major Accomplishments:
• Identified business opportunities, built business cases and established strong diverse quantitative teams in consulting and internal audit which served nationwide needs in modeling, derivatives pricing and risk management assurance across all business segments.
• Initiated and incubated successful early adoption of industry leading practices in Own Risk & Solvency Assessment (ORSA) and Computer Assisted Tools & Techniques (CATTs).
• Co-founded the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA), sat on the Board of Directors for seven years, strategized PRMIA development and its global chapter network, leading the treasury and finance functions.
Virgile Rostand
After working as an engineer for a financial startup, Virgile saw blockchain popping up everywhere and decided that this “alternative finance” was something that would get him up in the morning.
Coinsquare currently has $5 million in user investments and it celebrated its first million-dollar trading day last month. Users open accounts online, fund them with a bank transfer or cheque and then load their “digital wallets” by trading popular cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum, as well as gold and silver.
Kshitish Balhotra
MBA, Fintech thinker, Blockchain expert, world traveler and risk taker are key colors in Kshitish’s professional portrait.
Understanding market needs and simplifying the business aspect of complex technology innovations for the clients – is what drives Kshitish every day.
Key leadership stints across the globe at leading financial firms – Barclays, Standard Chartered, TD, RBS – have helped Kshitish to acquire ability to ideate, manage and deliver complex tech products and innovations
At Emerentius, a firm he has co-founded, Kshitish is managing product roadmap and delivery for in-house as well as for client-specific products around Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Smart contracts, across North America and Asia.
From the rise of
Bitcoin’s values, to regulatory oversight, the blockchain concept is certainly becoming a protagonist in much of the financial sector. The main protagonists, however, are the participants in this event. Who will shed light on the present and future of the concept?
Founder & M.D. // Coinsquare