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CloseAmherst, MA (March 15, 2022) - CAIA, the global professional body dedicated to alternative investments, and the SBAI, an active alliance of alternative investment managers and institutional investors and custodian of the Alternative Investment Standards, announced on March 15, a global partnership to drive better standards and professionalism in the alternative investment industry.
India has reached a pivotal arc in its economic growth story, offering up broad reaching and significant investment opportunities demanding of attention. A key component is India’s Private Equity and Venture Capital (PEVC) sector where unprecedented attention is leading to burgeoning growth and its accompanying fruitful prospects.
Despite a global pandemic that rocked global economies, India continued its historical growth trajectory as the fastest growing major economy in the world and the third largest contributor to global gross domestic product (GDP). Here are some facts. First, India is expected to contribute more to global GDP in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms than a combined Japan, Germany, Russia, Indonesia, Brazil, and France in the next six years. Second, India represents the fourth leading destination for foreign direct investment in the world.
Hotag Chung is working on DeFi blockchain projects at Block Crafters. He has 14 years of industry experience ranging from a prop trader, robo fund manager, crypto exchange quant to the founder & CEO of a financial AI startup, AlphaBrains, Inc. Hotag studied computer science at KAIST and has served in the ROK Air Force as a lieutenant. Hotag is also an active member of CFA Korea Society, leading its quant group called QIT.
Description: CAIA Member Greg Kaufmann and Duke Kim, Director of Institutional Client Solutions at The Giving Block, hosted the second part of an educational webcast around NFTs. In the first event, we covered investing in this emerging asset class. This second part was a practicum. We walked members through the process of transferring crypto from an exchange to a wallet and from there, we showed you how to buy an NFT.
India’s emergence as one of world’s most entrepreneurial and technology-oriented nations presents massive opportunity for PE/VC investors, but industry standards must keep pace as country’s alternative investment industry becomes larger and more sophisticated.
CAIA CEO Bill Kelly speaks with Regan Landrigan of the Private Markets Club at the University of Delaware. The club recently launched a new and improved educational newsletter, with the first issue focused on proptech. Landrigan shares some of the insights he and his team gained in researching this hot topic.
Description: The Portfolio for the Future simultaneously represents a “back to basics” mantra and a forward-looking view of where our industry and capital markets are headed. What defined success over the past decades may very well be at a tipping point at a time where many of these secular trends may be challenged moving forward.
Description: The Portfolio for the Future simultaneously represents a “back to basics” mantra and a forward-looking view of where our industry and capital markets are headed. What defined success over the past decades may very well be at a tipping point at a time where many of these secular trends may be challenged moving forward.
Mr. Wing joined Pathway in 2008 and is a senior vice president of consultant relations in the California office. He is responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with consultants across North America, as well as for assisting with the firm’s business development and client servicing efforts.
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