Matthias Knab
Founder, Managing Director & Managing Editor at Opalesque Ltd
| Introduction | Founder, Managing Director & Managing Editor of Opalesque Ltd. Opalesque is led by Matthias Knab, an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives. Mr. Knab has frequently served as chairman of hedge fund conferences in New York, Greenwich, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, Stockholm, Dubai etc. In addition, he has presented or moderated at hedge fund events in Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, Cayman Islands, London, Geneva, Zurich, Singapore, Sydney, Cape Town, Madrid, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Auckland and Bombay, and lectured at numerous universities on the subjects of hedge funds and the state of the global alternative asset management industry. He studied computer science and psychology in Freiburg i.Br. (Germany), graduated in economy in Munich and subsequently passed exams as a FSA (Financial Services Authority, UK) Securities Representative, FSA Futures and Options Representative and XETRA trader (Frankfurt). Mr. Knab is a member of the German Association of Technical Analysts (VTAD). Since 1989 he has been working as a consultant for major German institutions, most notably Allianz and Vereinte Versicherungen. 1998 he created and served as CEO Boersenakademie AG - the first German institution directed at offering educational services on investing themes. Matthias Knab also served as Managing Director at TradeStream Global AG, a technology firm developing trading solutions for institutions and hedge funds. In 2000 Matthias Knab started to publish a pioneering newsletter "Industry Report" which was focusing on the ascent of Electronic Trading within the online brokerage industry. It was at that time when he started to establish his first links into the hedge fund industry and became aware about the need of a daily, independent and encompassing news service on this thriving sector. Mr. Knab speaks English, German, Spanish, French, some Italian. |
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| Company Overview | Opalesque was formed in 2001 to provide professional news services to participants in the alternative investment sector. Since started publishing then in February 2003, Opalesque has been providing premium online information services related to the hedge fund and investment industries. |
| Role |
Founder Management/Administrative Senior Management |
| Organisation Type |
Media/News Service |
| knab@opalesque.com | |
| Website | http://www.opalesque.com |
| Phone | +49-89-2351-3055 |
| Fax | |
| Mailing Address | 156 W 56th Street 4th Floor |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Country | United States |
| Zip/ Postal Code | 10019 |
