Aleks Kins

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Aleks Kins
Occupation President & CEO
Employer AlphaMetrix
Location Chicago, IL USA
Web site www.alphametrix.com

Aleks Kins is the founder, president and CEO[1] of AlphaMetrix,a registered commodity trading advisor and commodity pool operator, an alternative investment advisory firm that specializes in trading manager research, due diligence and developing technology for risk management and quantitative analysis purposes.[2] He is also a principal with Dekla Financial LLC, an introducing broker.

Kins has managed institutional portfolios and investing with commodity trading advisors (CTA) and hedge funds for well over a decade. He has conducted due diligence on, and allocated assets to, several hundred alternative investment trading advisors. He is often cited in industry publications discussing topics in the realm of alternative investments. Kins has been the author or co-author of several book chapters and articles on the subject of alternative investments as well, and he is regularly invited to speak at global industry conferences.[3]

Background

Prior to founding AlphaMetrix, Kins was the president and co-founder of Access Asset Management, a Chicago-based division of RQSI. While at Access, Kins created the Emerging CTA Index Fund. Kins was also previously with Carr Global Advisors, a subsidiary of Credit Agricole Indosuez. He also worked in the research department at Chicago Mercantile Exchange.[4]

Education

Kins hold a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Brown University.[5]

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References

  1. "Aleks Kins”. Linkinin. Retrieved on February 2, 2008.
  2. Hedge Fund Monthly. Eurekahedge. Retrieved on February 2, 2008.
  3. [{{{url}}} http://www.managedfunds.org/forum2008/speaker-bios.asp]. MFA. Retrieved on June 26, 2008.
  4. "Alphametrix Team”. Alphametrics. Retrieved on February 2, 2008.
  5. Past Events. Brown Alumni Club of Chicago. Retrieved on February 3, 2008.
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