Marco Cora, CFA — Protocol Advisor
An enlightened financial technologist eager to upend the status quo from the core. Marco has 15+ years experience in the financial industry. He started off as an investment banker at UBS and soon enough he decided to venture into quant , where he painfully experienced setting up a hedge fund during the financial crisis in 2007–2008. Currently he is CEO of the APAC office of one of the top 300 Asset Management firms globally, , part of which has $60 billion in AUM. He invests in startups and is director of numerous businesses around the world. Marco is a CFA® charterholder.
Marco is also part of the investment committee of , an entity entirely owned by Azimut Group, focused in offering expertise in various asset classes backed by 100+ investment professionals.
He is an early investor in -based assets and has a contagious passion for the world-changing opportunities that can offer. A belief backed by real-world events. Particularly, his experience as a CDS quant trader in , has played a huge role in shaping his investment philosophy as much as his views on the future trends of where the asset management industry is stretching out to. Depfa Bank, was an asset management firm focused on large infrastructure projects, owned by Hypo Real Estate, the second largest commercial property lender in Germany. Although it catered also to the public sector, due to liquidity problems in the wake of the financial crisis in 2007–2008, the firm was bailed out and subsequently nationalized by the German government. Liquidity problems mainly stemmed from assets being tied up to the US market. As opposed to what we can observe from -based assets that enable an internationalization and therefore a dispersion of “nationalization” risks, which in crypto terms is equivalent to centralizing a previously decentralized network.
Marco obtained a degree in Economics of New Technology and International Markets from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) and later earned a Msc degree (Dean’s Honor List) in Quantitative Finance from the same university.
How will the protocol benefit from his contribution?
Marco is the spiritual and intellectual commander of our well-planned analytical mission to integrate and transform what the asset management industry is traditionally known today to a geographically agnostic and compliant protocol able to hold future generations’ wealth. DEXTF can draw benefits from the perfect combination of Marco’s both practical and theoretical knowledge in management, quant , fund management and applied mathematics.
Filippo Fanin, CFA — Coordinator Advisor
A renowned F&B executive with over 10+ years experience in managing a holding company which owns several successful restaurants around South East Asia. Filippo is a CFA® charterholder.
Filippo is currently the CEO of , owner of the Brotzeit® Brand.
His unique management style has led Brotzeit to maintain and grow its sales to over SGD 40 million in an all-Asian flavored competitive F&B market. International growth plans are underway to include the United States and a pipeline of over 10 stores to position the German-cuisine brand to be globally recognized. Filippo is an extremely passionate team builder, who recognizes and rewards the eclectic tastes of his patrons by consistently upgrading his approach to give a sense of novelty and a refreshing experience every time you visit one of their restaurants around Asia.
He regularly invests in technology startups and never backs down from providing a hands-on contribution where his expertise is in demand.
Filippo obtained a degree in Economics from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) and later earned a Msc degree in Economics and Social Sciences from the same university.
How will the protocol benefit from his contribution?
Filippo is a skillful negotiator and talented manager who has experienced the ups and downs when it comes to building a venture from the nitty-gritty. The reality is that there are more similarities between a restaurant business and a technology startup than you might think. Each , can be considered as a startup, bound to fail when the guesstimate around the regional taste is too far off from the equilibrium but also too similar to competitor’s offerings. The restaurant business is a reputation business just as much as an asset management firm. As he has heralded the digitization of the F&B industry, Filippo is keen to be a key enabler of the imminent phase of transformation that the deeply inefficient asset management industry has to undergo.
Published at Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:09:03 +0000
