Matthias Knab Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

In Feb. 2003 I started to publish the Opalesque Alternative Market Briefing, the first daily internet based news service focusing on hedge funds and alternative investments. In 2008 I started the Opalesque Roundtable Series, where we have distributed thought-leadership through 18 million PDFs.In 2009 we created Opalesque.TV, the first dedicated video channel on alternative investments and in 2018 Horizons: Family Office & Investor Magazine, the world’s largest quality family office mag.Responding to the impact of the Corona virus pandemic, in 2020 we initiated the CORONA FIGHTERS webinar series (https://www.opalesque.com/webinar/) and the VIRTUAL MANAGER VISIT videos (https://www.opalesque.com/virtualmanagervisit/) which have become cornerstones in the institutional investor and family office domains.

Creator of Fundmanager.tools, the go-to platform for investment managers and entrepreneurs seeking proven strategies to raise and retain assets. As a unit of Opalesque, the leading information source for hedge funds and alternative investments since 2003, we empower investment managers to raise assets and build successful, sustainable businesses.Our Digital Master Class and Pitch & Close Bootcamp combine over two decades of expertise from the top hedge funds and industry leaders. With 24+ videos, 48 Guerrilla Tactics, personalized coaching, and structured workbooks, Fundmanager.tools offers a comprehensive, step-by-step system to optimize your marketing, perfect your pitch, and close more deals.We address the unique challenges faced by emerging managers in today’s digital-first landscape, offering tools to save up to 90% in marketing costs and achieve exponential asset growth. From mastering cross-cultural intelligence to designing high-converting presentations and pitches, our resources ensure you stand out to allocators and investors globally.At Fundmanager.tools, we don’t just teach tactics—we provide actionable systems, supported by expert coaching and a commitment buddy structure, to ensure your success. Benefit from expert guidance from 10 VIP tutors averaging 30+ years of industry experience which share the best performing traditional and digital fundraising techniques. Personal coaching, commitment buddy system and real-world case studies featuring family offices and institutional investors ensure that course participants make continuous progress and achieve their goals (see testimonials).Join hundreds of fund managers who have transformed their businesses and maximized their potential.Explore more at www.fundmanager.tools and discover how you can elevate your asset-raising game today.

London, England, Gb

Mintus is the first UK regulated investment platform democratising access to art as an alternative asset through fractionalisation. The Mintus Art Investment Committee is led by Brett Gorvy who has decades of experience as Chairman of Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie's. The firm is also registered with the US SEC and allows investors to buy shares and invest in multi-million-dollar artworks from artists such as Andy Warhol and George Condo, starting at $3000 only. Art investors enjoy strong historical performance, outperforming major indexes like the S&P 500 over long periods. The Artprice.com 100 index, an index of the top 100 artists at auction, outperformed the S&P 500 by 363% from 2000 to 2022. See the Opalesque profile article about Mintus here: https://www.opalesque.com/horizons/99/new-platform-offers-fractionalised-art.html

Miami Beach, Florida, Us

WineChain's mission is to build a direct, secure and sustainable path between the creations of the top winemakers and their end consumers through a secure digital token marketplace. For the first time, the world's top winegrowers can connect directly with a global community of wine lovers and give access to their best wines and vintages.By pairing each digital token to a physical bottle or case of wine direct from the winery, which are stored in WineChain's secure warehouse, WineChain clients not only get access to the finest wineries in the world and a wide range of choices, but also benefit from simplified logistics, frictionless liquidity, all with the ease of the digital era.On top of preserving wealth through its intrinsic value, wines have performed well as an asset due to the constantly rising global demand and limited supply. Wine value is fairly uncorrelated to global macroeconomic trends and appreciates with age when stored properly, making it a strong option for long-term investment.The digital token provides authentic proof of ownership, allowing you to either sell the wine within the WineChain marketplace, ship it to your home - or keep it stored with WineChain and watch its value go up.The fine wine market has outperformed the stock market in recent years, a journey that is expected to continue.WineChain is founded by tech and wine geeks such as the former head of Amazon Europe, and financed by the deep pockets of the Motier family of Galeries Lafayette, the Rouzaud family known for leading wine brands including Champagne Louis Roederer, and Web3 venture capital FABRIC Ventures. Curated by the great Antoine Petrus, many of the world's leading champagne houses and winemakers are already on the WineChain platform.

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

Formed in 2007, Castle Hall helps investors worldwide manage the operational, ESG, cyber and investment risks of asset managers, covering 5000+ funds and servicing $10 trillion in assets. At Castle Hall I am contributing to the expansion of the firms revolutionary DiligenceExchange platform, working with both investors and asset managers. DiligenceExchange ("DXC") offers an industry-standard approach to the collection of verified due diligence data which, in turn, powers Castle Hall's innovative DiligenceExchange benchmarks.

Since 2008, Polaris Investment Advisory has been supporting asset managers with their market entry, fund-raising and customer support activities with institutional investors in Europe. I am contributing to the development of investment strategies and the asset manager selection process at Polaris.

Distribution of global electronic trading applications

Setting up training modules to teach trading and investing

Munich, De

Project Management and supervising billings for Vereinte Versicherungen, which later were merged into Allianz. Amongst other things, I was responsible for the invoicing and billing of hundreds of thousands of clients paying hundreds of millions of Deutschmarks in insurance premia each month (remember, the Euro was only introduced in 2001).

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Supervising monthly billing routines and IT applications at Thuringia Versicherung AG (founded in 1853 and one of the oldest insurance companies in Germany) which later was integrated into Generali.

Betriebswirt (Vwa), Economy

Information Technology, Psychology