Ari Paul

CIO, Managing Partner @ BlockTower Capital

About

Passionate investor with a background in derivatives trading and institutional investing. To contact me, please email info@blocktower.com. We cannot review unsolicited whitepapers, apologies.

Country

City

United States

Industry

Capital Markets

Skill

Value Investing, Options, Derivatives Trading, Investments, Proprietary Trading, Entrepreneurship, Equities, Commodity, Commodity Markets, Global Macro, Trading, Economics, Equity Trading, Derivatives, Foreign Exchange, Fixed Income, Emerging Markets, Hedge Funds, Financial Modeling, Financial Markets

Experience

CIO, Managing Partner

BlockTower Capital

2017-7 - Present · 9 yrs 3 mos

Greater New York City Area

BlockTower Capital brings professional trading and portfolio management to cryptocurrency.

Portfolio Manager

University of Chicago

2016-1 - 2017-7 · 1 yr 7 mos

Chicago, IL

-Co-manager of $150 million strategic hedge portfolio. -Risk reporting and analytics. -Research on asset class characteristics and return drivers.

Risk Specialist

University of Chicago

2013-12 - 2015-12 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Greater Chicago Area

Risk Specialist for the University of Chicago's $7 billion endowment. -Co-manager of $140 million strategic hedge portfolio. -Risk reporting and analytics -Research on asset class charactertistics

Derivatives Trader

Susquehanna International Group

2006-6 - 2010-6 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

- Developed system for aggregating risk of Susquehanna index desk into one set of risk variables. - Market maker and proprietary trader of equity options, commodities, forex, and power. - Developed new strategies in energy products based on analysis of order flow. - Coordinated hedging of 11 energy traders in natural gas.