Matthias Knab
Director, Opalesque
Matthias Knab is the founder of Opalesque. Opalesque is a global news and research house focusing on alternative investments and publishes 18 dedicated publications. The firm has over 50,000 clients in over 160 countries and mails out 700,000 issues of its electronic publications per week. 50% of Opalesque's clients are investors.
Mr. Knab has frequently served as chairman of hedge fund conferences in in New York, Greenwich, London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, Monaco, Stockholm and Dubai. In addition, he has presented or moderated at hedge fund events in Geneva, Zurich, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Cape Town, Madrid, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Toronto, Cayman Islands, Auckland and Bombay, and lectured at numerous universities on the subjects of hedge funds and the state of the global alternative asset management industry.
In 2009, Matthias created the Opalesque.TV interview series which features prominent hedge fund managers like Julian Robertson or Izzy Englander, but also emerging hedge fund managers, hedge fund investors and academics from all continents.
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.
