Aleks Kins

About Aleks Kins

With over 30 years of experience in the financial industry, I am a co-founder and principal of AlphaMaven, the most visited alternative investment dedicated website on the internet. The AlphaMaven platform provides access to investment listings, manager tear-sheets, leaderboards, videos and industry news. AlphaMaven offers free membership for qualified investors and knowledgeable industry participants. I am also a principal of Northwater Consulting, a firm that offers customized solutions for investors, managers, and service providers in the alternative investment space. I lead a group of highly experienced experts in investment, business, technology, and marketing consulting, specializing in hedge funds, managed futures, cryptocurrency, and real estate investing. I have a proven track record of developing cutting-edge fin-tech applications, managing multi-billion dollar portfolios, raising capital, and organizing global industry conferences. I am an advocate for transparency and free markets, and have served on the board of the National Futures Association. I have authored and co-authored several publications on alternative investments and have been recognized as a top entrepreneur and authority in my field.

Experience

1. Principal

   Northwater Consulting

   Nov 2013 — Present

   Northwater Consulting offers access to a group of highly experienced experts in the Alternative Investment Industry. The firm provides Investment, Business, Technology and Marketing consulting in the Hedge Fund, Managed Futures, Cryptocurrency and Real Estate Investment industries. The firm offers expertise to investors, managers and service providers in:Sourcing Managers/Investment Opportunities, Due Diligence, Fin-Tech (building state-of-the-art web applications), Portfolio/Risk Management, Research, Developing Business Growth and Assets Raising Strategies. Northwater Consulting\'s group of experts have decades of experience raising, servicing and managing billions of dollars in assets and have worked with many of the world\'s largest and most successful investment firms including, but not limited to, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, fund of funds, banks and family offices.

Education

• Francis W. Parker School

  High School

  1984 — 1989

• Brown University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Economics, History

  1989 — 1993

Skills

• Customer Service
• Microsoft Word
• Leadership
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Excel
• Hedge Funds
• Consulting
• Entrepreneurship
• Managed Futures
• Financial Technology
• Big Data Analytics
• Management
• Marketing
• Conferences
• Software Development
• Laravel
• Php
• Mysql
• Vue.js
• Linux
• Risk Management
• Research
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Public Speaking
• Sales
• Social Media
• Investments
• Asset Management
• Alternative Investments
• Portfolio Management
• Business Development
• Finance
• Capital Markets