The Investment Table: Lunchtime Webinar | The Return of the Con: How Fakes Still Fool Real Money, and how to stay safe
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With the help of his hexalingual Macedonian wife, Opalesque founder Matthias Knab was the first to identify family office con man “Sir” Anthony Ritossa as a fraud, back in 2018.
Many family office executives and principals scratch their heads how Ritossa has been staging a come back with a new label after the devastating revelations of Vanity Fair in October 2022.
We will examine which forces keep the wheel spinning and highlight common fraud schemes dating back to the first documented fraud in 1750 BCE, and how to protect yourself against it:
- Anatomy of Investment Fraud, from 1750 BCE to today’s misuse of AI
- The Psychology of Deception
- Fake Family Office, Fake PE, Fake Founders: How the Ultra-Wealthy Keep Falling for the Same Old Tricks
- Actionable Safeguards for Investors and Family Offices
Speakers
Matthias Knab
Founder and CEO of Opalesque
Matthias Knab is the Founder and CEO of Opalesque, a publisher of specialist publications on alternative investments and family offices since 2003. With a global team of journalists, analysts, and experts, Opalesque produces newsletters, videos, roundtables, research, webinars and podcasts that reach over 60,000 users in 100+ countries, including the respected HORIZONS: Family Office & Investor Magazine. Matthias interviewed some of the most astute and influential investors and asset managers in the industry, moderated hundreds of panels and chaired conferences in all leading financial centers.
He is also one of ten VIP Tutors of the revolutionary Opalesque Digital Master Class – Asset Raising, a proven system to raise assets and build a successful investment management business with 27 videos, available at https://www.fundmanager.tools. For this online course Opalesque aggregated and systematized all critical insights and success strategies we’ve seen work over the last decades for the best, brightest and most successful investment managers.
As a Senior Advisor at Castle Hall, Matthias contributes to the expansion of the firm’s revolutionary DiligenceExchange platform, which helps investors worldwide manage the operational, ESG, cyber, and investment risks of asset managers.
Matthias is also a Senior Advisor to the prestigious Greenwich Economic Forum which facilitates high-level discussions on global economic trends, investment strategies, and policy developments that shape our financial landscape in intimate, club-like settings that are conducive to creating real peer to peer relationships.With over 30 years of experience in finance, Matthias is passionate about delivering accurate, transparent, and insightful information to a notoriously guarded audience. He has strong network of contacts and relationships across the globe, and a deep understanding of the trends, challenges, and opportunities in the active investment management and family office sectors.
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