Mr Howard Liu

KANDO id: 1030501

Bio

Howard began his career at Swiss Bank Corporation Warburg Dillon Read (now UBS) on the Precious Metals Structured Products desk’s proprietary metals book. Howard traded derivatives specifically Index and Interest-rate futures for the 2 largest proprietary trading firms: Generic LLC and the Carlin Financial Group (acquired by RBC and now RBC Carlin). He then managed a book of assets for The AXA Group (#25 on 2017 Fortune 500) before launching Variance Venture Partners in 2014 and Argonautic Ventures in 2016. Howard’s venture and hedge fund network spans the globe and has forged elite relationships with the microcap venture community and on-trend vertically-focused funds. Argonautic leads the enablement of highly-developed customized asset allocation strategies defined by coupling vertical with stage, duration, risk and liquidity preferences. Howard’s focus is continuing to build fund partnerships with venture-based leaders in cutting-edge industries and sectors including emerging markets like Israel and Africa and hedge fund based leaders in crypto economics, game theory and the creation of crypto-based derivative trading instruments. Howard attended New York University’s Stern School of Business.

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