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Peter Hans Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: A new series on technology providers that assist asset allocators.
Before co-founding the Harvest Exchange at the end of 2013, Peter Hans spent his whole career in the asset management industry, on the buy side and on the sale side. At the time, he spotted a distinct lack of progress in the means of client engagement or client acquisition – despite all the advances in communication technology, and the sheer wealth of expertise that is available from asset managers.
So in 2012, he imagined a software-based platform that would be a marketplace of expertise. That marketplace would prioritise two elements: high quality compliance and relevant information. This led to the creation of the Harvest Exchange, a platform where asset managers can post their views, and where those views are disseminated to the relevant audience.
"We have a robust publishing and syndication platform that has built-in compliance tools, as well as built-in security and permissioning tools," Hans explains to Opalesque. "And the way the platform works is why it has been so popular with the investors and has grown so well. Obviously there is a lot of information and noise out there, and discerning what is high quality from what isn't, and what is relevant to you from what isn’t, is exceedingly difficult right now."
Harvest's job includes two main processes: first, it manually v...................... To view our full article Click here
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