
Before joining Prime Quadrant, Alex was Head of Hedge Fund Advisory at Pavilion Alternatives Group, a subsidiary of Pavilion Financial Corporation which was acquired by Mercer in November 2018. In his spare time, Mark is occupied with a growing family, and also serves as past National President and current Board member of Hadassah Associates, a 30,000 member US-based organization committed to advancing medical care, healing and education around the world.Īlex Da Costa is the Head of Investments of Prime Quadrant.Īlex is a member of our Executive Committee and chairs our Investment Committee.Īlex comes to Prime Quadrant with 21 years of experience working in Alternative Investments, doing both research and portfolio management. Mark earned his BA in Economics from Yale University, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Mark has also occupied CFO, CAO and COO roles for Bassini Playfair Wright LLC in New York and Sao Paolo, and Deutsche Asset Management in the US and UK. Prior to moving to Canada, Mark spent eight years at Morgan Stanley in New York where he held the successive roles of Head of Capital Markets Risk and then Chief Global Market and Operational Risk Officer for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Prior to joining Prime Quadrant, Mark held the role of Co-President, Operations & Strategy and CCO for Forthlane Partners and served as the Managing Director, Head of Business Management for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). Mark is a member of our Executive Committee and chairs our HR Committee. Mark Roth is the Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Risk Officer of Prime Quadrant. Mo holds multiple degrees, Magna Cum Laude, from Yeshiva University, and an MBA from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. However, his greatest distinction continues to be his extraordinary wife and five adorable children. In recognition of Mo’s contributions to the community and innovative leadership, Mo has been selected as the recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award.
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Mo has also authored or co-authored four books including, Partners in Preservation: How to Know Your Advisor Is Truly Protecting Your Wealth, The Philanthropic Mind: Surprising Discoveries from Canada’s Top Philanthropists, In Search of the Prime Quadrant: The Quest for Better Investment Decisions, and Selling Snake Oil: Investment Lessons from the World’s Greatest Frauds. Mo has served on numerous investment committees and had a five-year tenure as the Chief Executive Officer of Yeshiva University (Canada), where he was responsible for overseeing all aspects of strategic development, recruitment and managing the Canadian endowment. Mo also sits on the boards of several non-profit organizations including, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Hebrew University and Holland Bloorview Hospital. Philanthropically, Mo is the current Chairman of CAF Canada, the Prime Quadrant Conference and the Prime Quadrant Foundation. Prior to Prime Quadrant, Mo founded and led organizations in industries as diverse as education, auto restoration, e-commerce and microfinance. Last week, buyout group TPG became the latest to join the party, and filed to go public, following the UK’s Bridgepoint earlier this year.Mo Lidsky is the Chief Executive Officer of Prime Quadrant and is the chair of our Executive Committee. Their average revenue margins have increased by 2 per cent a year, according to Wyman. Meanwhile, in alternatives land, the biggest listed US private capital companies have soared in value, as investors seek to benefit from the hefty fees they rake in from the boom in unlisted assets. “This will create a reckoning for asset managers who have developed bloat in their businesses, become overly reliant on embedded beta driving inflows despite mediocre alpha, or who have been highly dependent on cheap leverage to prop up dealmaking volumes and fund returns.” Julia Hobart, a partner at Oliver Wyman, says: This decline could accelerate as conditions that drove markets to hit record highs are poised to reverse: notably bond yields rose this year, fiscal stimulus is being retracted and central banks are reining in asset purchases. Consultant Oliver Wyman estimates that between 20 the average revenue margins of traditional asset managers decreased by 5 per cent a year. US-listed asset managers outperformed the wider market this year, but have lagged behind on a longer time horizon, reflecting the wider pressure on their business models.
