OUR MISSION
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING | ADVISORY | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Finetiq Ltd is a management consulting firm offering a wide range of advisory services to firms operating in FinTech and Innovation. Our mission is to support all stakeholders in the FinTech industry and help them implement best practices and successful commercial strategies.
Based in our core markets of Japan and Hong Kong, we support global firms aiming to develop and expand their operations in Asia.
BUSINESS MODEL
BRINGING BEST PRACTICES TO THE FINTECH INDUSTRY
Hong Kong and Japan as core markets
Team of Finance Veterans
• Pluriannual experience in building finance verticals in Asia
• Deep understanding of new technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence
FinTech Market Focus
• Management Consulting and Advisory
• Academic Engagement
• Eco-system development
• Hong Kong-based
• Pan-Asian coverage
• Strong focus on Japan
• Launched in March 2018
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AND ADVISORY
OUR CORE COMPETENCIES
WE ARE PROUD TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE LEADING FINTECH COMPANIES, UNIVERSITIES AND PROJECTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
CREDENTIALS
BEST PRACTICES IN FINTECH
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ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT
Master in FinTech & Innovation
Member of Scientific Committee and member of global experts contributors
One year, fully academically accredited masters program
Teaching faculty for Henley Business School's Hedge Fund program and seminars focusing on financial markets' applications of blockchain technology
ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
Adjunct Professor at New York University - School of Professional Studies, Tokyo Campus for the Global Certificate in FinTech
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Finetiq is a proud member of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong.
Finetiq is a partner company of the Hong Kong FinTech Week, the first cross border financial technology conference, for the second year in a row.
LATEST NEWS
ITALIAN STARTUP NIGHT
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
Our CEO Maurizio is a panelist at the Italian Startup Night, an event held at leading Tokyo incubator EdgeOf.
Event details can be found here: link
THE TEAM
FINTECH EXPERTS
Dedicated professionals to support your business development
MAURIZIO RAFFONE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Maurizio has 20 years of international finance experience, with expertise in credit derivatives, structured finance and fund management. Maurizio’s most recent roles were as Managing Director at UniCredit Bank AG, the investment banking arm of UniCredit SpA, and as Partner at TriSpan LLP, an asset management firm based in London, where he was co-Chief Investment Officer of TriSpan’s global macro fund.
Maurizio is an advisor to AdvisingAsia, a consulting firm in Bangkok, Adjunct Professor at NYU -SPS in Tokyo, teaches at the Henley Business School Hedge Fund program and is a scientific committee member for LUMSA University’s Master in FinTech & Innovation.
ROGER HOSHINO
JAPAN COUNTRY HEAD
Roger has 25 years of financial markets experience in Japan.
In his long career Roger has worked with some of the premier international financial institutions such as Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, UBS and Natixis where he was a Senior Structurer providing strategic financial solutions.
Roger brings to Finetiq a wealth of experience in dealing with Japanese regulators and a deep network in the Japanese financial community.
BOARD OF ADVISORS
MUFID SHAWWA
SENIOR ADVISOR
Mufid Shawwa is a Member of the Acreditus Advisory Board and is currently Head of Wealth Management Solutions at a London-based private global asset management firm and has over twenty years of experience as an investment professional.
Previously he was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse in London and Dubai.
BENJAMIN TSAI
SENIOR ADVISOR
Benjamin is managing partner at Wave Financial, a leading digital asset investment firm, and a founder of the LA Blockchain Lab and was previously Asia Head of Alternative Strategies for AllianceBernstein and Head of Commodities Asia Pacific for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.