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Carlos Flores

CAAN Alternative Asset Management

CEO

Carlos is a co-founder and the CEO of CAAN. Before creating CAAN, Carlos was leading Metagestion, one of Spain's oldest independent fund management companies with c. €600 MM in AUMs, while also serving as Chairman of the Board for two years. He has held senior executive positions for Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and ICBC Standard Bank in London and New York, with roles in the Global Markets division and regional responsibility for Southern Europe and Latin America. Carlos is an active venture capital investor in sectors including technology, finance, energy and digital brands. He holds a BA & MBA from ESADE Business School. He has completed the Corporate Finance Program at London Business School. He holds the EFFA MiCA certification for Blockchain and Crypto Assets. Carlos founded CAAN with the conviction that asset management is a trust-based architecture, not a product business. His vision is to democratize access to highly sophisticated, institutional-grade alternative strategies through a transparent, technology-enabled platform bringing liquid alternatives to investors historically excluded from this segment while upholding the highest standards of governance and discipline.
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Sandbox Stage
Jun 3, 2026
11:00 AM11:30 AM
Tech Shift

Alternative Investment Strategies for the Next Financial Era

Carlos FloresCAAN Alternative Asset Management CEOMarie FabiunkeCosmyc PartnersCo-founder & CEO
Description
This session will explore what real democratization of alternative investing looks like when you build the infrastructure from scratch. For too long, hedge funds and liquid alternative strategies, including blockchain and digital assets, have been reserved for institutional players. The barriers weren't just financial; they were architectural. Built to exclude. This conversation will examine how a new generation of platforms is dismantling those barriers, bringing institutional-grade strategies to investors who have historically been locked out and why this represents a fundamental shift in how we think about access, trust, and capital.
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