Christian Benson

Christian Benson joined Aite Group in June 2019 as a research associate on the Institutional Securities & Investments team. Before joining the company, he worked as a capital markets and Brexit analyst for two years at the London-based think tank New Financial. He has also interned with the U.K. tax authority, HMRC. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics and enjoys teaching boxing classes.

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Thursday, January 16, 2020 | 11 a.m. ET

Top 10 Trends in Institutional Securities & Investments, 2020: Entering the Tumultuous Twenties

Join Aite Group research director Virginie O’Shea and her team for a one-hour webinar as they identify the top trends that will shape capital markets around the globe in 2020 and beyond. Attend the webinar to: Gain insight on the adoption of APIs and ecosystem strategies in...

Christian Benson, Audrey Blater, Yue Malan, Spencer Mindlin, Matt Simon, Paul Sinthunont

Analyst Views

February 6, 2020

Navigating the Securities Class-Actions Landscape

Securities class actions represent an increasingly important aspect of the capital markets industry. Their rise has sparked an increased demand for infrastructure and insight that is adequate to deal with them. As global jurisdictions look to catch up with the highly developed legal system of the U.S., class-actions regimes are beginning to take shape in jurisdictions such as the U.K., Saudi...

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Christian Benson

October 22, 2019

Sleeping Giants: The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds

For decades, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have preferred to remain in the shadows. Little was known about them and their nature as long-term passive investors helped keep it this way. In recent years, however, the nature of SWFs has begun to evolve. Alongside accumulating a large and growing pool of capital, the profile of sovereign wealth has been boosted by high-profile investments in...

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Christian Benson