Luca Avellini is CEO of Riskurb LLC, an investment firm that specializes in foreign exchange, and a full time educator. Formerly President of the Global Custodian Institute, the training and consulting arm of Global Custodian Magazine based in Greenwich, Connecticut, Mr. Avellini started his career as a commodity trader in Paris and benefits from more than 15 years' experience in the equity derivatives, foreign exchange, and risk management departments of several top investment banks and trading firms, most recently UBS in London and New York. He has followed the hedge fund industry very closely since its early days. He holds a Masters degree from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York and a BS in Economics from the University of Pavia, Italy. Author of several articles about derivatives and risk management, he has acted as advisor to a number of financial firms including Bank Julius Baer and Black Pearl. Mr. Avellini is based in New York City.