London’s award-winning Nila Financial is a regulated investment manager at the forefront of merging traditional finance with the fast-paced digital asset market. After founded by Mr. Kannan in 2019, Nila moved to London in 2022. Our expertise lies in leveraging proprietary execution and risk management systems to create and implement advanced quantitative trading strategies. We have designed a diverse portfolio of funds specifically for institutional clients, capitalizing on the volatility of modern markets, such as digital assets market. Through the adaptation of arbitrage and fundamental analysis techniques from traditional financial markets, we generate non-directional or venture-style returns. We always interpret the perspective of investment from the dimension of innovation. Our commitment to transparency and execution efficiency is unwavering, as we strive to define and uphold industry-leading standards, including US and UK regulatory approvals and transparency principles.
As a cutting-edge investment research firm, Nila embraces the concept that valuable investments exist in every field. Continually exploring novel investment methods and markets, we have developed a robust investment logic and methodology. Our research excellence spans traditional securities arbitrage in secondary markets, growth investing in primary markets, and innovative academic approaches to establish effective investment strategies, capturing unique opportunities in the investment landscape.
Nila’s specific asset analysis diverges from traditional methods like net present value from financial reports and dividend discount models. Instead, we integrate innovative market analysis techniques such as price time series analysis, chaos theory in investments, dynamic factor neural network algorithms, and machine learning to achieve higher alpha returns. This approach has yielded substantial results in securities of newly listed companies.
In the investment realm, Nila’s perspective extends to emerging capital markets such as artificial intelligence and digital encryption markets. While acknowledging the challenges, Nila believes that the bravest reap opportunities in emerging markets. As a forward-thinking research institution, Nila applies traditional market investment methods to emerging markets with notable success.
At Nila, the security of client assets is paramount. We employ independent institutional-grade custody solutions where fund managers do not have transfer rights. Control is jointly maintained by fund managers and custodians. Utilizing leading custodians like Copper, Fidelity, and Fireblocks, Nila has established a segregated, multi-signature cross-organizational custody model, ensuring automated and secure transaction-to-custody transfers.
Since inception to May 31, 2024, Nila funds have steadily improved performance by 47%. Currently, Nila also manages institutional funds alongside investment research.
Nila Diversified Arbitrage Fund (DAF):
A widely used strategy in cryptocurrency spot and futures arbitrage, rigorously tested in theory and practice. By capturing theoretical price differences between spot and related futures, executed volumes can be substantial while risks remain highly manageable.
Nila Quantitative Institutional Fund:
A digital liquidity venture capital fund designed to capitalize on growth opportunities in the field. This fund utilizes statistical quantitative models constructed from historical and real-time data of various cryptocurrencies, including price, volume, order, and transaction time data. Machine learning algorithms trained on extensive datasets identify complex patterns for price prediction, employing models such as multi-factor autoregressive variables and LSTM to delve deeper into cryptocurrency pricing dynamics.
