Exploring Cryptocurrencies
Summary
Join Invesco’s Head of Alternatives Thought Leadership, Drew Thornton, for a discussion on cryptocurrencies. “Crypto” – often summarized through Bitcoin – is a poorly understood but rapidly growing market. Bitcoin has seen rapid price appreciation since its inception, but it continues to evolve in how markets and investors treat and view it.
Speaker
Drew Thornton is Head of Thought Leadership for Invesco Investment Solutions. In this role, he develops quantitative and multi-asset research for a wide variety of client segments globally. He structures the Solutions thought leadership program to highlight their investment capabilities over tactical and strategic time horizons; factor investing, alternatives, private assets, capital market expectations, asset allocation, portfolio management, and their proprietary technology platform for CIOs, Invesco Vision.
Mr. Thornton joined Invesco when the firm combined with OppenheimerFunds in 2019. He was an investment strategist at OppenheimerFunds (OFI), where he was responsible for formulating and communicating views on the macro investment landscape, researching investor behavior, and building digital investment tools. Before that, Mr. Thornton held positions within OFI’s Capital Markets, Enterprise Data Science, and Technology groups. He has been in the financial industry since 2013. Mr. Thornton earned a BA degree in finance from Rutgers University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) charterholder and member of the Society of Quantitative Analysts.