Adriana Kostov: advocating for women in financial services

Women are taking a great pace in the market these days, whether we talk about hospitality, healthcare, IT, or financial sector. There has been noticed great participation of women in all areas of life. Here you will get to know about one such woman who has given herself a great standing in the financial services world.

Adriana Kostov is a Law and Commerce Graduate from the University of Western Australia  having experience of working in executive advisory roles with Blackswan Equities and Hancock Prospecting in Perth. The US-headquarted Hedge Fund Association selected Adriana Kostov to manage the responsibility  as one of the global regional directors for three new and different sites as part of their extension program in 2013, being allocated to the Australian Chapter.

Adriana was the Regional Director of the Global Hedge Fund Association, Australia along with being the Director of Regulatory Affairs, Compliance for Excalibur Funds Management, a foriegn exchange trading fund with offices in New York and Hong Kong. . Ms Kostov as Regional Director, Australia for HFA, undertook activities to , include liaison with global investment managers and investors and the positive promotion of the regulation of the financial services  industry..

At the time of her appointment, Ms Kostov said “Adriana Kostov says, “I am looking forward to the challenge of leading Hedge Fund Association activity in Australia at this exciting time in its history”.

Ms Kostov is of belief that there are no shortcuts to attain success, success is attributable, simple, and can be attained with old- fashioned hard work, restraint, and resolution. She has experience in risk management, corporate development, and compliance administration in financial and family office sectors. Kostov trusts higher market variability brings great possibility for the Hedge Funds “because their primary investment goal is to preserve capital, reduce risks, and provide investors with stable returns uncorrelated to market movements”.

In 2014, Ms Kostov was invited as a speaker at “the Women in Asset Management Forum”, represented by the Asian Investor magazine, Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong, to . speak on the “The Role of Women”, a “discussion about the cases and achievements of women in the asset management industry, the importance of mentoring, challenges women face to reach the corporate ladder, self awareness, and solutions to issues women face in the path of success.”

Ms Kostov was awarded an Industry Advocacy Award in 2014, in the Australian Women in Financial Services Awards, for her work in the advocacy and promotion of women to enter senior roles in the financial services sector, and mentoring younger women

 Adriana Kostov, an advocate for women progress in financial services, deems there is nothing that can be a limitation in the way of a woman’s ability to achieve the levels of success she always dream of, if she puts her focus to it.

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