Steven Lord

About the Author

Steven Lord is Managing Editor of FINalternatives.com and the founder of Modern Money Group. He has studied bitcoin since shortly after its inception, and has become a leading expert on the digital currency ecosystem. Lord has led several companies in the financial technology, investment media, brokerage and asset management sectors in the United States and Europe.

Woozle's research: Systematic scuttlebutt & human intelligence

Steven Lord
May 16, 2017
Wall Street research has always been a bit of an enigma to many financial industry participants. On the one hand, anything produced by a sell-side firm is ultimately conflicted by the very business of the firm publishing it.

Woozle's research: Systematic scuttlebutt & human intelligence

Steven Lord
May 15, 2017
Wall Street research has always been a bit of an enigma to many financial industry participants. On the one hand, anything produced by a sell-side firm is ultimately conflicted by the very business of the firm publishing it.

A postcard from Blockchain’s bleeding edge

Steven Lord
April 14, 2017
Modern Trader takes measure of blockchain a year after profiling one of its early adopters.

Patrick Byrne: The disruptor

Steven Lord
January 14, 2017

Look through enough Silicon Valley pitchbooks these days and you’ll quickly realize that one of most overused adjectives in the venture-financing world is “disruptive.” Everyone, it seems, is disru

BattleFin: an emerging manager’s best weapon?

Steven Lord
September 17, 2016

An alternative industry trui

An institutional approach to covered calls

Steven Lord
August 17, 2016

dormouse: Quiet creation of systematic alpha

Steven Lord
June 16, 2016
As unassuming as a hibernating mouse, Martin Coward’s latest fund focuses on the substance of scientific rigor rather than a flashy style.

GSAM’s Papagiannis on liquid alternatives

Steven Lord
May 17, 2016

The popularity of liquid alternatives strategies blossomed in recent years, and with it, the number of investment vehicles claiming to be part of the asset class.

Trade secrets — Due diligence beyond the tear sheet

Steven Lord
May 17, 2016
FINalternatives rode along with an allocator for due diligence on a hedge fund that looked too good to be true. The result? An inside view of a detailed, time-consuming but essential process.

SkyBridge CEO on investment themes, manager screens & regulatory regimes

Steven Lord
May 16, 2016
We talk with Anthony Scaramucci on the issues impacting hedge funds.