Today’s episode is the interview with Celestino Amore – the founder and CEO of Illiquidx, a London based FCA regulated investment firm specialized in trading illiquid financial assets with a focus on distressed securities. He is also Member of the Investment Advisory Committee of Canaima Capital Management.

Today, thousands of illiquid financial assets are priced and traded daily through the platform of IlliquidX - it serves hundreds of global customers for several billion euros in value since 2009. The specialization of the niche and the size of the market allows no margin of error. The complexity and multidisciplinary nature of this product requires professionals in the sector that master multidimensional skills in different areas of the financial services universe.

Today we will discuss some of the biggest opportunities with regards to illiquid distressed assets over the past decades. From Lehman Brothers to the Greek bonds of the 2009 sovereign debt crisis, together with the new opportunities that the current market is providing, focusing on the case study of Venezuela governement and corporate debt market.