There have been recent incidents of individuals and groups falsely claiming to be associated with Optima Global on social media platforms. These imposters have engaged in a variety of unauthorized conduct, including soliciting customers to carry out trading activities with them, impersonating Optima Global using the genuine names of Optima Global senior executives or employees to offer investment opportunities, claiming to offer investment training courses that are supposedly provided by Optima Global or claiming that Optima Global is backing certain initial coin offerings or is otherwise engaged in crypto related trading activity. There have also been fake websites and mobile applications that claim to be Optima Global (or associated with Optima Global) when in fact they are not. These are scams and not authorized by Optima Global in any way.

Please be aware that Optima Global does not engage in any investment activities, provide training or financial services, or conduct other regulated activities through social media platforms or messaging apps. Similarly, Optima Global, its executives and employees do not contact prospects, clients or members of the public via social media platforms or messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Discord and Telegram to offer investment opportunities. Optima Global does not offer direct investments in cryptocurrencies or other digital assets, it does not provide a trading platform to members of the public, it does not have a mobile app, and it does not offer investment training courses to the public.

Optima Global and its partners, employees, directors, officers, advisors, successors, and agents are not responsible for any conduct by unauthorized parties and channels, nor are they responsible for the services or information provided by such unauthorized parties and channels. If you have any questions or wish to ascertain whether you are communicating with an authorized representative of Optima Global, please contact us at https://optimaglobaltradingfund.com/Contact-Us. If you believe that you or someone you know has been a victim of fraud, please report the matter to your local law enforcement or other relevant authorities. For India residents, you may lodge a report at the national cybercrime reporting portal (https://cybercrime.gov.in).

Elena M. Ricci

Principal

18 years of experience

11 years at Optima Global

M.Sc., Bocconi University

M.A., Columbia University

Elena Ricci is a Principal at Optima Global Trading, where she leads the firm’s ETF and quantitative equity strategies. In her role, she oversees daily portfolio management and construction across equity long-short and index-linked products, with a focus on risk management, systematic implementation, and product innovation. She has been instrumental in advancing Optima Global’s quantitative investment capabilities, integrating academic research with real-world portfolio design.

In addition to her responsibilities at Optima Global, Elena serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at Columbia University, where she teaches courses on quantitative portfolio management and ETF innovation. She has also been invited to speak at industry conferences on the evolution of passive and smart beta strategies.

Before joining Optima Global in 2013, Elena worked as a quantitative strategist at UBS Asset Management, focusing on factor-based equity research and ETF design. She began her career at Goldman Sachs as a financial analyst in the Quantitative Investment Strategies Group.

Elena holds an M.Sc. in Finance from Bocconi University and an M.A. in Mathematics of Finance from Columbia University.

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