Daniel Strachmann

Daniel Strachman has been working on Wall Street for more than twenty-five years in various capacities, including investment management, institutional brokerage, insurance, hedge fund, private equity fund, and mutual fund product development, marketing, and distribution. He has extensive experience in equities, fixed income, commodities, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies. Mr. Strachman is Managing Director of A&C Advisors LLC, a firm that provides strategic advice and counsel along with fund governance services to the investment management industry. He serves as a director to both on-shore and off-shore investment vehicles and is a registered director under the Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014 of the Cayman Islands. Mr. Strachman has worked at firms including Apex Funds Services, Morgan Stanley, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Orbitex Financial Services Group. He is the Co-Founder of the Investment Management Due Diligence Association, an independent educational organization focused on setting best practices for both operational and investment management due diligence around the globe. Mr. Strachman is also a FINRA Registered Neutral Arbitrator and an Adjunct Professor at Florida State University College of Business.

Mr. Strachman, an accomplished writer specializing in finance, has written extensively about the investment management industry and is the author of nine books including: Die Grundlagen des Hedge-Fonds-Managements “First Edition” (Wiley 2007), “Second Edition” (Wiley 2012), Getting Started in Hedge Funds “First Edition” (Wiley 2000), “Second Edition” (Wiley 2005) und “Third Edition” (Wiley 2010), The Long and Short of Hedge Fund (Wiley 2008) und Essential Stock Picking Strategies (Wiley 2002), which was named by Barron’s as one of the ten best investment books of the year. He is also the author of Julian Robertson: A Tiger in the Land of Bulls and Bears (Wiley 2004). His articles have appeared in The New York Post, The Financial Times, The Boston Globe, as well as various trade publications around the world.

Mr. Strachman graduated from Clark University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1993. While at Clark, he was a Clark Writing Fellow and the Editor-in-Chief of the campus newspaper. He was born and raised in Framingham, Massachusetts, and is a graduate of the Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School, where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees, is a member of the Executive Committee, and Chairs the Audit Committee.

Mr. Strachman is a former trustee of The Jewish Board of Family and Children Services in New York City and a past president of Jewish Big Brothers and Sisters. Although no longer involved with the Big Brother Big Sister program, he maintains an active relationship with his “little” with whom he was matched in 1995.

Prior to moving to Florida in June of 2014, Mr. Strachman was an active member of the Fanwood Rescue Squad, which provides volunteer Emergency Medical Services to Fanwood and the surrounding communities in Union County, New Jersey. During this time, he was a State of New Jersey Certified Emergency Medical Technician.

Daniel currently resides in Parkland, Florida, with his wife and two children.