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Chicago Atlantic appointed former BlackRock executive Kushal Kshirsagar as Managing Director, Private Wealth Solutions. As per media reports, Kshirsagar would be responsible for bringing Chicago Atlantic’s private markets strategies to individual investors and their advisors.
Media reported that previously, Kshirsagar served various roles across BlackRock’s Multi Asset Strategies, US Wealth Advisory and iShares divisions, including Portfolio Manager of BlackRock’s US Income Models, Lead UHNW Portfolio Strategist for US Wealth Advisory and Head of Strategy & Business Development for iShares in Asia.
BlackRock is an American multinational investment company, founded in 1988. Its an asset manager and one of the world's leading providers of investment, advisory, and risk management solutions. Before BlackRock, Kshirsagar worked at UBS, Credit Suisse and Vanguard and received his PhD in Finance from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Chicago Atlantic is a manager of alternative investments in the private markets that serves businesses and sectors with higher capital requirements than the conventional supply. Digital mining and impact investing, opportunistic private credit and equity, specialist asset-based loans, liquidity solutions, growth and technology financing are some of the firm's private investment strategies. Chicago Atlantic has reportedly canceled credit facilities totaling more than USD 2.2 billion, according to the media report.
