Bernard Minsky has joined Cowen Group’s international prime services team as director and head of risk management.

Kevin LoPrimo (pictured), head of international prime brokerage, says: “We are proud to welcome Bernie, a seasoned professional, to lead our international prime services risk management team. Bernie has 30+ years of experience in the investment industry as a risk manager, business operator and consultant. Bernie and I had worked together before during our time at Goldman Sachs and are pleased to have the opportunity to do so again. He has a demonstrated ability to assess and navigate risk in a variety of market environments. We believe Bernie will serve our clients well and play an important role as we scale our international prime services business to clients in Europe and Asia.”
 
Prior to joining Cowen, Minsky founded Certior Advisors, a consulting firm providing risk management services to the investment community.
 
Before that, he was the chief risk officer and chief operating officer of Callisto Asset Management. Previous to that, Minsky was the head of portfolio analysis and risk management at International Asset Management, a fund of hedge funds manager, and an executive director at Goldman Sachs managing the global risk team and prime brokerage in Europe. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he was a management consultant specialising in the use of quantitative methods in management and finance.