VARUNA Technologies (VARUNA), a European technology-driven investment platform, has hired Matthias Fischer as Global Head of Institutional Business, effective July 2022.

Fischer brings with him a wealth of experience across leading financial services institutions, having spent over 20 years in the industry. He joins VARUNA from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, where he spent 9 years, most recently as Head of Financial Planning & Analysis. Prior to this, he worked at Allianz Asset Management for 14 years, rising through the ranks to the role of Head of Global Planning & Controlling.
 
At VARUNA, Fischer will be responsible for building and developing new and existing business relationships with pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, commercial asset managers and institutional investors.
 
The hire of Matthias Fischer follows several notable additions to the VARUNA management team, namely Shaun Curry and Richard Steele joining as Director and Director of Investor Relations, respectively. It also follows the news that VARUNA has launched its maiden multi-strategy quant fund, the VARUNA Navigator Fund, which is now open to external investors.