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Aatu Kokkila is the founder and portfolio manager behind Thales. He began trading his own capital in 2012 while studying at university, started managing FX strategies for external investors in 2016 and launched a UCITS fund in 2018. Since 2021, he has focused on developing Thales and Aarnikotka’s event-driven macro research process, including the historical scenario and event database underlying the strategy.
He holds M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Business Law from Aalto University School of Business.
Amir Wafin supports Aarnikotka across commercial development, operations and institutional relationships. He began his career at Vicus Capital Advisors, a Finnish alternative investment fund manager, before joining corporate finance adviser Aventum. He also has a background in a long-established family-owned business and currently works in a senior sales role at a Finnish listed company. He holds M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Accounting from Aalto University School of Business and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.
Antti Maimanen is an analyst focused on central-bank and macro-event research. He supports pre-event scenario construction and real-time interpretation of major policy decisions and economic releases, and has several years of experience applying the Thales interpretation framework in live events.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Social and Public Policy from the University of Jyväskylä, with minors in Economics and English.
MEET OUR TEAM
Aatu has spearheaded the event-based trading strategy of Thales event driven Global macro. He started trading for his own account in 2012 while still a university student. He launched his managed account business trading FX on behalf of Finbou AG in 2016. In 2018, he launched a UCITS fund with Forte Securities. In 2021, he returned the UCITS fund investor capital in full, to exclusively focus on growing assets under management at Darwinex.com. He holds M.Sc./B.Sc in Business Law from Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki. Aatu lives with his family in Jyväskylä.
Amir began his career in Vicus Capital Advisors, a Finnish alternative investment fund manager in 2017. He continued at a corporate finance advisor, Aventum in Helsinki until 2020. His background is from family-owned business with 40-years of history in the rug trade. He is currently in charge with all the operational and marketing initiatives of Aarnikotka. He simultaneously works in a Head of Sales position at a Finnish listed company. He holds M.Sc./B.Sc in Accounting from Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, as well as Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation. Amir lives in Helsinki.
Antti made a career transition from politics to trading four years ago when he began working as an analyst consultant for Finbou and thereafter for Aarnikotka. Prior to that, he had been a passionate follower of the FX market for several years. Currently, he assists in creating trading plans and is responsible for interpreting signals during news events. Antti holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Social and Public Policy from the Department of Humanities at the University of Jyväskylä, with minors in Economics and English. He resides in Jyväskylä.