About us.

Established in 2012

Elston was set up to research and develop innovative investment propositions for the UK market.

Our Goal

Our mission is to become one of the leading investment solutions boutiques in the UK.

Our Team

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Henry Cobbe, CFA
Head of Research

Henry is Director and Head of Research at Elston Consulting which researches and develops investment strategies for asset-owners, asset managers and intermediaries.  After graduating in 1999 with a first class MA(Hons) degree from the University of Edinburgh, he worked as a research analyst at leading investment managers, including Schroders plc, Thames River Capital LLP and was a partner at Nevsky Capital LLP. Henry is also a trustee of various private client and charitable trusts. Henry is an IMC holder since 2000, a CFA charter holder since 2004.

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Ranye Lu, M.Sc.
Consultant

Ranye worked as a Quantitative Analyst for AXA Hedging Services, Paris where he analysed and developed a Rho Convexity Hedging Strategy using Swaptions, and then as a Trader Assistant for AXA GIE. Ranye programmed a stress-test system for pricing Variable Annuity Products, and also developed several engines (C++, VBA, C#) for Options, Swaps, and Swaptions, while working at AXA. Ranye recently completed a double degree at the EDHEC Business School Financial Economics Masters programme (Masters in Management and MSc in Risk and Investment Management).​
Ranye joined Elston in 2012 and developed Elston's proprietary calculation library on systematic risk-based strategy.  Now back in China, he retains an active interest in the strategies he co-developed for Elston's index business.

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Index Committee

The Index Committee provides oversight and governance as regards Elston's Indices.

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Gallia Grimston
​Index Committee Member

After graduating from Oxford in 2003, Gallia worked at Goldman Sachs International for over 6 years and was an Executive Director in the Capital Introduction and Prime Brokerage team.  She co-founded Elston Consulting in 2012 and was a Director from 2012-15.  Gallia is an investor in a range of financial technology companies.

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Aly Kassam, D.Phil., M.Sc., B.Sc.
Index Committee Member

Dr Aly Kassam graduated with First Class Honours in Physics and Astronomy from University College London, followed by an MSc. in Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory. He continued his studies at Oxford University where he graduated with a D.Phil. in Numerical Analysis. After Oxford, Aly worked for some years as a model-based trader for Barclays Capital, leading a small team trading fixed income futures and forex. He left BarCap to work as the most senior Financial Applications Engineer in The MathWorks Ltd. (the creators of MATLAB®), interfacing MATLAB® with Java, COM and C# and effectively using parallel computing for backtesting trading models. Whilst at The MathWorks he spent some time prototyping a hardware-based solution (DSP or FPGA) for ultra low-latency modelling in financial systems.

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Simon Mott
Index Committee Member

Simon Mott is an ETF and index industry pioneer and veteran with over 20 years of experience gained in senior marketing roles. Simon is currently CMO of Trackinsight and has previously held senior marketing roles at HANetf, London Stock Exchange Group, FTSE Russell and CME Group. Throughout his career, Simon has helped launch thousands of indexes and ETFs, driving over $600 Billion in ETF asset growth. He has been involved in many industry ‘firsts’, including the launch of Europe’s first Cannabis ETF, first centrally-cleared Bitcoin ETF and first white-label ETF platform. Simon is a regular commentator and writer on investment and marketing themes and has won multiple awards for his unique approach to marketing and branding. Simon holds a Masters Degree in Classics from the University of St Andrews.  

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We're here to help you grow...

We enjoy taking on challenges, and solving problems.
Whether you are an asset manager looking to differentiate your product, or a financial advisory firm looking to develop model portfolios for your client base, we are here to help you scale your business.