On October 7 in London, Global Finance named the best financial innovations in seven financial centers around the world—from Africa to Latin America—as part of the 2025 Innovators Awards. Mind Money was among the winning organizations.
In a festive atmosphere, Mind Money representatives—company head Julia Khandosko, executive director and head of portfolio management Alexey Afanassievskiy, and LSE analyst Anastasia Volkova—were awarded the Top Innovations in Finance 2025 – Western Europe prize for developing a weather risk assessment system.
“Our model links observed weather conditions to trading decisions in real time” - Julia Khandosko. "We track both short-term climatic events, such as sudden frosts or hurricanes, and long-term changes, such as drought cycles. The weather model then helps us identify risks and opportunities at an early stage, before the market assesses them."
“Mind Money uses this model in its calendar and intercommodity spread trading strategies, which has allowed it to avoid a single loss-making year in six years” - Alexey Afanassievskiy.
“We are pleased to share this innovation and show how weather data can be a powerful tool for investors” - Anastasia Volkova.
“We are pleased to share this innovation and show how weather data can be a powerful tool for investors” - Anastasia Volkova.
Founded in 2010, Mind Money (formerly Zerich Securities) is a leading European investment technology center headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus, regulated by CySEC CIF 115/10. Mind Money provides access to stocks, exchange-traded funds, bonds on major stock markets, as well as pre-IPO and IPO investment opportunities on global markets.
The results of the strategy can be tracked in the Bloomberg FIGI terminal: BBG00T87Z5T1.
The results of the strategy can be tracked in the Bloomberg FIGI terminal: BBG00T87Z5T1.