Carbon360° Hires Research Analyst from Citi Managed Futures

New York, NY, July 05, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Carbon360°, an Opalesque Media Group company, has appointed Daniel Golyanov to the position of research analyst.

Golyanov joins the Carbon360° research team from his previous position at Citi Managed Futures as a Fund Associate. Golyanov holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) from Baruch College (New York). Carbon360° founder Brian Shapiro said: “Daniel’s research capabilities and expertise complement the scope of Carbon360°’s technology research. The Carbon360° team - which is currently working on the 2009 Fund Administration Factbook - is looking forward to leverage Daniel's background, as Carbon360 continues to grow as a firm."

Carbon360° was established in 2002 with the mission of delivering the most in-depth research on critical financial enterprise software systems and operations trends. The firm specializes in analyzing software companies' performance on functional, support and application development issues by profiling hundreds of different platforms from leading vendors like SunGard™, Advent™, Thomson Reuters™ etc.

Carbon360° publishes the acclaimed Carbon360° comparative cross-vendor matrixes, as well as different industry reports - for example the Carbon360 Fund Administration Report - who are all authoritative selection guides for the industry. For more information on Carbon360° and Carbon360 research, please go to http://www.carbon360.com.

Earlier in 2009, Carbon360° was acquired by Opalesque Ltd, a leading international media company focusing on the alternative investments industry. Opalesque publishes eleven specialist publications covering hedge funds, real estate, commodities, Islamic Finance, "alternative alternatives", Sovereign Wealth Funds, Managed Futures and CTAs, as well as technical research (chart analysis). The Opalesque banner publication Alternative Market Briefing is the only daily hedge fund news service read by the elite hedge fund managers themselves (http://www.opalesque.com/op_testimonials.html). For more information on Opalesque and Opalesque products, please go to http://www.opalesque.com.

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