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Associated Press
14 hours ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Dr. Patrick Pilati Joins National Rugby Football League as Strategic Advisor
Advancing Rugby as a New Asset Class MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA / ACCESS Newswire / June 18, 2025 / The National Rugby Football League (NRFL) is proud to announce that Dr. Patrick Pilati, a globally recognized expert in behavioral finance, institutional capital strategy, and financial architecture, has joined the league as a strategic Pilati Dr. Pilati will work alongside the NRFL's leadership to help position the league at the intersection of elite sports, financial engineering, and capital markets. His advisory role will center on helping the NRFL evolve into a scalable asset class-supporting its long-term vision of transforming professional rugby into a structured financial product accessible to institutional stakeholders, family offices, and global markets. 'Dr. Pilati brings a strategic lens that's uniquely suited to our mission,' said Michael Clements, CEO of the NRFL. 'His global experience in financial innovation and market structuring will help us build a foundation where rugby can thrive as both a premier sport and a dynamic economic engine.' The NRFL is pioneering a next-generation media and sports property in North America by commercializing rugby-one of the world's most popular yet untapped sports markets on the continent. Combining high-performance sport, immersive digital content, and cutting-edge fan engagement strategies, the NRFL is crafting a premium platform designed for long-term commercial monetization. Dr. Pilati, known globally for scaling fintech, commodities, and alternative investment ventures, brings more than two decades of executive leadership to the role. His career spans over $80.6 billion in cross-sector global transactions. Most recently, in 2024-2025, he spearheaded the financial transformation of companies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, scaling valuations from $400 million to $8.1 billion in under 12 months through advanced securitization strategies and behavioral capital modeling. His proprietary financial models have been used to reshape asset classes from digital banking to luxury commodities. 'The NRFL represents a rare opportunity to architect an entirely new asset category-where sport, finance, and technology converge,' said Dr. Patrick Pilati. 'By applying institutional-grade financial modeling, behavioral economics, and asset securitization principles, we can help shape rugby not just as a sport, but as a scalable, investable platform with long-term value for global markets.' This partnership signals a unique evolution in how professional sports franchises are conceptualized-not simply as entertainment entities, but as structured financial instruments with real-asset potential, yield curves, and integrated value chains. For more information, visit or contact the NRFL Media Relations team. Contact Information Steve Ryan Managing Director [email protected] 952-835-4364 SOURCE: National Rugby Football League press release
Zawya
17-03-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Fayafi unveils revolutionary Market Emotional Knowledge & Kinetic Analysis algorithm
DUBAI, UAE/PRNewswire/ -- Fayafi Investment Holding, the first UAE firm made available through a bankable certificate issued under the SIX Swiss Exchange framework and featured on Bloomberg, has unveiled the proprietary algorithm MEKKA underpinning its investment decision-making. MEKKA, an acronym for Market Emotional Knowledge & Kinetic Analysis, was created by Fayafi Investment Holding's Executive President Dr Patrick Pilati in 2017 in collaboration with Swiss mathematicians. The advanced financial platform recognizes that markets are driven by human emotions, biases, and psychological patterns. MEKKA integrates sentiment analysis, AI-driven market forecasting, and real-time behavioural insights to optimize investment strategies. MEKKA relies on Market Emotional Knowledge (MEK) to understand and quantify investor sentiment, cognitive biases, and emotional market drivers. It also uses Kinetic Analysis (KA) to study market momentum driven by behavioural patterns, liquidity flows and investor reactions. MEKKA helps institutional investors like Fayafi anticipate market shifts before they occur. "While traditional financial models focus purely on quantitative and fundamental analysis, MEKKA combines psychology, AI, and trading analytics to deliver a more complete understanding of market behaviour. By integrating market sentiment analysis, AI-driven behavioural finance models, and predictive trading intelligence, MEKKA enables a more complete understanding of market sentiment. It allows investors to identify opportunities before they gain mainstream attention," said Dr. Patrick Pilati, Executive President of Fayafi Investment Holding. MEKKA continuously scans and quantifies investor sentiment using AI-powered real-time monitoring of news and social media analysis to detect sentiment and market shifts. It tracks proprietary indicators measuring emotional states in equity, commodity, and bond markets. It also offers decision-makers investor sentiment heatmaps, visually depicting emotional trends across global financial markets. These insights enable investors to detect early signs of market movements. "MEKKA represents a transformational shift in financial markets, proving that investor psychology is as crucial as technical and fundamental analysis. MEKKA empowers investors to understand hidden psychological market drivers, capitalise on market inefficiencies and mitigate risk through behavioural-based trading strategies. With MEKKA, investment decisions are no longer based solely on numbers but are also guided by deep insights into human psychology and market emotion," he added. MEKKA offers deep insights into niche strategic investments such as isotope copper of which Fayafi holds USD 3.6 billion in reserves within its Dubai vaults at Ferrari Logistics DMCC. Fayafi Investment SPV has succeeded in commoditizing and securitizing isotope copper, making available USD 1.44B in Euroclear security certificates backed by the metal on the SIX Swiss Exchange in February 2025. In 2025, Fayafi Investment Holding Limited integrated MEKKA into its investment framework, enhancing its ability to navigate market trends, manage risks and capitalize on behavioural-driven opportunities. MEKKA has enabled Fayafi to optimise its investment decisions by aligning commodity investments with sentiment-based market trends, and enhance liquidity management by timing transactions based on emotional flow predictions. Backed by Fayafi Investment Holding, MEKKA is evolving rapidly. Upcoming milestones include the launch of automated financial advisors powered by MEKKA's reasoning engine, integration with blockchain and DeFi, and expanding MEKKA's insights beyond commodities into other sectors including real estate, venture capital and private equity markets. A key goal, according to Dr Pilati, is to begin offering MEKKA's capabilities to investment banks and sovereign wealth funds as a licensed platform. "MEKKA has enabled Fayafi to achieve stronger market positioning, mitigate risks, and maximize returns by aligning investments with psychological market trends. With its rapid improvements and new features, MEKKA is set to reshape the future of behavioural finance-driven investing while keeping Fayafi Investment Holding Limited at the forefront of global financial market intelligence," Dr Pilati concluded. Contact Details: FAYAFI Investment Holding media@ DIFC, Dubai, UAE SOURCE Fayafi Investment Holding
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fayafi unveils revolutionary Market Emotional Knowledge & Kinetic Analysis algorithm
MEKKA integrates behavioural finance and market intelligence to transform investment decision-making DUBAI, UAE, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fayafi Investment Holding, the first UAE firm made available through a bankable certificate issued under the SIX Swiss Exchange framework and featured on Bloomberg, has unveiled the proprietary algorithm MEKKA underpinning its investment decision-making. MEKKA, an acronym for Market Emotional Knowledge & Kinetic Analysis, was created by Fayafi Investment Holding's Executive President Dr Patrick Pilati in 2017 in collaboration with Swiss mathematicians. The advanced financial platform recognizes that markets are driven by human emotions, biases, and psychological patterns. MEKKA integrates sentiment analysis, AI-driven market forecasting, and real-time behavioural insights to optimize investment strategies. MEKKA relies on Market Emotional Knowledge (MEK) to understand and quantify investor sentiment, cognitive biases, and emotional market drivers. It also uses Kinetic Analysis (KA) to study market momentum driven by behavioural patterns, liquidity flows and investor reactions. MEKKA helps institutional investors like Fayafi anticipate market shifts before they occur. "While traditional financial models focus purely on quantitative and fundamental analysis, MEKKA combines psychology, AI, and trading analytics to deliver a more complete understanding of market behaviour. By integrating market sentiment analysis, AI-driven behavioural finance models, and predictive trading intelligence, MEKKA enables a more complete understanding of market sentiment. It allows investors to identify opportunities before they gain mainstream attention," said Dr. Patrick Pilati, Executive President of Fayafi Investment Holding. MEKKA continuously scans and quantifies investor sentiment using AI-powered real-time monitoring of news and social media analysis to detect sentiment and market shifts. It tracks proprietary indicators measuring emotional states in equity, commodity, and bond markets. It also offers decision-makers investor sentiment heatmaps, visually depicting emotional trends across global financial markets. These insights enable investors to detect early signs of market movements. "MEKKA represents a transformational shift in financial markets, proving that investor psychology is as crucial as technical and fundamental analysis. MEKKA empowers investors to understand hidden psychological market drivers, capitalise on market inefficiencies and mitigate risk through behavioural-based trading strategies. With MEKKA, investment decisions are no longer based solely on numbers but are also guided by deep insights into human psychology and market emotion," he added. MEKKA offers deep insights into niche strategic investments such as isotope copper — of which Fayafi holds USD 3.6 billion in reserves within its Dubai vaults at Ferrari Logistics DMCC. Fayafi Investment SPV has succeeded in commoditizing and securitizing isotope copper, making available USD 1.44B in Euroclear security certificates backed by the metal on the SIX Swiss Exchange in February 2025. In 2025, Fayafi Investment Holding Limited integrated MEKKA into its investment framework, enhancing its ability to navigate market trends, manage risks and capitalize on behavioural-driven opportunities. MEKKA has enabled Fayafi to optimise its investment decisions by aligning commodity investments with sentiment-based market trends, and enhance liquidity management by timing transactions based on emotional flow predictions. Backed by Fayafi Investment Holding, MEKKA is evolving rapidly. Upcoming milestones include the launch of automated financial advisors powered by MEKKA's reasoning engine, integration with blockchain and DeFi, and expanding MEKKA's insights beyond commodities into other sectors including real estate, venture capital and private equity markets. A key goal, according to Dr Pilati, is to begin offering MEKKA's capabilities to investment banks and sovereign wealth funds as a licensed platform. "MEKKA has enabled Fayafi to achieve stronger market positioning, mitigate risks, and maximize returns by aligning investments with psychological market trends. With its rapid improvements and new features, MEKKA is set to reshape the future of behavioural finance-driven investing while keeping Fayafi Investment Holding Limited at the forefront of global financial market intelligence," Dr Pilati concluded. Contact Details:FAYAFI Investment Holdingmedia@ DIFC, Dubai, UAE Photo - View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Fayafi Investment Holding Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fayafi Investment Holding Limited Appoints Institute for Rare Earth Elements as Official Auditor for its Isotope Copper Reserves
Cements governance leadership in strategic commodities with Swiss-standard auditing excellence DUBAI, UAE, March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fayafi Investment Holding, the first UAE firm made available through a bankable certificate issued under the SIX Swiss Exchange framework, listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange and featured on Bloomberg, has appointed the Institute for Rare Earth Elements and Strategic Metals (ISE) as the official auditor for its copper isotope assets. The move follows a previous announcement where Ferrari Logistics DMCC was appointed as the official custodian for the metal reserves, which have an opening valuation of USD 3.6B. Fayafi Investment SPV has innovated the securitization of isotope copper, an extremely rare metal with exceptional strategic applications in medicine, science and quantum computing. The SPV has launched Euroclear security certificates registered on the SIX Swiss Exchange backed by its isotope copper reserves. On February 14th 2025, USD 1.44B worth of these certificates were made available for trading to sophisticated investors at USD 100 per certificate. By market close at 4 pm European time the same day, Fayafi Investment Holding had successfully executed trades worth USD 600 million for its certificates. ISE's appointment as auditor ensures independent verification, strict compliance, and financial integrity, further strengthening investor confidence. It highlights Fayafi's alignment with Swiss auditing standards, widely regarded as the gold standard in financial oversight. As part of its audit function, ISE will conduct independent quarterly stock-taking of Fayafi's isotope copper to ensure accurate valuation and verification of the physical holdings. The first quarterly audit will commence February 28th, 2025. The process is carried out entirely independently from Fayafi's custodian Ferrari Logistics DMCC, to maintain full transparency. The separation between custody and audit guarantees a fully independent verification of inventory levels, reinforcing investor trust and corporate accountability. "The appointment of ISE as our official auditor reflects Fayafi's commitment to Swiss-standard financial governance and market leadership in isotope copper. By maintaining a fully independent auditing and stock-taking process, we ensure the highest level of transparency and trust for our investors and regulatory bodies," said Patrick Pilati, Executive President of Fayafi Investment Holding Limited. The audit also fulfils a mandatory requirement by the SIX Swiss Exchange, ensuring full compliance with Swiss financial regulations and reinforcing Fayafi's standing as a publicly traded entity in Switzerland. "Compliance with the SIX Swiss Exchange requirements further solidifies our position as a trusted regulated entity in the global strategic commodities market. The fact that the audit is funded directly by the securities certificates listed on SIX guarantees absolute independence in this process," Pilati added. Founded in 2008, ISE is a globally recognized auditing and research institution specializing in the evaluation and assurance of high-value strategic assets in regulated markets. Fayafi Investment Holding is an Emirati-founded Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) headquartered in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The first UAE firm to be registered on the SIX Swiss Exchange and listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, Fayafi Investment Holding is currently the highest-value UAE publicly listed company on foreign stock exchanges. It also ranks #4 GCC-wide, reinforcing Dubai and the UAE's credibility as a global financial hub. Contact:FAYAFI Investment Holdingmedia@ DIFC, Dubai, UAE Photo - View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Fayafi Investment Holding Sign in to access your portfolio
Zawya
27-02-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Fayafi announces $50mln social impact fund on occasion of Ramadan
DUBAI, UAE /PRNewswire/ -- Fayafi Investment Holding, the first UAE firm made available through a bankable certificate issued under the SIX Swiss Exchange framework, listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange and featured on Bloomberg, has established a USD 50 million social impact fund to mark the holy month of Ramadan. Recognizing the sacred month as a period of compassion and giving, Fayafi has established its social impact fund to empower underserved communities with health and education initiatives. The Fayafi social impact fund will focus on the dual pillars of educational support and healthcare access. It will offer scholarships, learning resources and financial aid to students from underserved communities, giving them access to quality education and future opportunities. The fund will also sponsor medical treatments, essential services and healthcare programs for families in need, prioritizing critical care, maternal health, and paediatric support. The fund will partner with educational institutions, healthcare organizations, and non-governmental organisations to serve communities in need. It will optimise resource allocation to maximise social impact, ensuring initiatives benefit those who most need them. "Ramadan is a time of unity, generosity, and renewal of purpose. At Fayafi, we believe that true progress is measured not only by financial success but also by the positive impact we create in people's lives. This USD 50 million fund is our commitment to ensuring that education and healthcare—fundamental pillars of a strong society—are accessible to those in need. By empowering individuals and families, we contribute to a more prosperous and equitable future for all," said Patrick Pilati, Executive President of Fayafi Investment Holding Limited, Fayafi invites corporations, investors, and philanthropic partners to join this mission and contribute to the expansion of education and healthcare access across the region. Organizations and individuals interested in collaborating or applying for funding can enquire at "As a leader in strategic investments, Fayafi remains committed to creating meaningful social change beyond financial markets. The Fayafi social impact fund stems from our belief that sustainable success is built on empowering people, uplifting communities, and fostering a brighter future for all. We invite like-minded partners, both institutions and individuals, to join us in this journey, and extend warm Ramadan Kareem wishes to everyone around the world," Pilati added. Fayafi Investment Holding is an Emirati-founded Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) headquartered in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), advancing the cause of financial innovation while also championing sustainability. The first UAE firm to be registered on the SIX Swiss Exchange and listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, Fayafi Investment Holding is currently the highest-value UAE publicly listed company on foreign stock exchanges. It also ranks #4 GCC-wide, reinforcing Dubai and the UAE's credibility as a global financial hub.
