Michael Alger
As the Head of NA Relationship Management at StarCompliance, Michael Alger plays a key role in ensuring Star’s clients are keeping pace with the ever-evolving regulatory changes and maximizing the value from their Star compliance platform. Mike began his career at Wells Capital Management where he spent three years designing and implementing solutions for the Risk and Compliance groups, which included a firm wide roll-out of an Employee Conflicts of Interest system. Mike then took a leap and went to work for a high-profile family office where he was exposed to start-up companies making early-stage investment recommendations. Having seen the excitement of a fast-growing technology company, Mike joined StarCompliance in 2016. He has over 8 years of experience in the Finance industry and holds a degree from the University of Minnesota, Duluth in Financial Markets Finance and Management Information Systems.
When MiFID II was introduced in 2018, it dramatically altered the way sell-side research was issued..
