Polymarket hires former Goldman Sachs executive for institutional growth

Polymarket has hired Lisa Mantil, formerly of Goldman Sachs, as head of institutional growth as the prediction market platform looks to secure Wall Street institutional liquidity, CNBC reported. Until recently, Mantil was a Goldman Sachs partner and global head of ETF Accelerator, an internal platform that supports clients launching investment products. At Polymarket, Mantil is expected to expand the institutional investor business and promote the use of prediction markets in investment and risk-management strategies.