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Investors: Investing with Obama
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Mitchell Nichter
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
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| Mitchell Nichter practices corporate and securities law with the international law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, concentrating on hedge funds, offshore funds, mutual funds, closed-end funds, fund governance, and on the structuring, financing, formation and regulation (federal and state) of hedge funds and other financial services businesses. During his more than 20 years of practice in the hedge fund and investment management industry, Mr. Nichter’s clients have included U.S. and offshore investment and hedge funds, registered investment companies, independent mutual fund board members, investment advisers, broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and other types of financial institutions. Mr. Nichter is listed in the Chambers USA Guide to Leading Investment Funds Lawyers, the Chambers Global Guide to Leading Investment Funds Lawyers, and in The Legal 500 (United States) as a leading hedge fund and mutual fund lawyer. |
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Tom Capasse
Waterfall Asset Management
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| Tom Capasse is a Principal and Co-Founder of Waterfall Asset Management, LLC, a leading specialist manager of High-Yield Asset Backed Securities with $1 billion in assets under management. Mr. Capasse was a pioneer in the development of the securitization market as a founding member of Merrill Lynch’s industry leading ABS Group (1983-1994) with experience in 40 of 60 ABS sectors including the first Subprime Mortgage & Manufactured Housing ABS transactions. Subsequently, he managed principal finance groups at Greenwich Capital (1995-97), Nomura Securities (1997-2001) and Macquarie Securities (2001-2004) before co-founding Waterfall in 2005. He has experience in private equity investing in ABS-related companies including Fairbanks Capital which became the largest U.S. residential mortgage special servicer. He began his career as a fixed income analyst at Dean Witter and Bank of Boston and has a B.A. from Bowdoin College (1979). |
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Duncan Hennes
Atrevida Partners
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| Duncan P. Hennes is Co-Founder and Partner of Atrevida Partners, LLC, an alternative asset management firm in Rye, N.Y. Prior to Atrevida, Duncan was a Co-Founder and Partner of Promontory Financial Group, an investment and advisory firm focused on the financial services sector. Duncan is currently a Senior Advisor of Promontory.
Prior to Promontory, Duncan was the Chief Executive Officer of Soros Fund Management, one of the largest hedge fund management companies, managing over $20 billion in capital. Duncan’s responsibilities at Soros included management of the firm’s investing and operational infrastructure, expansion of the firm’s business platform, management of specific trading areas, including arbitrage activities, and selection of third party managers.
Prior to Soros, Duncan was at Bankers Trust Company for 12 years, holding a number of positions, including Executive Vice President in charge of the Trading, Sales and Derivatives division and Treasurer. While at Bankers Trust, Duncan was the Chairman of the Board of Oversight Partners I, the consortium that took over control of Long Term Capital Management. Prior to Bankers Trust, Duncan was a Certified Public Accountant and an Audit Manager with Arthur Andersen and Co. He was employed at Arthur Andersen & Co for eight years.Duncan received his Bachelor of Science degree, Summa cum Laude, from the Wharton undergraduate division of the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. In 1979, he received an MBA degree, with distinction, in Finance from the Wharton Graduate Division. |
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Mark Kleinman
Marathon Asset Management
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| Mark Kleinman is Senior Managing Director of Marathon Asset Management, a global alternative investment and asset management company. Marathon was selected as one nine fund managers for the U.S. Treasury’s legacy securities investment program, the Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP). Mr. Kleinman joined Marathon from J.P. Morgan Chase, where he served as Treasurer with global responsibility for areas including funding, liquidity, capital, new product development, infrastructure, clearing, settlement, and regulatory and rating agency relationships. He was also on the board of directors of Board of Directors of J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. Prior to J.P. Morgan Chase, Mr. Kleinman was Managing Director and Treasurer of the Global Corporate and Investment Bank at Citigroup. Kleinman also held the position of Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Salomon Smith Barney, a unit of Travelers Group, and he was formerly with Goldman Sachs & Co. for 16 years, where he held a number of senior positions in a variety of divisions. Mr. Kleinman received his MBA from Columbia University. He also holds a Master in Architecture from Harvard University, a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude from the City University of New York. |
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Anne Mathias
Concept Capital Washington Research Group
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| Anne N. Mathias is the Director of Research for Concept Capital’s Washington Research Group, which provides political, economic and industry research for institutional and corporate investors. In addition to her responsibilities as Director of Research, she covers tax policy issues.
Prior to joining Washington Research Group, Ms. Mathias was a General Partner in healthcare and biotech private equity funds investing in the United States and internationally. Earlier, she spent five years as a senior consultant with Deloitte & Touche in an international management consulting group that specialized in restructuring and privatization in the emerging markets, particularly Eastern Europe.
Ms. Mathias earned a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in Spanish from the University of Maryland in 1987, and a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Georgetown University in 1991. She became a CFA Charterholder in 1999. She is a member of the Washington Society of Investment Analysts and the CFA Institute and is a founder of Women in Bio, a professional organization dedicated to entrepreneurs in the life sciences. She speaks Spanish and French. |
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