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| OCTOBER 26, 2011, THE METROPOLITAN CLUB, NYC |
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Trade Execution: Trading high frequency or not, there is a new world order to navigate
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Michael Belotz
CVaR Investment Management
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| Michael Belotz is a principal at CVaR Investment Management, a quantitative investment firm with offices in New York City and Florida. CVaR has an almost seven year track record running a quantitative system that takes intraday positions in the indices of the most liquid equity markets. The system was developed and is run by Dr. Stan Uryasev, the co-creator of Conditional Value-at-Risk. Prior to CVaR, Mr. Belotz worked on the allocation side of the industry, most recently as a consultant for Vulcan Capital and Equifin Alternative Investments and as the Head of Research and Risk Management at Lanx Management, a Fund of Hedge Funds. Previously he was Head of Portfolio Management in the US for the Fund of Hedge Funds Group at Credit Suisse where he ran $6 Billion in portfolios. Michael started out his hedge fund career at TAG Associates, a multi-client family office, as the portfolio manager for their relative value and diversified strategy fund of funds. All of this follows a long career on the sell side in both trading and marketing in the derivatives of equities and commodities for firms such as Chase, Societe Generale and Kidder Peabody. Mr. Belotz has his MBA from The Wharton School and a BS in business from the University of California, Berkeley. |
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David Mechner
CEO
Pragma Trading
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| David Mechner is CEO and co-founder of Pragma Securities, a New York-based financial services firm specializing in innovative algorithmic trading solutions developed and customized for both buy- and sell-side clients. Pragma’s unique combination of broker independence and expertise in market microstructure distinguish the firm as an ideal partner for a range of clients, including exchanges, brokers, institutions and hedge funds. Before founding Pragma Securities, Mr. Mechner developed and implemented short-term trading strategies as Director of Research at Pragma Hedge Fund, and prior to entering the field of finance, he was a doctoral fellow at New York University's Center for Neural Science. His interest in intelligent systems originated during his computer-science undergraduate years, during which he spearheaded a research effort in developing a sophisticated program for the game of Go. Mr. Mechner participated in the Japanese professional promotion system for Go and still ranks among the strongest non-Asian Go players in the world. |
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Patrick Morris
Chief Executive Officer
Hagin Investment Management
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Patrick Morris is the Chief Executive Officer of HAGIN Investment Management in New York City. He also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of two natural resource companies, Monument Global Resources and PATE Environmental LLC. Mr. Morris is a partner of Indo-US Growth Opportunities Fund Inc., which has offices in both the U.S. and India. Mr. Morris is a member of the Professional Association for Investment Communications Resources (PAICR), the Amsterdam American Business Club and he is a founding member of the Society for Financial Econometrics (SoFiE). Mr. Morris is an associate member of Certified Fraud Examiners and a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association. Mr. Morris began his career at Pillette Investment Management and continued at Deutsche Bank, Pulse Trading, and Natexis before founding HAGIN Investment Management.
Mr. Morris has a BA from Syracuse University and a Masters in Political Communication from Emerson College. Mr. Morris is president of the independent film production company and fund, 57th & Irving Productions, which he founded in 2005. He is the executive producer of six independent films: American Teen, The Cake Eaters, Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love, August, Choose, and La Soga. |
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Matthew S. Simon
Senior Analyst
TABB Group
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Matthew S. Simon joined TABB Group in November 2005, following four years with T. Rowe Price Associates at its corporate headquarters in Baltimore, Md.
In his role as an investment liaison, Mr. Simon worked with senior portfolio managers, institutional clients and internal staff in operations, trading and compliance. Previously, as a senior associate at the firm, he supported major corporate initiatives for retail mutual funds and institutional accounts. Mr. Simon also helped produce research on benchmark reporting, net asset value and internal rate-of-return comparisons, portfolio and sector characteristics, performance attribution, and technology support to enhance capabilities.
Developing an expertise in institutional technical environments and business applications, Mr. Simon won several awards at T. Rowe Price for his design and improvements of processes that resulted in firm-wide efficiency gains. |
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