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| OCTOBER 26, 2011, THE METROPOLITAN CLUB, NYC |
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Emerging Manager Showcase B
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Tony Acquadro
Vice-President Institutional Markets
BTS Asset Management, Inc.
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Tony C. Acquadro is Vice President of Institutional Markets for BTS Asset Management and a member of the BTS Investment Committee. He joined BTS in December, 2010 as Head of Institutional sales. Before that Mr. Acquadro served as Managing Director for MFIP, Inc. a Family Office and CTA in Ardmore, PA. Prior roles include CEO of DaVinci Global Advisors, LLC and DaVinci Investment Advisors, a quant-based systematic hedge fund. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Acquadro served as National Vice President for ProFunds. Mr. Acquadro began his career with Morgan Stanley in 1993 in Washington, DC. Mr. Acquadro is also a Director at The Hedge Fund Association, a member of The Market Technicians Association, The Managed Funds Association and The CT Hedge Fund Association.
Mr. Acquadro graduated from The Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech and holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing Management. |
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Ryan Faulkner
President
Faulkner Capital
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| J. Ryan Faulkner is the President and sole shareholder of Faulkner Capital Inc., a quantitative investment firm based in Charlottesville, Va., that specializes in trading metals, currencies and short-term interest rate futures. The firm started in 2008 and its current trading program, launched in February, has less than $1 million under management.
Prior to forming Faulkner Capital Inc., Mr. Faulkner was a proprietary trader at Lehman Brothers until January 2008. He traded G10 and emerging market currencies and relied on systematic trading strategies he developed to make all investment decisions. He held this position from March 2005 to January 2008. Lehman Brothers hired Mr. Faulkner in June 2003 to be the G10 currency strategist based in London, a position he held until February 2005. Mr. Faulkner began his career in July 1998 at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He worked there as a trader and research analyst in the Foreign Exchange and Investments division of the Markets Group until May 2002. In June 2002, the Central Bank of Chile in Santiago, Chile hired Mr. Faulkner as a consultant and portfolio manager in the International Investments division on a one-year, fixed-term contract, which ended May 2003. Mr. Faulkner holds an M.A. in International Finance from Columbia University and a B.A. from the University of South Carolina. |
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Santtu Seppälä
Founder and Chief Investment Officer
Kiitos Capital Management
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| Santtu Seppälä is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Kiitos Capital Management. The investment objective of the Kiitos Global Opportunities portfolio is to achieve long term capital appreciation by managing a long-short equity portfolio focused on companies impacted by broadly defined Global Health Trends. Prior to founding Kiitos, Mr. Seppälä worked at Cantillon Capital Management for over 4 years, both as an analyst for all Cantillon funds, as well as the Portfolio Manager for the Cantillon Health Fund. Prior to Cantillon, he worked at Lazard Asset Management for 5 years, researching stocks for international large, mid and small-cap funds, both long and short. Mr. Seppälä holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a BA in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale College. |
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David Tawil
Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager
Maglan Capital
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| David D. Tawil is Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager of Maglan Capital, a hedge fund firm based in New York with $110 million under management that focuses on distressed debt and equity of corporations approaching or experiencing bankruptcy, restructuring and other value-unlocking events. The Maglan Distressed Fund launched in January.
Prior to Maglan, Mr. Tawil was an investment banker with Credit Suisse, where he served as Director of Leveraged Finance and co-managed the fixed-income alternative asset trading business, focusing on sourcing and trading illiquid high-yield and distressed debt. Before that, he was an attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell, specializing in workouts and bankruptcies. He began his legal career as an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Mr. Tawil earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management, graduating magna cum laude, from Yeshiva University. He received his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. |
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