Greg Barrato
Westport, CT ****0
abic7k@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lucerne Capital Management, LLC (spinoff of ReachCapital), Harrison, NY
February 2004-September 2010
Head International Equity Trader
January 2009-September 2010
Assistant Trader/Operations Manager
January 2008-January 2009
Responsible for trading equities across Europe for a long/short
international equity Hedge Fund ($1.5B peak AUM) in addition performed the
following duties:
. Implemented DMA/Algorithmic trading systems to reduce trading costs
. Interacted with local brokers in foreign markets in order to source
liquidity and gain insight
. Discussed trading ideas, fund exposure, market risks and market moving
headlines with portfolio managers on a daily basis
. Traded U.S. ETF's in order to hedge market risk to the fund
. Supervised "Best Execution" monthly meetings to review commissions
paid and soft-dollar budget with portfolio managers, CFO and trading
desk
. Calculated and executed FX spot trades, currency hedges and monthly
program trades across multiple portfolios with different currency base
. Developed and implemented a more efficient system to calculate program
trades
. Responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of EzeCastle OMS and
worked with EzeCastle to create custom reports for fund managers
. Trained and managed trading desk and operations employees.
. Reduced trading cost by negotiating lower commission terms with
brokers as well as lower annual OMS fees
. Setup multiple "FIX" connections between brokers and OMS to reduce
trade errors on desk
ReachCapital Management. LP, Harrison, NY February
2004-January 2008
Assistant Trader/Operations Manager
Responsible for trading U.S. and Canadian equities for a long/short
international equity Hedge Fund ($3B peak AUM) in addition performed the
following duties:
. Researched and converted Hedge Fund to a more efficient OMS
. Implemented and maintained EzeCastle OMS, including educating and
training all employees in multiple branches
. Confirmed and settled trades
. Communicated with multiple prime brokers concerning all trade
settlements and corporate actions
. Performed position, market value, cash, and currency hedge
reconciliations for all portfolios across multiple prime brokers
. Executed FX spot trades and currency hedges
. Responsible for proxy votes and corporate action elections based on
fund guidelines and portfolio manager's preference
. Trained and managed operations employees
SIX Telekurs USA Inc, Stamford,CT
January 2003-February 2004
Data Analyst
EDUCATION
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
B.S. in Finance, 2002
SKILLS
EzeCastle OMS-Traders Console, Bloomberg, UBS Pinpoint, REDIPlus, Excel, FX
Hedge Manager and Fix