Sales Analyst
Resume:
Michael V. Burcher, CMT
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July 2007- Risk Arbitrage - Special Situations Trader / Analyst, Havens
Advisors
Nov. 2010 New York, New York
. Trader/Analyst for $450MM AUM Event Driven Merger
Arbitrage / High Yield hedge fund with 10+ year track
record.
. Responsible for all aspects of trading, including the
utilization of various electronic platforms, as well as
the interaction with sell side brokers, involving
equities, swaps, currency, options and debt instruments.
. Duties include providing recommendations for investment
opportunities to Portfolio Managers, interacting with
analysts & lawyers to assess regulatory risk/deal
completion probability, calculating trading ratios, daily
asset allocation, reconciliation of trade breaks, and
preparation of an early morning research report
summarizing all activity in risk arbitrage / event driven
transactions.
. Coordinate relationships with various prime broker
personnel to facilitate clearing activities.
July 1999- Institutional Equity Position Trader (Financials), Jefferies &
Co.
July 2007 New York, New York
. Member of 4 person team generating in excess of $40MM
in annual commissions.
. Market maker in 110+ Nasdaq stocks.
. Monitored institutional order flow of Listed and
Nasdaq stocks using NYSE/ASE,
ECN's, dark pools, and algorithmic functions.
. Was responsible for customer facilitation,
proprietary trading as well as 'best execution'.
. Interfaced with correspondent accounts to place
listed and Nasdaq trades.
Sept. 1998- Middle Office Supervisor/Trading Assistant, Jefferies & Co.
July 1999 Short Hills, New Jersey
. Managed 3-person department responsible for research and
resolution of trade settlements for the institutional listed
equity desk and 27 sales traders.
. Extensively interacted with institutional clients, custodian
banks, buy-side traders, account executives and internal
departments to resolve trade breaks and settle trades.
. Inputted data of option blotter/trading tickets using
Brass/ADP system with distribution of these trades into
client accounts.
Feb. 1997- Equity / Option Trader, Jack White & Company
Feb. 1998 San Diego, California
. Trader on a high volume trading desk for a highly ranked
discount broker/dealer.
. Executed orders of stocks, options, mutual funds,
commodities, and U.S. Treasuries for retail clients.
. Instructor for new brokers in all aspects of trading and the
resolution of client disputes.
Licenses Chartered Market Technician
NASD Series 3, 4, 7, 24, 55, 63 (expired 7/2010)
PC Skills Fidessa, Reuters, ILX, Bloomberg, Brass, ADP, Microsoft Office
Education University of California at Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Arts - Economics/Mathematics, June 1995
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