Mark Hanratty
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City: stamford
State: CT
Zip: 06902
Country: USA
Phone: 203-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: 150
Willing to Relocate
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MARK GERALD HANRATTY
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Equity investment professional with a CFA and diverse
experience in Long only and Long/Short investment
techniques derived from a career at major hedge funds
and mutual funds.
Successfully invested as an Analyst, Sector Portfolio
Manager and Co-Portfolio manager in Large Cap and Small
Cap stocks over a variety of economic conditions and
market environments. Unique insights into the Consumer
Sector from involvement in Private Equity, Arbitrage,
Sell Side Research and Fundamental Investing.
EXPERIENCE:
Yake Associates
1/11-9/12 Analyst
* Formulated and constructed detailed analysis of actionable
investment ideas.
* Conceived and diligenced new products and customer
opportunities.
* Advised on potential sales strategies and alternative
sales strategies.
Thesis Fund Management
4/09-9/10 Co-Portfolio Manager
* One of four members to launch Thesis Fund Management,
advisor to the Thesis Flexible Fund (TFLEX) a long/short
mutual fund.
* Involved in all phases of start-up: business modeling,
fund raising, presentation to the fund board, creating
corporate documents and policies, compliance and marketing
materials.
* Co-Portfolio Manager for The Flexible Fund (TFLEX)
exposure varied from 0 to 35% net long on invested assets.
69% of trades were profitable with an average return of 5%
Exposure ranged from 2 weeks to 4 months.
Asterion Capital
4/08-8/08 External Consultant
Retailing Sector Long/Short Equity
* Advising Asterion, $60m assets under management, on long
and short opportunities in the Retail Sector.
* Active sectors included: Apparel Retail, Restaurants,
Hardlines Retail, and Apparel manufacturing.
Och-Ziff Capital Management
6/06-12/07 Lead Analyst Retailing Sector
US Long/Short Equity
* Led the investment process for the Retail Sector in the
event driven US long/short equity portfolio. Gross
exposure ranged from $100m to $1B. 18 of 24 trades were
profitable with an average return of 14% and net exposure
of 20-30%.
* Supplied fundamental outlook and data points for arbitrage,
debt, private equity and real estate groups on specific
investment ideas and strategies including BONT, CLE, CMG,
FINL, GTRC.
* Performed diligence on Private Equity portfolio companies
as well as potential investment opportunities. Conversant
with a broader universe of over 300 domestic and
international consumer names, ranging from autos through
leisure companies. 20 years of developing contacts with
key personnel of top companies in consumer sectors.
Pequot Capital Management
6/05-5/06 EMF Portfolio Manager, Consumer Sector
* Managed a market neutral long/short Consumer fund with
$20mm gross exposure.
* Actively manage long/short positions in market
capitalizations of $200m and greater.
* Selected to launch Pequot EMF product in June 05, current
assets under management exceed $250mm.
Pequot Capital Management
9/01-6/05 Consumer Analyst/Portfolio Manager
for the firm`s $1.6bln flagship fund
* Double-digit average annual returns for long/short
investments that consistently had over $200mm of gross
exposure in the Consumer Cyclical and Consumer Staples.
* Actively manage long/short positions in market
capitalizations of $500m and greater.
Zurich Scudder Investments, Global Equity Group, New York
9/98-9/01 Research Analyst Consumer Cyclical and
Staples Sector
* Responsible for all retail and other consumer investments
for $360bln firm, domestic and international, all market
capitalizations; growth, value and blended styles.
* Expanded coverage universe from hardlines/food and drug
to all consumer sectors.
* Actively managed long positions in sector weighted
analyst portfolio.
PaineWebber Inc., Equity Research Department, New York
1/95-9/98 Sell Side Research Analyst Food & Specialty
Retail (including Latin America)
EDUCATION:
* Fordham University, College of Business Administration
* B.S. Finance/Economics, Summa Cum Laude, May 1990
* CFA conferred 9/98