Associate Portfolio Manager

PETER H. SCHUCHART

602-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Investment Management professional experienced in both the retail and institutional mutual fund sectors. Possess effective combination of negotiation, closing, client management and teambuilding skills that consistently contribute to investment and operational objectives, even within volatile markets.

Expertise in:

• Active Portfolio Management • Portfolio Modeling

• Equity Trading • Long Short/Long Only SMAs

• Asset Allocation • Institutional Wrap Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TRADEWINDS GLOBAL INVESTORS LLC, Los Angeles, CA 2006-2012

Nuveen Investment affiliate with $40 billion in assets in high- quality, undervalued companies utilizing a global sector approach to finding worldwide opportunities.

Assistant Vice President, Associate Portfolio Manager, Los Angeles, CA (2012)

Associate Portfolio Manager, Los Angeles, CA (2006 – 2011)

Performed portfolio management duties across domestic and international Long/Short, Yield Enhanced, 130/30, and Long only portfolios for global institutional separately managed accounts (SMA), Wrap, and sub advised 1940 Act Mutual Funds. Primary functions include day-to-day portfolio construction, rebalancing and strategy implementation in a broad range of institutional and retail oriented multi-asset portfolios across global markets.

Conducted market and sector/position analysis to assist portfolio managers in asset reallocations across model portfolios speeding trading decisions and executions for client portfolios.

Recommended, coordinated, and approved trades including: ADR’s, ordinary shares, fixed income, options including short selling across European, UK, Asia, and South American Markets.

Monitored portfolio performance, conducted statistical analysis, assembled and reviewed portfolio analytics.

Performed client IPS analysis for incoming client mandates in coordination with compliance/legal and sales departments expediting mandate closures and increasing assets under management.

Daily coverage included over 400 institutional accounts valued up to $25 billion.

DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS, Santa Monica, CA 2004-2006

DFA utilizes enhanced indexing strategies to design portfolios and limit trading with UAM of $200 Billion.

Senior Operations Coordinator, Santa Monica, CA

First employee hired to hold Senior Operations Coordinator position at DFA. Conducted generalist operational duties including: coordinating cash flows, opening accounts, evaluating trade execution process, reviewing legal agreements and supporting sales team to create the highest level of efficiency possible within DFA.

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Created boutique client service for institutional client base of detailing investment choice and expediting account openings which added over 300 million in new assets in less than a year.

Produced accurate daily cash flow reports from US, Canada, and UK offices for portfolio managers, allocating up to $1 billion in purchase and sale activity for the forty-two mutual funds.

Served as primary contact with Royal Bank of Canada, TA Northern Trust, and our London office to resolve any operational or client issues regarding accounts, trades, and tax related issues.

Negotiated FundServ trading contracts in conjunction with the legal and compliance departments for new and existing clients lowering operations costs and expediting asset inflows.

Worked on project team with senior management to improve and implement operational functionality in firm’s operating system creating windows based portfolio analysis tools for operations.

THE VANGUARD GROUP, Scottsdale, Arizona 1996-2004

$1.6 trillion in mutual funds and other financial products servicing individual and institutional investors.

A primary point person for over 300 high net worth accounts across operations, trading, relationship management and client service duties.

Senior Brokerage Operations Associate 2002- 2004

Provided extensive customer service support resolving client account issues through extensive research from the firm’s clearinghouse, Pershing, other transfer agents, and financial institutions. Communicated directly with clients in response to requests for information and resolving account related issues. Charged with increasing efficiencies and improving response times and service quality offered to clients across major operational functions within the department.

Securities Trader 2000-2002

Promoted to brokerage side of the business to work with high net worth trade desk and resole client issues. Position included executing equity, option and mutual fund trades for clients. Conducted investment research providing clients with optimum choice, service and product knowledge. Resolved trade disputes and account problems enhancing customer service and ensuring client loyalty.

High Net Worth Relationship Manager 1998-2000

Managed client base of mutual fund and brokerage clients with minimum asset requirement of $1M and range of $1M to $10M. Sold all financial services including retirement, financial planning, mutual funds and brokerage products. Executed transactions of $5M. Assessed client needs and determined best options based on client’s objectives, risk tolerance and time horizon.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Finance, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (2010)

Master in Business Administration, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ (1998)

Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1992)

COMPUTER SKILLS: FactSet, Bloomberg, Charles River Database, APL

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