Investment Associate

Anthony T. Occhipinti 973-***-**** *****@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyocchipinti

EQUITY RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

UBS Asset Management Prudential

Track record of investment research that has resulted in profitable stock recommendations valuable to sell side needs.

• Consistently met or exceeded price targets for stocks covered. o Created and updated models illustrating revenue drivers, growth catalysts and market penetration. o Conducted fundamental, bottom-up analysis on names in the consumer discretionary sector including cable, internet, media, hardlines/broadlines and luxury goods.

• Gave about a dozen presentations to portfolio managers, resulting in numerous recommendations that were implemented and generated alpha.

• Formed relationships with portfolio managers, sell side analysts and sales. Result: better communication and coverage.

• Possess buy-side experience providing insights into the client perspective. Research Data Analytics Financial Statement Analysis Scenario Analysis Risk Mitigation Process Improvements FactSet, Bloomberg, Barra, VBA, Excel, PowerPoint

Passed CFA Level 1

From LinkedIn Recommendations & Reviews: “has a great attitude is a true team player pleasure to work with possesses strong analytical and research skills generated meaningful alpha high degree of detail and rigor in his work”.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vinomeet Inc., Parsippany, NJ 2016-Present

Business Development/Investment Manager

Build relationships with clients to expand sales. Select investments that have tripled in value. UBS Asset Management, New York, NY 2007 – 2016

Investment Analyst

Provided analytical support to portfolio managers, analysts and the client portfolio manager while managing the reporting infrastructure for the team and contributing to the research process. Interacted with company management on both IPO and non-deal roadshows.

Analyses and Presentations

• Analyzed financial statements, resulting in cash flow and earnings forecasts that were used in investment decisions.

• Gave company and industry presentations to portfolio managers, explained financial models and articulated revenue drivers, growth catalysts and potential market penetration resulting in alpha generation for the fund.

• Recommended investment strategies that outperformed their benchmarks.

• Conducted fundamental, bottom-up analysis on twelve names in the consumer discretionary sector with special focus on the cable/telecom and media industries. Met or exceeded price targets based on these analyses.

• Developed performance attributions and risk analyses that were used in presentation books and client reports. Workflow Improvement

• Automated reporting using Factset’s Portfolio Batcher and Excel; decreased run time by 80%.

• Wrote Excel VBA macros for generating custom client reports, reducing time spent by 90%.

• Reduced costs by ~$100K annually by leveraging automation to decrease the number of technology vendors used.

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• Formed relationships with portfolio managers, sell side analysts and sales resulting in better communication and coverage of the cable/telecom space for the team.

• Mitigated risk by consolidating investment guidelines for all clients into one source, allowing investment teams to quickly identify the most restrictive guideline per category. Quantitative Management Associates, Newark, NJ 2005 – 2007 A subsidiary of Prudential Investment Management

Portfolio Management Associate (2007)

Generated performance, characteristics, and sector and industry weightings for selected funds using Barra software. Analyzed 10-Q’s to calculate normalized earnings to be used in the trading model.

• Reviewed and updated trade model used to rank stocks which was essential to portfolio manager’s investment process; Prepared list of candidates for trading, and gathered data on new purchase and sale candidates.

• Promoted to this front-office role in recognition of knowledge and application of accounting principles in assessing 10-Qs and non-GAAP earnings reports.

Senior Corporate Actions Analyst (2005-2007)

Analyzed exchange offers, mergers, tenders, and rights issues to portfolio managers. Devised and implemented time- saving process improvements such as upgrading database functionality and eliminating duplicate information. EDUCATION

Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business, New York, New York MBA, Finance – May 2010

William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri

BS, Business Administration & Information Systems – May 2000

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