Stefan Tifigiu

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SUMMARY: Passionate investment professional with several years of experience across a variety of products, regions and strategies. Developed a strong fundamental understanding of the interconnection of various markets and their impact on the investment process. I am seeking to leverage my knowledge of markets, experience improving processes, and technical skills to explore new opportunities where I can add value while continuing to grow my skillset.

CERTIFICATONS:

-FINRA Series 7, Series 63, 2010 (CRD#: 5692763, Note: expired since moving to buyside)

-Introduction to Portfolio Construction and Analysis with Python - Coursera: (GRJMDXHZ8N3J)

EXPERIENCE:

MSD Partners / MSD Capital L.P., New York, NY 9/2015 – 1/2020

Trader

Trading Experience:

•Covered all global execution needs across fourteen US, European, and Asian portfolios. Bulk of trade activity focused on Equities and Equity Derivatives but handled execution across asset classes.

•Products/Regions experience: Equities/Equity Derivatives, FX Forwards/ FX Derivatives, Credit/Credit Derivatives, Rates/Rates Derivatives, Commodities and Futures with experience in EU, UK, US, CA, IA, JPN, China, Australia, and Israel markets

•Liquidity focused execution specializing in outsized block trades and sensitive situations

•Played active role in tactical trading strategy focused on short term returns utilizing derivatives.

•Managed US capital markets relationships and monitor and recommend primary/secondary trade ideas to portfolios

•Disseminate all market and portfolio color, news, and research

•Maintain 50+ sell side relationships and manage commission budgeting via tool custom built to compare commission spend vs. estimated firm value

•Primary source of trading desk reporting and modeling using Excel/VBA/Python

Macro Analysis Experience:

•Produced and presented written updates (daily/weekly) and larger ad hoc key topic presentations highlighting important structural changes in the markets or major swings in sentiment

•Built and maintained a constant thesis on current market structure and overall macroeconomic direction

•Analyzed and synthesized research across fundamental/technical/positioning data to provide regular market updates to partners and portfolio managers

Research & Risk Experience:

•Responsible for all FX hedging and execution needs on foreign positions

•Worked with developers to spec out and build internal proprietary FX hedging tool

•Replicated FX hedging tool in excel as a sanity check against tool to avoid data quality issues

•Actively monitored news across single names held in the various portfolios and provide timely commentary as to major movers/themes in relevant portfolio names

•Partnered with Portfolio Managers/Analysts throughout the investment process in various aspects: e.g. assisted with excel modeling, data procurement, and advise on structuring execution strategies and alternatives

•Handled execution on various adhoc hedges using credit/rates/fx products.

•Worked with Analysts and PMs in various scenario analysis and pricing up of alternative hedging strategies

Blue Mountain Capital Management, Manhattan, NY 5/2013 - 9/2015

Credit Trade Support / Trading Assistant

Managed all aspects of weekly clearing nettings, monthly and quarterly non-cleared nettings, and any ad hoc external collapses

Created automated process to generate analysis for inter-strategy bookings whenever executing external nettings. Through this automation, one team member saved 3 days of work quarterly

Handled all aspects of the daily clearing collateral calls. Revamped process by modeling calculations across FCM's and across 12 managed funds in to one streamlined, efficient process that saved the team a significant amount of time. Through this centralized automation, the four-person team saved 3-4 hours each daily per person and process can now be handled by a single person

Participated in planning and execution of new fund launches some of which required position transfers between funds due to original investor moving to single-investor fund setup

Managed daily relationship with dealers for CDS/IRS activity supporting several traders/Portfolio Managers

Responsible for review and signature of confirmations for CDS/Rates/IBOXX Index products including bespoke document review and documentation signing

Developed an activity reconciliation that checks transactions in DTCC against day to day activity in booking system.

Prior to automation of bookings acted as primary Trading Assistant for all convertible bond/equity activity globally

Worked with internal technology development teams on projects for the firm including: CDS Block allocation logic via ICELink, Daily EMIR reporting for European entities, Fund Admin vs. Internal booking reconciliations, Bond Position Break Reconciliation report

JP Morgan Chase Bank, Manhattan, NY 2/2011 - 5/2013

Associate, CDS /Rates Prime Brokerage and OTC Clearing Services

Managed day-to-day relationship for clients covering intermediation and OTC clearing services, supporting CDS/CDX and Rates products

Coordinated across internal teams and external counterparties throughout the entire trading process. Built strong relationships with sales and trading across dealers, internal client solutions, credit, risk, legal and technology teams to assure highest level of client service

Assisted with analysis and resolution of stale curve pricing and potential collateral disputes

North America Prime Brokerage lead for Dodd-Frank SDR Implementation project, overseeing business technology needs, team education, client communication, and post-go live issue analysis/resolution

Assisted with specification development and information gathering on clearing build-out initiatives in preparation for mandated industry go-live

ICAP North America, Jersey City, NJ 7/2009 – 1/2011

Broker/Desk Technology Manager, Structured Credit Desk

Acted as back-up for several accounts covering IG Off-the-run Tranches

Continued previous support functions for IG Desk and continued managing any technology-related needs for desk

Utilizing VB Excel, updated IG trade confirmation process from a 15-step process to a 2-step process, properly integrating valid maturity dates, tranche upfront fee calculations, total accrued fees, buyer/seller payment directions, and brokerage charges, reducing confirm creation time substantially

Supported various credit-related markets including European Itraxx, LCDX Loans, High-Yield, Quanto CDS, Quanto Index, and Credit Options with confirmations, detail work, and trade entry

Acted as desk liaison for several technology-development teams (ETC Trading Platform, Trade Capture Suite and Straight-Through-Processing) in order to build the underlying technology for a fully integrated and STP ready electronic trading system. Also worked with Developers on the standardization process, product specifications, and desk technology needs

Promoted from Junior Broker to Broker in under a year.

EDUCATION:

Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York 9/2005 – 5/2009

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration dual majoring in Global Business and Finance

Major GPA: 3.8, Graduated Cum Laude

Honors: Dean’s List (2006 - 2009), National Dean’s List (2006 - 2009), Omicron Delta Epsilon (2008 - 2009)

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Skills: Intermediate in Python Coding; VBA; Advanced Excel; Fluent in Romanian; Beginner Chinese

Interests: Traveling, Painting/Drawing, Sculpting, Cooking, Guitar

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