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Engagements

Law Firm representing an Investment Management Company:

Law Firm representing an Investment Management Company:

Law Firm representing an Investment Management Company:

Fact Witness and Consulting Expert:  Part of the legal team formulating, testing, and documenting arguments.

Investment Manager - institutional accounts and SMAs:

Law Firm representing an Investment Management Company:

Law Firm representing an Investment Management Company:

Long-term retainer:  Advisor to the Best Execution Committee.  Assess and offer improvements to the best execution process, equities execution, and liquidity strategy. 

Investment Manager - institutional accounts and SMAs:

Law Firm representing an Investment Management Company:

Investment Manager - institutional accounts and SMAs:

Long-term retainer:  Enhance Trading personnel KPIs, incentive program, and Trading Department reporting structure.

Investment Manager - institutional accounts and SMAs:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Investment Manager - institutional accounts and SMAs:

Long-term retainer:  Engage current TCA provider to enhance OMS trade extract data quality, benchmarking criteria, peer analysis, small/mid-cap trade analytics, and Best Execution Committee reporting.

Investment Manager - institutional accounts and SMAs:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Lead the implementation of a Supplemental (Outsourced) Trading Desk relationship and establish execution quality analysis framework.  Develop a program trading supervisory governance model.

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Long-term retainer:  Advisor to the Trade Management Oversight Committee (TMOC) and Executive Leadership Team.

Law Firm representing an Investment Management Company:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Law Firm representing an Investment Management Company:

Testifying witness and part of the analytical research team.  Case settled prior to FINRA Arbitration. 

Investment Manager - institutional accounts and SMAs:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Law Firm representing an Investment Management Company:

Lead Supplemental (Outsourced) Trading Desk needs assessment, vendor selection process, and contract negotiation.

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Long-term retainer:  Enhance the Trading Desk structure, policies, and procedures.  Design and implement an enhanced liquidity sourcing strategy. Design and implement a Trading Analytics (TCA) framework. 

Law Firm representing a Global Financial Services Company:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Expert Witness and Fact Witness:  Part of the legal team formulating, testing, and documenting arguments.

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Long-term retainer:  Lead Supplemental (Outsourced) Asia Trading Desk needs assessment, vendor selection process, contract negotiation, implementation, and establish execution quality analysis framework.

Broker-Dealer:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Long-term retainer:  Deliver global strategic initiative, governance, compliance, and regulatory advice.  Active Best Execution Committee participant.  

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Business Advisory Firm - risk, operations, and technology consulting services:

Canadian Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Conduct a trading desk operating model assessment.

Investment Manager - mutual funds, institutional accounts, ETFs, SMAs:

Business Advisory Firm - risk, operations, and technology consulting services:

Business Advisory Firm - risk, operations, and technology consulting services:

Conduct an independent assessment of the current trading operating models across investment products and business lines.

Business Advisory Firm - risk, operations, and technology consulting services:

Business Advisory Firm - risk, operations, and technology consulting services:

Business Advisory Firm - risk, operations, and technology consulting services:

Assist the advisory firm’s client with the strategy and selection of a new trading platform solution and integrated systems.

Hedge Fund:

Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Canadian Pension Fund - internally managed:

Benchmark trading strategy to industry best practices: end-to-end trading lifecycle, TCA, commission management/brokerage relations, algorithmic trading, and trading technology.

Canadian Pension Fund - internally managed:

Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Canadian Pension Fund - internally managed:

Assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the controls related to the trading desk, best execution activities, and identify potential areas of improvement. 

Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Build the commission unbundling and brokerage research strategy: research consumption tracking, broker relations/negotiations, trading commissions, and research payments.

Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Conduct an investment technology assessment.

Alternative Trading System (Equity ATS):

Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Guide client segmentation, engagement, product development, and analytics strategy.

Expert Network - Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG):

Investment Manager - mutual funds and institutional accounts:

Expert Network - Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG):

Define Outsourced Trading client segmentation & acquisition, trading technology, talent management, economic model, execution quality, and competitor value proposition strategies.

Expert Network - Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG):

Expert Network - Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG):

Expert Network - Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG):

Share insights and perspectives on Equity Trading Platforms: Exchanges, Alternative Trading Systems, Future Disruptors.

Expert Network - AlphaSights:

Expert Network - Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG):

Expert Network - AlphaSights:

Provide insights and perspectives on Outsourced Trading providers: Independent, Prime Brokers, Custodians.  Discuss trends in the decision-maker selection process, desired asset class expertise, competitive landscape, and expected growth areas.

Expert Network - Guidepoint:

Expert Network - Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG):

Expert Network - AlphaSights:

Benchmark Investment Technology solutions.

Expert Network - AlphaSights:

Expert Network - Emissary Exchange:

Expert Network - Emissary Exchange:

Discuss best practices for running standardized Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs).

Expert Network - Emissary Exchange:

Expert Network - Emissary Exchange:

Expert Network - Emissary Exchange:

Provide Asset Management industry positioning and insights.

Expert Network - AlphaSights:

Expert Network - Emissary Exchange:

Expert Network - AlphaSights:

Share insights and perspectives on the intersection of the Insurance & Asset Management industries.

Expert Network - AlphaSights:

  

  

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617-784-3961


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