David Abraham Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

Generating and evaluating event-driven (risk arb and special situations) trading ideas for hedge funds and prop desks

London, England, United Kingdom

Generating and evaluating event-driven (risk arb and special situations) trading ideas for hedge funds and prop desks

London, United Kingdom

Joined recently set up desk with 2 dedicated sales traders to generate and evaluate event-driven (risk arb and special situations) trading ideas for hedge funds and prop desks

London, United Kingdom

Set up event-driven (risk arb and special situations) sales desk to generate trading ideas for hedge funds and prop desks

London, United Kingdom

Joined upon inception of fund with €250mn ($350mn) AUM seeded by ABN Amro. Running European event-driven book within a multi-strategy fund structure; Focus on European and US cross-border risk arb/special situations and "value & catalyst" such as announced/speculative M&A / LBO-, break-up / spin-off-, as well as holding company-, share class- and stub- trades. Fund was closed after change of control to RBS who withdrew its capital during the credit crunch.

London, United Kingdom

Co-manager of Global Event Driven Fund, focus on European and US cross-border special situations and risk arb: speculative/announced M&A / LBO-, break-up / spin-off-, and stub- trades, value and catalyst;

London, United Kingdom

Start-up value and catalyst hedge fund. Joined during start-up phase; built-up research and investment infrastructure; drafted, formulated and implemented investment strategy, trading procedures and fund raising business plans. Stock picking, originating, and implementing proprietary investment ideas within a predominantly mid-cap universe; Identifying long and short stock investment opportunities and pair trades based on fundamental analysis with a value & catalyst overlay; Trading and tracking of positions;

London, United Kingdom

Special Situations analyst, later initiated the Firm’s Neuer Markt research effort and set-up Emerging Growth Technology research team covering pan-European niche technology companies.Broking ideas to international institutional investors/total return funds and internal prop desk; Ratings obtained: 1999 Reuters Smaller Companies Survey: Number 8 rated Technology Analyst; Number 12 rated Smaller Companies Analyst.

London, United Kingdom

Lead analyst on German small- and mid cap stocks (automotive components, building contractors and materials, food and hard-line retail, mechanical engineering, packaging); Co-coverage of consumer goods and autos.Broking ideas to UK, US and French institutional investors/total return funds as well as internal prop desk;Ratings obtained: 1996 Extel Survey: Number 2 rated German Team.

Ba (Hons)

International Baccalaureate