Eric Urena Email & Phone Number

Key Biscayne, Fl, Us

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Series licenses currently active: 3,4, 7, 24, 27, 53, 55, 63, 66Head Trader & Registered Investment Advisor: Manage fixed income desk /Options Principal for $4Bln AUM broker dealer. Responsible for establishing proper procedures for executing Fixed Income, Equity, FX & Structured Note trades for the sales force. Responsible for idea generation regarding potential swaps for fixed income securities as well as identifying attractive opportunities in U.S. corps, EM Debt, pfds, convertible bonds & structured notes. Part of 3-person Credit Committee which approves or disallows all NON-Investment grade debt on a firm-wide basis. Also manage assets for a small group of clients via RIA or brokerage relationships. Portfolios are generally fixed income oriented where the manager feels the investor is being disproportionally compensated for the risk taken. When volatility is high, manager will employ option-selling strategies to enhance returns

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Primary responsibility: Strategy/Trading/Client Coverage; Strategist/Trader for a team responsible for developing a HNW & Institutional Fixed Income effort throughout Florida & Latin America. Led team strategy for developing fixed income & financing solutions meeting investment guidelines of institutional clients. Established & maintained relationships with primary dealers, reviewed product offerings, & created Equity, Fixed Income & Repo structures. Responsible for sourcing best price & executing. (Callable U.S. Govt. agencies, Corporate Bonds, Structured Repo, Fixed Income/Equity structured notes, CDO’s, Swaps). HNW coverage: Primarily focused on managing investment grade fixed income portfolios & structured product transactions for HNW clients

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Lead investment strategy & implementation for HNW accounts; distribute Lehman Fixed Income & Structured Products. Seven-person team focusing on High Net Worth Families ($5mm+), Banks and Mid Sized Institutions. Primary responsibility: Develop & present final HNW proposals to win investment management mandates, create HNW strategy, populate & oversee client portfolios (asset allocation, manager selection, manager monitoring, trading ideas, hedging strategies, market outlook) meet with clients regularly to review portfolios. Role required knowledge of all asset classes along with their tax implications– Hedge Funds, Corporates, Municipals, Reits, Equities, Junk Bonds, Convertibles, U.S. Govt Agencies, leverage alternatives, structured products, commodities, derivatives. Met with clients regularly to review portfolios and keep abreast of new developments/needs. Secondary Responsibility: institutional equity coverage, fixed income trading & idea generation, derivative strategies, wholesale distribution of Lehman structured products through our banking clients (equity linked notes, fixed income structured notes.)

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Trader, Principal, CFO helped to create a newly formed Broker-Dealer whose primary focus was to leverage off of its parent company’s existing institutional client base to trade Brazilian and Mexican ADR’s. Acted as intermediary between clients and floor brokers (Agora CTVM, Rio De Janeiro-one of Brazils Largest Brokerage Firms). Agora CTVM ranked third in 1996 with respect to its market share of volume traded on Sao Paulo’s Bovespa Exchange. Responsible for maintaining dialogue with clearing relationships, NASD regulators, and overseeing office staff.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Established relationships and managed portfolios for families of a liquid net worth exceeding fifteen million dollars. Covered mid-sized institutions as well. Dealt with both offshore and on-shore relationships and traveled extensively to the Caribbean. Responsible for identifying potential clients & initiating contact, portfolio construction, research sales, examining diversification, hedging or monetization alternatives with respect to restricted or low-cost-basis stock, option trading, option strategies, short selling, and traditional brokerage relationships.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor'S Degree, Material Science Enginerring