Mr. McGoldrick is a Managing Director, Co-Head of Prime Brokerage at Jones Trading. Utilizing his knowledge and experience, Mark acts as consultant to new and emerging hedge funds by guiding them through the arduous process of launching and growing an investment management business. Mr. McGoldrick has extensive trading and prime brokerage experience dealing in all facets of the alternative space from fund formation, managed accounts, execution and risk management to marketing and capital introductions.Prior to Jones Trading, Mr. McGoldrick was a Director of Prime Brokerage and Outsourced Trading at Cowen. Before Cowen he was a founding members and Head of Marketing and Business Development of boutique prime broker Alaris Trading Partners, LLC. After 5 years in operation Alaris was acquired by Concept Capital Markets, LLC in August of 2011 where he helped lead the transition to Concept's platform. Concept was then acquired by Cowen Prime Services, LLC in September of 2015.Prior to founding Alaris he was employed by UBS Securities, LLC as Associate Director in the Prime Brokerage division working with hedge funds in a sales, relationship and capital introductions capacity. Mr. McGoldrick started his career in finance with State Street in the portfolio accounting division covering the Paine Webber funds.Mr. McGoldrick frequently participates on industry panels with media and trade association partners like Bloomberg L.P., Thomson Reuters HedgeWorld, IvyPlus Network, The Alliance of Alternative Asset Professionals (TAAAPs), The Hedge Fund Association (HFA).