Institutional High Yield/Distressed/Convertibles/Special Situations sales and trading.

Oversaw Clearview institutional fixed income sales and trading.

Created and managed fixed income trading desk focused on trading and marketing corporate bonds, convertible bonds and structured products primarily to the hedge fund community. Engaged in proprietary trading of high yield, distressed and convertible bonds and various species of related derivatives.Created and managed segregated high-yield, convertible bond and distressed securities portfolios for middle market institutional and high net worth individual investors. Provided institutional investors analysis, opinions and recommendations and hedging strategies for high-yield, convertible bond and distressed securities investments.

Managed investment portfolio collateral consisting primarily of high-yield corporate bonds, high-yield corporate bond indexes, emerging-market corporate and sovereign bonds.Structured leveraged total return swaps and multi-currency derivative strategies to enhance overall portfolio performance while managing portfolio risk.Assessed credit quality and conducted extensive credit analysis on fixed-income products and securities across wide spectrum of risk and return alternatives.Engaged in various forms of dynamic hedging including the use of interest-rate and currency futures and options, forwards and swaps as well as intracapitalization and spread arbitrage. Participated in distressed investing, creating notable informal bondholder committees to negotiate and facilitate corporate restructuring, and serving on official creditor committees overseeing defaults and bankruptcies to find workable solutions maximizing valuations and ultimate recoveries.

Structured and managed portfolios for high net worth individual and middle-market institutional investors in the high-yield corporate bond, derivatives, U.S. equity, and in the emerging-market equities and fixed-income markets. Assisted institutional clients on creation of total return swap structures for high-yield and emerging-market fixed-income collateral.Provided analysis on high-yield, convertible bond and distressed securities investments. Advised on and preformed a variety of hedging and arbitrage techniques and solutions including market-neutral strategies.Developed and executed value-added fixed-income and forex trading programs for offshore institutions.

Managed discretionary accounts and portfolios for high net worth individual and middle-market institutional investors in the high-yield corporate bond, derivatives, U.S. equity, and in the emerging-market equities and fixed-income markets. Provided analysis on high-yield, convertible bond and distressed securities investments.Advised on and preformed a variety of hedging and arbitrage techniques.Executed fixed-income and forex trading strategies for offshore institutions.