John Protos Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, Ny

- A member of Royce's Quality investment team who was responsible for analyzing potential investments for the firm's international and domestic Premier funds. With respective AUMs of $800 mm and $1.8 bn, each fund had beaten its index benchmark YTD as well as over the 1, 3 and 5-year periods.- Primary focus was for the International Premier fund and a global small-cap fund geared to Japanese investors. Both invested in a number of industries in the sub-$5 bn range.- Oversaw and… Show more - A member of Royce's Quality investment team who was responsible for analyzing potential investments for the firm's international and domestic Premier funds. With respective AUMs of $800 mm and $1.8 bn, each fund had beaten its index benchmark YTD as well as over the 1, 3 and 5-year periods.- Primary focus was for the International Premier fund and a global small-cap fund geared to Japanese investors. Both invested in a number of industries in the sub-$5 bn range.- Oversaw and executed highly proprietary research projects on current and potential investments covering a wide-range of issues, including operations, management quality, industry competition, product traction, and capital allocation.- Identified relevant sources—ranging from former executives, customers, distributors, competitors and others—and collected commentary and information regarding the relevant topics.- Synthesized and reported on findings and discussed appropriate position handling w/ senior portfolio managers.- Provided new investment candidates for portfolios.- Directed and participated in meetings with C-level management teams at Royce, conferences and at company facilities. - Presented at marketing meetings with current Royce shareholders and potential investors.- Managed relationships and compliance issues w/ contracted expert networks and other outside consultants. Show less

New York, Ny

- Led investigative efforts to find and collect evidence and testimony of pay-to-play, preferred provider relationships at various publicly-traded insurance companies.

New York, Ny

- Performed skill-set analysis and due diligence research on C-level executives.- Wrote profiles for a variety of growth and value-oriented portfolio managers, including the Wasatch fund founder and lead portfolio manager.

New York, Ny

- Assisted in idea generation, story development and editing of articles for the magazine's news section.- Collaborated with the magazine's global system of bureau offices to produce articles.

New York, Ny

- Oversaw the StreetSmart news section and co-wrote and edited feature articles.- Nominated for a National Magazine award- Promoted multiple times from original position as investigative reporter.

M.A., Business, Economics

B.A., International Relations And Economics

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