Director Of Investment Research
Toronto, Ontario, Ca
TD Securities USA (formerly Albert Fried & Company)Published approximately 900 research reports covering media, technology and telecommunications investments. Ranked in the top 5% of global analysts and buy side PM’s; 2016 TIP Ranks, a research tracking service.Represented the firm in media-TV, radio, and publications; e.g. CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox.Received institutional research approvals to distribute research on First Call, Blue Matrix and Bloomberg. Conducted due diligence on mezzanine and pipe transactions for potential merchant banking investments. Regularly discuss investment themes and coverage landscape with institutional clients, internal sales force, and traders for investment ideas in multi-billion dollar portfolios.Developed and maintained buy-side relationships with institutional portfolio managers and traders. Conducted M&A analysis to identify potential red flags and possible take-over targets.Evaluated IP assets to exploit miss-priced market opportunities; utilized decision tree models and statistically back tested multi-variant relationships. Built analytical models to gain a relative understanding of security pricing across the capital structure.Utilize historical company, market as well as Big Data to build detailed models for covered enterprises to support financial forecasts, and investment recommendations.Designed research templates, style guides, as well as, established research compliance procedures. Technology and Media Coverage has included : TWX, DIS, NFLX, ALTC, CHTR, DISH, BCOR, IACI, CBS, YHOO, NFLS, COMS, NYT, LYV, MDCA, IPG, SNAP, TWTR, FB, RUBI, CRTO, MSG, MSGN, AMCX, STRAZA, CMCSA, RRST, MEG, GCI, MDP, GTN, CMLS, CCU, P, SYNC, SFXE, MANU, TIVO, IMAX, VZ, ATT, ZNGA, AMCX, DISCA, ERTS, TTWO, and LGTBY. Conglomerate coverage has included: ATK, ORB, BA, LMT, LLL, TXT, UDI, BMI, NOC, HCXL, AMR, RTN, RTI, ABB, GSAT, GY, NAV, PCAR,GDY, MAV, TYC, ADP, DD, and BEA