Ronald Connors

Experience

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  KPMG/MAIN LAFRENTZ, Certified Public Accountants

  Jan 1978 - Jan 1982

  Supervisor

  • Specialties included Oil & Gas; Real Estate Bankruptcy; Retailing• Joined as Junior Accountant, 1978

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  Merrill Lynch

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1984

  Office of the Treasurer

  • Developed alternative funding strategies for Merrill Lynch Capital Markets following the separation of retail and institutional businesses

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  CFS Partners

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1986

  Founder

  • Developed economic value-based tax shelters in Oil & Gas exploration firms•Strategies also included large equipment leasing (aircraft and heavy equipment)

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  Lehman Brothers

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1990

  Senior Vice President, Global Fixed Income

  • Traded proprietary global fixed income book.• Expanded proprietary risk taking from U.S. fixed income to include G7 bonds and currencies

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  Bear Stearns & Co

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1994

  Senior Managing Director, Government Bond Trading

  • Head of U.S. Government Bond Trading • Ran all proprietary risk for U.S. Government securities• Maintained relationships with Bear Stearns’ largest counterparties• Developed new strategies to cross-sell new products

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  Moore Capital Management

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2003

  Portfolio Manager

  • Fixed Income Strategist / Senior Trading Advisor / Global Macro Portfolio Manager• Instrumental in helping create the Moore Fixed Income Fund multi-strategy platform• Oversaw global fixed income strategies for Moore Global Investment fund

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  Cornerstone Global Macro Mangement, LLC

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2006

  Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer

  • Oversee portfolio management, risk management and trading• The fund’s objective was to generate substantial returns within a framework of capital preservation, by trading a diversified portfolio of financial assets and alternative investment positions• Seeded by Moore Capital global macro strategy, global macro strategy fund with $460 million AUM • Low volatility focusing on fixed income

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  Hilton Capital Partners

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2013

  Director

  • Co-Portfolio manager for a multi-strategy hedge fundLaunched a CTA strategy, focused on global interest rates• Developed a unique analytic platform and proprietary model-driven investment process to identify and efficiently execute fixed income security-based strategies on behalf of institutional and qualified HNW investors with the following objectives, approach, and resources

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  SkyBridge Capital

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2017

  MD

  • Responsible for developing relationships with leading institutional investors and financial intermediaries throughout the world, as well as raising capital and investor marketing• Senior investment professional assisting with development and application of firm's global rates trading models• Spearheaded the development of various global macro and relative return fixed income strategies including a futures-based long short fixed income model• Aided in the development of various complimentary systematic, factor-based long/short trading strategies Show less