Evan Olsen
Principal and Founder at Ascend Capital Partners LLC
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Investment Management
Title:
Principal and Founder
Company:
Ascend Capital Partners LLC
Sector:
Investment Management
Place:
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Availability:
Q & A ; Interviews
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Summary
My 25 years in the Securities Industry have provided a broad experience including:
- Working large institutional orders in NYSE and NASDAQ securities with the goal of providing clients with optimum pricing.
- Hiring, mentoring, incentivizing, and developing trading teams including Sales, Principle, and Agency Professionals.
- Reducing overhead and expenditures by eliminating redundancies, renegotiating vendor contracts, and applying rigid cost/benefit analysis.
- Monitoring compliance related issues including NASD and NYSE (FINRA) audits and inquiries.
- Assisting Corporate Finance with underwriting and advisory business.
- Helping Private Client Group grow retail commissions and recruit financial advisors.
- Strategizing with Senior Management on long-term focus and direction.
- Fundamental investment evaluation including deep value, GARP, arbitrage, and opportunistic analysis.
- Structuring diversified long/short portfolios intended to outperform in various investment environments.
- Employing hedging strategies designed to reduce portfolio volatility and risk.
Professional Licenses include:
- FINRA Series 7 – General Securities Representative
- FINRA Series 63 – State Securities Representative
- FINRA Series 65 – Unified Investment Advisor
- FINRA Series 55 – Equity Trader
- FINRA Series 24 – General Securities Principal
- Working large institutional orders in NYSE and NASDAQ securities with the goal of providing clients with optimum pricing.
- Hiring, mentoring, incentivizing, and developing trading teams including Sales, Principle, and Agency Professionals.
- Reducing overhead and expenditures by eliminating redundancies, renegotiating vendor contracts, and applying rigid cost/benefit analysis.
- Monitoring compliance related issues including NASD and NYSE (FINRA) audits and inquiries.
- Assisting Corporate Finance with underwriting and advisory business.
- Helping Private Client Group grow retail commissions and recruit financial advisors.
- Strategizing with Senior Management on long-term focus and direction.
- Fundamental investment evaluation including deep value, GARP, arbitrage, and opportunistic analysis.
- Structuring diversified long/short portfolios intended to outperform in various investment environments.
- Employing hedging strategies designed to reduce portfolio volatility and risk.
Professional Licenses include:
- FINRA Series 7 – General Securities Representative
- FINRA Series 63 – State Securities Representative
- FINRA Series 65 – Unified Investment Advisor
- FINRA Series 55 – Equity Trader
- FINRA Series 24 – General Securities Principal
Business Profile
01/2006-Present: Principal and Founder at Ascend Capital Partners LLC in Little Rock
Principal and Founder
Portfolio management and trading of personal accounts.
Responsibilities include researching target companies and other investment opportunities, monitoring market developments, and building a diversified long/short fund.
Strategies include bottoms-up growth, deep value, merger arbitrage, and other event driven opportunities.
Monitoring NASDAQ, NYSE, and Options markets for optimal trade execution.
Sector:
Investment Management, Other Investment Management
Function:
- Officer - Executive, Other Officer - Executive / Head of Department
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