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


Business Profile
Ascend Capital Partners LLC
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States    
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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