Team

Daniel C. Katzner

Managing Partner & CIO

Dan is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of the Investment Adviser. He has over 30 years of investment experience and continuous 19+ year track record managing a convertible arbitrage (volatility focused) portfolio. He previously managed proprietary portfolios and institutional dealer desks for Tucker Anthony and Thomson McKinnon Securities and holds a B.S.M. from Tulane University.

Jeffrey A. Walker

Partner & Portfolio Manager

Mr. Walker is a Director and Portfolio Manger. He has been with Equitec for over 18 years and has been a partner/colleague of Mr. Katzner’s for over 29 years. Mr. Walker began his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert and holds an M.B.A. from Pace University and a B.S. from Ithaca College.

Mayank N. Patel

Partner & COO

Mayank is a Partner and the Chief Operating Officer of the Investment Adviser. He has over 25 years of investment experience and has managed arbitrage portfolios for large multi-strategy hedge funds including Paloma Partners, Deephaven Capital and Cobra Management (a hedge fund he founded in 2001). Mr. Patel began his career at GE Capital and holds an M.B.A. from New York University and a B.S. from The University of Connecticut.

Jeffrey N. Fachler

Portfolio Manager

Jeff brings over 40 years of trading experience, 30 as a buy-side portfolio manager focused on convertible, options, and warrant arbitrage, and for the last 10 years as a Managing Director and head of equity trading at RWPressprich, a sell side firm. As a Managing Director at Bear, Stearns, he ran a Japanese convert and warrant book. He was a principal at Kellner, Dileo & Co., managing a Convertible volatility portfolio, with similar roles at Walsh, Greenwood and Associates, BOTTA Trading, and Kaufman, Alsberg. Jeff holds a BA from SUNY at Binghamton.