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George J. Esser
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Mr. Esser has a broad background in investment management, quantitative services and financial products.
He was Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing for Templeton Quantitative Advisors, Inc., the predecessor firm of TQA Investors.
He was Vice President/Director of Marketing and a Portfolio Manager for the Investment Counsel Division of Stein, Roe and Farnham from 1988-1992.
He was also Regional Manager for Citicorp’s I/B/E/S institutional equity research from 1985 to 1988.
Prior to that, as Group Product Manager for the International Gold Corporation, he was responsible for advertising and promotion of Krugerrand gold coins in America and then was a consultant to Banco de Mexico (the Central Bank) for its global precious metals marketing (1977-1984).
Mr. Esser began his financial marketing career as a marketing research manager with Dun & Bradstreet in 1971.
Mr. Esser holds a B.S.
in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University.
He is a former Lieutenant (j.g.) with the U.S.
Navy’s Seabees.
He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts and the New York Society of Security Analysts.
Former positions of George J. Esser
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Context Capital Management LLC
 Context Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CCM seeks to generate absolute returns through a hedged investment strategy focused primarily on convertible bonds and other capital structure opportunities. The firm employs a relative value approach that combines deep fundamental research and sophisticated trade construction. They pursue an absolute return objective with a strong focus on capital preservation. | Sales & Marketing | 31/12/2008 |
TQA Investors LLC
 TQA Investors LLC Investment ManagersFinance The objective of the TQA's hedged convertible strategy is to construct and manage a hedged portfolio with a high current return and low volatility. This is accomplished by the simultaneous purchase of a long position in a convertible security and a short sale of the underlying common stock. To minimize risk, the portfolio is hedged on a delta neutral basis and is typically highly diversified among as many as 100 or more positions. While leverage may be employed on a tactical basis, its range is always restricted by the objective of the particular fund and is modest in comparison to industry practice. The goal of their equity market neutral process is to provide a systematic small cap long/short equity strategy with net returns consistently 10% above the cash benchmark and annualized monthly volatility below 6%. TQA exploits anomalies unique to a special group of small-cap stocks that tend to be generally neglected by institutional investors but react to change in their earnings prospects. This strategy utilizes a combination value and growth model that attempts to identify for the long portfolio undervalued stocks which are oversold on a technical basis but possess a strong earnings momentum catalyst which should move the stock higher over a short-term horizon. Stock selection factors include historic relative valuation, discounted cash flow analysis, private market value, earnings estimate revisions, earnings momentum, earnings surprise and both short and long-term price momentum. TQA selection universe is derived from the combined S&P 600 and S&P MidCap indexes. This working set is screened for size, liquidity, analyst coverage and industry. | Sales & Marketing | 30/07/2007 |
Stein Roe & Farnham, Inc. /Private Capital Management Div/
 Stein Roe & Farnham, Inc. /Private Capital Management Div/ Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Provides private capital management services | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/1992 |
Citicorp, Inc.
 Citicorp, Inc. Regional BanksFinance Operates as a bank holding company whose subsidiaries provides banking services | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/1987 |
| DUN & BRADSTREET CORP | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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Citicorp, Inc.
Citicorp, Inc. Regional BanksFinance Operates as a bank holding company whose subsidiaries provides banking services | Finance |
TQA Investors LLC
TQA Investors LLC Investment ManagersFinance The objective of the TQA's hedged convertible strategy is to construct and manage a hedged portfolio with a high current return and low volatility. This is accomplished by the simultaneous purchase of a long position in a convertible security and a short sale of the underlying common stock. To minimize risk, the portfolio is hedged on a delta neutral basis and is typically highly diversified among as many as 100 or more positions. While leverage may be employed on a tactical basis, its range is always restricted by the objective of the particular fund and is modest in comparison to industry practice. The goal of their equity market neutral process is to provide a systematic small cap long/short equity strategy with net returns consistently 10% above the cash benchmark and annualized monthly volatility below 6%. TQA exploits anomalies unique to a special group of small-cap stocks that tend to be generally neglected by institutional investors but react to change in their earnings prospects. This strategy utilizes a combination value and growth model that attempts to identify for the long portfolio undervalued stocks which are oversold on a technical basis but possess a strong earnings momentum catalyst which should move the stock higher over a short-term horizon. Stock selection factors include historic relative valuation, discounted cash flow analysis, private market value, earnings estimate revisions, earnings momentum, earnings surprise and both short and long-term price momentum. TQA selection universe is derived from the combined S&P 600 and S&P MidCap indexes. This working set is screened for size, liquidity, analyst coverage and industry. | Finance |
The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.
 The Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Provides business data and analytics services | Technology Services |
Stein Roe & Farnham, Inc. /Private Capital Management Div/
Stein Roe & Farnham, Inc. /Private Capital Management Div/ Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Provides private capital management services | Miscellaneous |
Context Capital Management LLC
Context Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CCM seeks to generate absolute returns through a hedged investment strategy focused primarily on convertible bonds and other capital structure opportunities. The firm employs a relative value approach that combines deep fundamental research and sophisticated trade construction. They pursue an absolute return objective with a strong focus on capital preservation. | Finance |
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