Chief Operating Officer
Portfolio Manager
Easterly EAB
Bill is the Chief Operating Officer and Portfolio Manager at EAB Investment Group.
Prior to EAB, Bill was a head volatility trader at McGowan Investors LLC. His responsibilities were to implement the firm’s strategy in the volatility arbitrage space and deploy the firm’s capital to maximize returns. Before joining McGowan, he was Co-Founder of Volare Capital, a hedge fund that pursued statistical/volatility arbitrage strategies in index and single stock options. Bill was the Head of Portfolio Management and Trading Floor Operations for PFTC Advisors and PFTC Trading. At PFTC, he was responsible for managing a team of 4 portfolio managers and 17 floor traders. PFTC Trading was one of the largest liquidity providers in the United States. Bill received his B.S. in Marketing from the University of Scranton. He holds his FINRA Series 7, 63, 65 licenses and is a CFA Level 3 Candidate.
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