Fordham Preparatory High School

Fordham University

Managing Partner

White Plains, New York, United States

Co-founder and Partner of Essential  Fund Services International, LLC ("EFSI") and oversees EFSI's business development and marketing. EFSI is an independently owned SOC 1 compliant full service fund administration firm providing clients with a comprehensive suite of fund administration services.  EFSI offers a cost effective solution to all types of U.S. domestic and offshore fund structures and investment strategies.  The center of EFSI’s service incorporates resilient technology and accomplished staff, providing clients a tailor-made service with exhaustive transparency.

EFSI provides accounting, reporting and administrative services to the private investment community, including hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity funds, family offices, and separately managed accounts. EFSI differentiates itself by providing clients with a high quality “hands-on” approach as compared to a "one size fits all" solution. Our services allow the investment manager to focus more closely on the investment process knowing that critical administrative functions, normally beyond the investment manager's expertise, are in the hands of skilled, accomplished and seasoned professionals.

EFSI

Co-Founder & Partner of Pycnocline, LLC, a leading independent private consulting firm focused on providing financial and corporate structuring advice on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, financings and capital raisings to corporations, partnerships, institutions and governments. We operate and manage a diverse spectrum of solutions to our clients.

Globally, we serve a wide range of clients looking for non-conflicted advice and assistance on their most important strategic issues. Our expertise focuses on financial services, manufacturing, energy, government contracting and a host of industry segments  which  our staff has had personal experience in providing business management and investment solutions. We provide a wide-range of insurance based and global business solutions to reduce tax liabilities, as well as mitigate   personal and business credit exposures. Our expertise and experience in real estate both at home in the United States and globally provides multiple arrows in the quiver of our clients.

Pycnocline, LLC

Senior Executive with a Registered Commodity Trading Advisor - NFA ID: 0475724. Assisting with input on its discretionary strategies largely driven by market fundamentals affecting the Natural Resource commodity futures and options markets such as: Agricultural Complex, Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa, FCOJ, Cotton, Metals and Energies. Attends to daily business needs, create and deploy effective marketing campaigns, and develop means for raising new capital utilizing a number of personal relationships with several Institutional and other type investors (e.g., broker-dealer platforms, consultants, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, Family Office Groups, pensions, RIA’s, etc.)

The portfolio began trading proprietary and client funds in 2008, with the goal of achieving consistent positive returns in global commodity futures markets. The portfolio of markets traded includes only liquid commodity futures markets in US and Europe. Trading methodology is a blend of discretionary and statistical or system-based models, focusing on short to medium term flat-price trading, intra-day flat-price trading and a variety of relative-value strategies including, but not limited to, seasonal/calendar futures spreads and inter-commodity relative-value trades. Each approach is intended to have non-correlated returns. Options may be traded generally with a net long volatility (positive gamma) bias. Statistical models are employed for trading strategy analysis as well as risk management purposes, alongside analysis of market fundamentals and information flows. Market information is accessed through a broad array of contacts developed by the traders through their many years of experience in commodities trading. Strict risk parameters are assigned to each trader, each strategy and each trade. Risk is monitored on a constant real-time basis through electronic trading platforms and the company’s internal risk management systems.

NickJen Capital Management & Consultants

Principal

Investment counselor specializing in providing clients with full service evaluation and management of traditional portfolio assets for diversification into viable, mostly non-correlated investment strategies custom-tailored to reflect their personal tolerance for risk while meeting financial goals. Such strategies included devising plans utilizing Managed Futures and Forex trading advisors, personal Commodity accounts, use of specialized electronic trading platforms in addition to creating professional Investor Education programs, webinars, trade show and seminars designed to raise trading equity. Catalyze growth, manage risk, and maximize profit margins, executing trades for personal account with full profit and loss accountability. Perform sophisticated analysis and modeling of futures and options and formulate market positioning strategies.

Specializing in alternative asset allocation, as well as alternative investment strategies. Our focus is on highly value-added, non-correlated investments. We work closely with our clients to identify their long-term financial goals and risk tolerance, and to understand the nature and make-up of their existing asset base. Our aim is to develop a long-term asset allocation plan, and work with each client to implement appropriate strategies that will help him/her meet their financial objectives long into the future.

Integrity, courtesy, diligence, competence, and respect form the backbone of our approach to assisting you, our valued client.  Our company was founded on the guiding principle that each client bestows, in us, a sacred trust.  Safekeeping of that trust is our non-negotiable obligation!

Alternative Investors Corporation is committed to our clients, helping them achieve the best possible growth by mitigating risk through proper diversification. Here at AIC, we are focused on determining what alternative investments best support our investors’ goals.

Alternative Investors Corporation

Principal Managing Partner

Senior executive with a Registered Commodity Trading Advisor. Assisted with input on its discretionary strategies largely driven by market fundamentals affecting the more liquid commodity futures and options markets such as: Agricultural complex, Currencies, Financials, Metals, and Energies. Attended to daily business needs, created and deployed effective marketing campaigns, and developed means for raising new capital utilizing a number of personal relationships with several Institutional and other type investors (e.g., broker-dealer platforms, consultants, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, Family Office Groups, pensions, RIA’s, etc.)

Forecast Trading Group is a Suffern, NY based CTA trading only centralized commodity futures and options on a discretionary basis which is guided by fundamental research.  Forecast trades various markets such as Agriculturals, Currencies, Financials, Metals, and Energies.  Our performance is non-correlated and  has a 10 year+ track record. Forecast Trading Group (“Forecast”) brings together the team’s dealing and risk management experience and a wide range of fundamental analysis, generated in-house and by external sources. The firm’s operations and approach have been polished over a ten-year period. Forecast is built on the early and accurate interpretation of fundamental data, and the long experience of the Principal, Analysts and Associates. Information is received and assessed around the clock.

Forecast does not employ a lock-up and its clients can take advantage of immediate liquidity and transparency. Minimum account size is $250,000 USD and the opportunity is limited to institutional and accredited individual investors, only, in accordance with CFTC Rule 4.7.

Forecast is registered with the National Futures Association as a Commodity Trading Advisor. NFA ID: 0314282

Forecast Trading

Director

Website: <a href="http://www.colubrisresearch.com">www.colubrisresearch.com</a>.

Industry: quantitative research in the financial investment field.

Colubris is a quantitative, 100% systematic and totally automated long/short proprietary trading model. It uses a technical methodology and follows a contrarian approach, striving to anticipate shifts in the market while market prices are still moving in the opposite direction.

Every part of the model is built around the purpose to minimize the maximum drawdown so as to obtain stable returns over the years. There is no overexposure in any specific market or any specific signal. Each signal has the same weight in portfolio in terms of percentage of capital at risk per signal. Additionally, each signal has a fixed stop loss which never changes during its life and is inserted at the same time as the entry signal.

These measures do not provide you with 100% predictable results and do not completely remove the risk of a default. They maximize the likelihood to survive during bad years and to remain ready to harvest good results during positive years.

Colubris is exclusively focused on the most liquid delivery months of ten liquid futures markets listed on the Globex (<a href="http://www.cmegroup.com">www.cmegroup.com</a>). Colubris diversifies its signals among three categories of markets: commodity, currency and U.S. interest rate.

MARKETS:
-  Commodities: WTI Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Gold, Corn, Soybeans.
-  Currencies: Australian dollar, British pound, Japanese yen.
-  U.S. interest rates: 3-month Eurodollar, 10-year U.S. Treasury note.

HOLDING PERIOD PER SIGNAL:
Medium term (since January 2000 it has been around 2 weeks on average). No intraday trading.

NUMBER OF ENTRY SIGNALS PER MONTH:
Low frequency (since January 2000 it has been around 3.6 signals per month on average).

More info on <a href="http://www.colubrisresearch.com">www.colubrisresearch.com</a>.

Colubris Research

Head of Compliance

Active floor trader for my personal account and risk in addition to executing orders on behalf of various Trade Houses. Managed floor trading operation and trade desk call center for ICE Futures US (frm. New York Board of Trade,) an independent brokerage. Delivered technical expertise, business acumen, and organizational leadership that drove Profit and Loss results for a $1,000,000 division specializing in food and fiber derivatives on ICE Futures US open outcry and electronic trading platforms.  Executed trades for commercial and institutional accounts, formulating market positioning strategies, and advising clients.  Recruited, hired, trained and managed a team of eight agents and brokers, coordinating research, analysis, and trading.  Marketed new product lines and generated new commercial, institutional, speculative, and hedge account clients that enhanced firm revenues.  Generated keen market commentary, providing consistent advisory and account services that established high rates of client retention.  Managed risk, maximized profit margins and updated Profit and Loss reports. Interacted with traders, agents and Clearing to ensure compliance with company, exchange, and government regulatory agencies.

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.

Independent Floor Operation

Worked condensed hours at Recovery Center after September 11, 2001. Developed incisive market commentary, providing consistent advisory and account services that established high rates of client retention. Dealt effectively with conflict resolution and updated Profit and Loss reports. Interacted with traders and Clearing to ensure compliance with company, exchange, and government regulatory agencies.

Telephone Advisor

Specialized in executing NASDAQ trades for personal account using the "ANVIL Trading Software". Originally Mercury Trading under Andover Brokerage which was sold to SunGard in 2003 for $149 million and later acquired by FIS

SunGard - now part of FIS

Trader

Coordinated market prices for multiple future and option brokers/traders, arbitraging commodities on the Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa (CSC) Exchange.  Worked closely with future and option brokers/traders to provide accurate information on trader’s positions based on allocated commodities on a continuous basis.

Anthony D. Mascia

Anthony D. Mascia