Chief Operating Officer
Portfolio Manager
Easterly EAB
Bill is the Chief Operating Officer and Portfolio Manager at Easterly EAB.
Prior to joining Easterly EAB, Bill was a head volatility trader at McGowan Investors LLC. He was responsible for implementing the firm’s strategy in the volatility arbitrage space and deploying 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. Previously Bill was the Head of Portfolio Management and Trading Floor Operations for PFTC Advisors and PFTC Trading.
Bill received his B.S. in Marketing from the University of Scranton.
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