Portfolio Management

• Responsible for daily management of investment portfolios, Lead Portfolio Manager of the Hedged Convertible Strategy, and oversight of SSI's research process
• 33 years of experience in quantitative equity research and portfolio management
• Prior to joining SSI, Mr. Douglas was Director of Quantitative Equity Investments at CS First Boston Asset Management
• Named to Institutional Investor's "All American Research Team" four times
• MBA Degree, Finance; M.S. Degree, Statistics; B.S. Degree, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin

• Portfolio Manager responsible for Outright Convertible Portfolios; responsible for the overall strategic growth of outright convertible strategy and responsible for daily management of investment portfolios
• 24 years of industry experience; including 15 in portfolio management of outright convertible securities
• Management oversight of the Froley, Revy Team
• B.A. Degree, University of California, Los Angeles

• Co-Portfolio Manager responsible for 130/30 Extended Alpha, Long/Short Equity and Core Portfolios; responsible for proprietary model analysis/enhancement
• 13 years of experience in quantitative research, quantitative analysis and portfolio management
• Prior to joining SSI, Mr. Clayton was a Portfolio Manager/Analyst with the Systematic Investment Group at RCM, and a Senior Quantitative Analyst at Eureka Investment, and an Economist at Strathclyde Regional Council, Glasgow, UK
• M.S. Degree, Applied Mathematics; University of Southern California; Master of Philosophy, Economics, University of Strathclyde, UK; B.S. Economics and Politics, University of Warwick, UK

• Portfolio Manager responsible for Outright Convertible Portfolios; responsibilities include daily management of investment portfolios and valuation of options and risk management, as well as following certain sectors of the convertible market and the non-US markets
• 16 years of industry experience, including 12 years in portfolio management
• Prior to joining SSI, Mr. Malik was with Jefferies & Co. in the research area
• M.B.A. Degree, Finance, Anderson Graduate School of Management at University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. Degree Mathematics and Economics, Punjab University

• Co-Portfolio Manager responsible for 130/30 Extended Alpha, Long/Short Equity and Core Portfolios
• 19 years of experience in portfolio management, sector management; expertise across 8 sectors; experience in product development and process refinement
• Prior to joining SSI, Mr. Raguse was an Investment Advisor with First Securities Corporation
• M.S. Degree, Finance; B.S. Degree, Economics, University of Wisconsin

• Co-Portfolio Manager for Tactical Alpha Hedge Strategies; Head Trader for Equity and Futures
• 26 years of experience in securities trading and portfolio management
• Prior to joining SSI, Mr. Rosenfelder worked with Fidelity Investments
• MBA Degree, Finance, UCLA Anderson School of Management; B.S. Degree, Accounting, California State University, Los Angeles

• Responsible for analyzing investments in energy, utilities and REITs sectors
• 19 years of experience in portfolio management
• Prior to joining SSI, Mr. Ruiz was an Investment Assistant at Columbia Savings & Loan/Resolution Trust Company
• B.S. Degree, Finance, California State University, Los Angeles

• Responsible for the Institutional Trading Desk as well as having oversight of the trading resources
• Ms. Yu joined Froley, Revy in 1990 and worked in the Research area until July 1995, at which time she was promoted to the trading desk
• Ms. Yu was named Head Trader and made a Managing Director in 2004
• Ms. Yu holds a B.A. Degree from University of California, Los Angeles

• Responsible for analyzing convertible arbitrage opportunities and trading
• 13 years of experience trading convertible securities
• Prior to joining SSI, Mr. Volz was a Junior Partner at Southern Trading Partners in Atlanta, GA
• B.S. Degree, Economics, Vanderbilt University

• Responsible for fundamental analysis on the convertible universe
• Mr. Eitner joined Froley, Revy in 2003 as an intern and assumed a permanent role as Senior Research Analyst in 2004.
• Prior to joining SSI Mr. Eitner spent three years as a Leveraged Finance Associate at Lehman Brothers London and prior to that as an options trading assistant at Refco Financial, Inc.
• Mr. Eitner holds a B.A. Degree in Economics from Northwestern University and an MBA in Finance from the Anderson School at University of California, Los Angeles. He received his CFA designation in 2006.

• Responsible for monitoring convertible securities and maintaining pricing and position reports
• Responsible for analyzing selected convertible arbitrage opportunities
• 8 years experience in convertible research and analysis
• B.S. Degree, Finance, summa cum laude, California State University Northridge; Level II Candidate, CFA

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