NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 4, 2011 -- Hedgeye Risk Management, a leading independent provider of real-time investment research and ideas, today announced that financial services veteran Bob Brooke will join the firm as Managing Director of New Business Development.
Brooke has more than 20 years of experience in financial markets and investments, in institutional equity sales and trading both domestically and internationally, private wealth management, and proprietary fund management in alternative assets.
Brooke has helped grow client rosters and revenues at firms such as Bear Stearns, CS First Boston, RBC Capital Markets, and Bernstein. His reach extended to the international markets of London, Geneva, and Paris as well as domestic territories from the upper Midwest to New York, Philadelphia and Boston. He has experience in analyzing different asset classes, alternative investment vehicles, long/short strategies, hedge funds, large and small-cap disciplines, as well as research into individual companies, their competitors, industries, and market valuations.
"Hedgeye is fortunate to have Bob Brooke join our team at this point in our growth," said Keith McCullough, CEO of Hedgeye. "He has a track record of success that extends from the highest level of professional sports to the highest levels of the corporate boardroom. As the research and brokerage landscape continues to evolve in the coming years, we look forward to having Bob lead our vast new business initiatives."
Brooke has a degree in economics from Yale, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Prior to his career in financial services, Brooke was a member of the US Olympic hockey team and competed in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, and New Jersey Devils.
