Profil
Dr. Les B.
Levi is Partner at Plainfield Asset Management LLC.
Prior to joining Plainfield, Mr. Levi was a founding partner and Director of Credit Research at Spectrum Investment Group, a startup fixed income hedge fund in New York.
From February 2003 through February 2005, Mr. Levi was a portfolio manager at Advent Capital Management, where he co-managed its Credit Opportunity Hedge Fund and its Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Mutual Fund.
Prior to joining Advent, Mr. Levi was an investment banker and Managing Director in Leveraged Finance at J.P.
Morgan Chase in its telecom, media and technology group.
Before the merger of J.P.
Morgan and Chase Manhattan in 2001, Mr. Levi was a Managing Director in High Yield Research at Chase, covering the media and telecom industries.
Prior to joining Chase, Mr. Levi was from 1990 to 1997 a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch, where he was Associate Manager of Global High Yield Research, and for seven years, a high yield research analyst covering the media, telecom, energy, and steel sectors.
Mr. Levi began his business career at Drexel Burnham Lambert from 1986 to 1990, where he was a research analyst and Senior Vice President in its High Yield and Convertible Securities Department in Beverly Hills, California.
Mr. Levi received a B.A.
in English in 1975 from New York University, an M.B.A.
in 1988 from Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University, and a Ph.D.
in English and comparative literature in 1982 from Columbia University.
He is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Stern Graduate School of Business, teaching "Managerial Ethics."
Anciens postes connus de Les B. Levi
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Plainfield Asset Management LLC
Plainfield Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Plainfield Asset Management LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Max Holmes in 2005 to manage investment capital for institutions and high net-worth individuals. | Analyst-Equity | 01/06/2009 |
Advent Capital Management LLC
Advent Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Advent Capital Management LLC (Advent) is a privately-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Tracy V. Maitland in 1995 as a division of Utendahl Capital Management LP and became independent in 2001. They manage assets across several traditional and alternative strategies on behalf of both institutional investors and private clients. Advent is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) and supporter of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). | Analyst-Equity | 31/12/2005 |
Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. | Analyst-Equity | - |
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Inc.
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds. | Analyst-Equity | - |
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) (JPMC-IM) is the investment management division of JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a global financial services firm. Headquartered in New York City, JPMC-IM provides asset management services for corporations, institutional investors, hedge funds, governments, healthcare organizations, educational institutions and affluent individuals. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Formation de Les B. Levi
New York University | Undergraduate Degree |
The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York | Doctorate Degree |
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Advent Capital Management LLC
Advent Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Advent Capital Management LLC (Advent) is a privately-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Tracy V. Maitland in 1995 as a division of Utendahl Capital Management LP and became independent in 2001. They manage assets across several traditional and alternative strategies on behalf of both institutional investors and private clients. Advent is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) and supporter of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). | Finance |
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) (JPMC-IM) is the investment management division of JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a global financial services firm. Headquartered in New York City, JPMC-IM provides asset management services for corporations, institutional investors, hedge funds, governments, healthcare organizations, educational institutions and affluent individuals. | Finance |
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Inc.
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds. | Finance |
Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. | Process Industries |
Plainfield Asset Management LLC
Plainfield Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Plainfield Asset Management LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Max Holmes in 2005 to manage investment capital for institutions and high net-worth individuals. | Finance |