Dean Curnutt
Dean Curnutt is the Founder and CEO of Macro Risk Advisors, a leading provider of global market risk analysis and execution services for investors. He oversees the firm's mission to deliver comprehensive market risk analysis and transaction execution services that helps clients achieve better risk-adjusted returns. Dean is a recognized expert on risk and cross-asset volatility. Prior to MRA, he was a Managing Director and Head of Equity Sales Trading at Bank of America Securities, where he was a member of the Global Equities Management Team that set strategic direction for the division. Today, he regularly appears on CNBC, Bloomberg, and industry conferences to discuss his market outlook. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Finance and member of the Board of Governors at St. John's University.
Dean Curnutt Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Adjunct Professor of Finance
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Founder and CEO
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Managing Director and Head of Institutional Equity Derivative
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Equity Derivatives Trader
Academic History
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MBA, Analytical Finance with highest honors
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BA, Economics
MACRO RISK ADVISORS
Under his leadership, the firm specializes in providing financial market intelligence to institutional investors.
The firm has been the most highly ranked boutique in the Tabb Group’s Survey of Option Research Providers.
With expertise in derivative sales trading and exclusive access to a diversified liquidity pool, MRA is the premier source of value-added financial market intelligence that reveals trading opportunities.
CAREER
Previously at BofA, Dean was Head of Institutional Equity Derivativesand ConvertibleSales and Strategy.
Before that, he worked at Lehman Brothers in structured equity derivative products where his focus was on tailoring OTC derivative solutions for hedge funds and high net worth individuals.
He has been a guest lecturer at the graduate business schools of both St. John’s University and the University of Chicago.
Today, he is active with a number of charitable initiatives and serves on the Boards of the Jericho Project and the Blythedale Children’sHospital.
MORE ABOUT DEAN
In 2012, he was named a “Rising Star in Hedge Funds” by Institutional Investor.
In 2007, he was invited and appeared as the first derivatives panelist at Barron's Art of Successful Investing Conference.
In 2012, he established the “Macro Risk Advisors Scholarship Fund” at the University of Chicago, providing support for students entering the business school.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
He has presented on financial topics at the New York Society of Securities Analysts, the CBOE Risk Management Conference, and Risk Institute.
He has also been featured or appeared in Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Washington Post, PR Newswire, Coinbase, NBC, The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Finance, Real Vision, Blockworks, Institutional Investor, and more.