Macro Risk Advisors Expands Team And Offering In Event Driven Analysis And Cash Equity Trading

NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Macro Risk Advisors (MRA), a leading provider of global equity derivatives strategy and trade execution for institutional investors, today announced the expansion of its sales and trading team with the addition of Anish Vora as a Special Situations Strategist and Brian Connors as an Institutional Salestrader focused on cash equity and options trading.  The addition of Mr. Vora and Mr. Connors demonstrates MRA's continued effort to offer exceptional and timely analysis around risk and the market environment to institutional investors.

"Anish and Brian bring very different skill sets to the table, which speaks to how we are growing as a firm in many different ways. With previous experience as a senior salesperson on a cash equity desk, Brian will provide lead coverage to predominantly equity long/short hedge funds at MRA.  He is focusing on delivering fundamental analysis to his clients while also showing the benefits of using derivatives as an overlay strategy to enhance equity returns," said Brian Bier, who co-heads the trading effort at MRA with Drew Forman.

The addition of Anish as a strategist with a trading background and targeted focus on special situations seems to come at an appropriate time, with corporate actions, M&A, and event-driven stories creating a buzz in market.  "Anish will complement our current products with the addition of his own published work on specific names. His work will add a new dimension to the analysis we provide and will expand MRA's reach with event-driven accounts." said Drew Forman. 

Prior to joining MRA, Brian Connors was at Janney Montgomery where he worked as a senior salesperson and trader on the cash equity desk. He holds a B.A. from UNC Chapel Hill. Anish Vora was previously of New Albion Partners where he was Head of Special Situations Research. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan.

About Macro Risk Advisors           
Macro Risk Advisors is an independent derivatives strategy and execution firm headquartered in New York and specializing in translating proprietary market intelligence into specific trading ideas for institutional investors. Utilizing proven techniques for trade execution, MRA enables clients to consistently achieve efficient pricing in the equity and option markets. MRA's strategy notes are read by more than 500 unique institutional firms. The company is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer. For more information, visit www.macroriskadvisors.com or MRAD <GO> on Bloomberg.

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