When Ray McKenzie was an executive director at Morgan Stanley, the buzz regarding a unique charity event in New York City that was growing too strong for him to ignore. A Leg to Stand On: A charity event A Leg to Stand On (ALTSO) was a charity that provides free prosthetic surgery to needy children in developing nations and they wanted talented hedge fund traders who really aspired to be musicians to play at a party with a purpose. McKenzie, a wanna-be rock and roll guitarist trapped inside a Wall Street body, looked for every opportunity to let his hair…
A Leg To Stand On Benefit Party Rocks New York, Chicago
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.