Wills Manley
Professional Experience
C /CL/ TTTT
Portfolio Manager Mitotic Investments
September 2015 – December 2016
Houston, TX
Drawing on my experiences at both a small distressed debt shop and a
top institutional multi-strategy fund, I developed my personal strategy,
incorporating all of the elements of my past roles: isolated, obscure
trades with a high margin of safety and an asymmetric return profile.
While I was successful in garnering strong interest from sizeable family
offices in Texas, I was ultimately unable to raise sufficient launch capital.
Analyst Whitebox Advisors
I am an emerging Portfolio Manager
seeking to disrupt the hedge fund
industry using a new approach to trade
identification, risk management, and
investor alignment. I take a unique
approach that focuses on catalytic
credit and equity trades with highly
skewed risk distributions. My objectives
are to re-define performance standards
and re-invent the hedge fund value
proposition.
August 2014 – September 2015
Austin, TX
At Whitebox I developed a strong ability to identify obscure and unusual
trades and isolate them from extrinsic risks. I applied these principles
across a variety of credit and equity strategies, pitching trades from all
sectors and geographies to the investment committee.
Intern Fulcrum Capital
May 2014 – August 2014
Austin, TX
At Fulcrum, I learned the intricacies of distressed debt investing and how
to identify and capitalize on drastically mispriced opportunities. The
foundation I developed in credit analysis instilled a strong sense of risk
aversion that I apply to each of my trades today.
(469) 600-4605
Achievements
[email protected]
#1 Performing Trade SumZero Special Situations Contest
CFA Level II Candidate CFA Institute
Uncovering obscure opportunities
Creatively structuring trades
Conservative risk mitigation
Education
BBA Finance McCombs School of Business
August 2012 – May 2015
The University of Texas at Austin
Concentration in Investment Management with coursework in behavioral
finance, quantitative trend modelling, and advanced statistics