Our clients include some of the largest investment banks, hedge funds, institutions and money managers throughout the world who rely on timely, up to date, impartial and factual information from a deal specialist.
CEO
Jim’s role is to oversee and direct the analysis and subsequent high-conviction decisions, making sure that the analysis is geared bottom-up to the actual situation from a pure investment view. Jim has been in the securities and fund management industry since the early 1990’s.
Prior to founding The Spinoff Report®, Jim was a portfolio manager of a London based special situations fund focusing exclusively on spinoffs. Before that, a portfolio manager at a highly regarded specialized equities and derivatives hedge fund based in Chicago, and an equities and derivatives trader at one of the largest French banks. His added value is that the analysis is geared towards ‘real situations’ from private equity level, that hedge funds and money managers have to evaluate and deal with. Not just a buy or sell-side analyst’s view of them. Jim studied Investment Management at The London Business School.
COO & Head of Marketing
Ryan has over 12 years of investment banking experience. During his career, he previously held senior corporate marketing positions with notable European and Global fund management & investment banks. Starting in corporate finance, he has focused on developing client relationships and has been responsible for IPO & Equity fund raising roadshows. Ryan has studied a variety of industry affiliated qualifications, from an FSA to International Company Accounting.
Since 2008, as COO of The Spinoff Report®, he has been responsible for developing the firm’s unique investment research edge and servicing its global fund management and family office client base.
Chief Analyst
Nitin also has over 10 years banking and analysis experience. He is the senior team leader for the analysts and works closely with Jim on a daily basis. His main roles include overseeing and finalising the analysis, financial modelling appropriate to each individual situation and inspecting & evaluating the end research to clients.
Nitin has authored books and academic journals extensively, having published two books and over thirty published articles in various academic journals & business newspapers. Nitin also has a PHd in Finance.
nitinbalwani@spinoffreport.com
Our unique analysis of Spinoffs is geared purely from an event point of view. We have six full-time investment research analysts with access to a network resource of many more when particular sector and geographical expertise is further needed.
Each member of the team has a minimum of a financial MBA and either have or are studying their CFA. The analyst team are managed by our number two, our chief analyst, Nitin Balwani, who vigorously checks and oversees every element of the analysis for every Spinoff situation.
