Maxim Group Press Releases
New York (Oct 5th, 2009)
Maxim Group LLC, a leading full-service mid-tier investment banking, securities and wealth management firm announced the expansion of its Equity Derivatives platform with the appointment of Dr. Cem Hocaoglu as the Director of Equity Derivatives Strategy.
Prior to joining Maxim Group, Dr. Hocaoglu served as a Senior Quantitative Derivative Strategist for Susquehonna International Group (SIG) in New York, where he was responsible for trade idea generation in portfolio trading, execution research, statistical arbitrage and derivatives for internal and external institutional clients. Previously, Dr. Hocaoglu spent eight years at Credit Suisse Group in New York, where he held various positions leading to his final role as Sr. Quantitative Trading Strategist. From 1994 to 1999, Dr. Hocaoglu served as a Research Scientist at Electronics Agile Manufacturing Research Institute (EAMRI), Rensselear Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He is the co-inventor of Virtual Design Module in which he holds a U.S. patent. Dr. Hocaoglu is the author of many technical articles published in international journals and conferences. He received his B.S., M.S. and PhD degrees in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute.
Based in New York, Dr. Hocaoglu will be responsible for trade idea generation in equity and equity derivatives, and marketing products, services and strategy to Maxim Group’s institutional client base. "Cem’s vast experience as a derivatives strategist clearly brings an added dimension to the capabilities of our Institutional Options Desk," said Leonard Greenbaum, Managing Director of Equity Derivatives.