Global Derivatives Team

Anthony, Richard

Richard is the Director of Global Derivatives and is a Member of the Board with twenty-one years’ experience structuring optimal option strategies designed to meet the goals of institutional investors.

Barr, Bill

Bill was at Israel A. Englander & Co. first as Director of Operations, and then as a sales trader on the Equity Derivatives Desk. Bill has a B.S. in Finance from Rutgers University and lives in Ridgewood, NJ with his wife and two daughters.

Bone, Matthew

Matthew has eight years of experience in marketing and client services. He enhances the team as a client services and operations support specialist.

Fittipaldi, Jeffrey

Jeffrey has worked with Pali Capital, Inc. for three years.  Prior to joining the Global Derivatives Desk, Jeffrey worked at UBS Financial Services for five years.  Jeffrey holds both Series 7 and 63 licenses.  

Gannon, J. Jay

Jay earned an M.B.A. with Honors from Fordham University and has eight years' industry experience.

Mabry, Robert

Robert came to Pali from Morgan Stanley Asset Management's global equities division. Prior to that, he worked at Salomon Smith Barney in the listed equities operations area in New York.

McHugh, Sean

Sean graduated from St. John's University in 2006, and has worked for Pali Capital for three years.  Prior to joining the Global Derivatives Desk, Sean completed a one-year internship for the CEO of Pali.  In addition to the Series 7 and 63, Sean also has the Series 3 license. 

McMeekin, Ross

Ross has over eighteen years of experience in the financial services industry, including nine years at Bloomberg LP, where he managed the bulge bracket and hedge fund account territories.  He also served as product specialist for the Equity Derivative market segment.  Ross has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a concentration in Finance.  Ross holds the Series 7 and 63 licenses, along with the FSA registration to service clients in the U.K.

Murphy, James

James has over twenty years of experience as an equity derivatives trader, having worked for several of the largest and most well-known financial institutions including Lehman Brothers, Salomon Brothers, and Citibank.

Peebler, David J.

David has over twenty-three years of experience in high-level sales, marketing, business development and strategic experience engineering across a range of business and industries including global entertainment, internet and technology.  He currently holds Series 7 and Series 63 licenses in the U.S., as well as a securities representative license for Europe through the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the U.K.

Palazzi, Michael  

Michael serves as Head of Global Derivative Sales, joining Pali Capital, Inc. in 2007.  Prior to joining Pali, Michael worked as a Managing Director at NorthStar Capital Funds, Inc. for one year.  Additionally, Michael worked at SG Cowen, Inc. from 2002 to 2005 as Head of NASDAQ Trading and Global Sales Trading.  Prior to SG Cowen, Michael was Head of NASDAQ Trading and Sales trading at CIBC World Markets (formally Oppenheimer and Co.) from 1985 to 2002.  Michael graduated from Fairfield University and holds licenses in Series 7, 63, 24, 55, and 8.

Pendas, Anthony M.

Tony also has eighteen years' of experience in marketing and client services. He enhances the team as an operations support and client-relations specialist.