Profile
Mr. Chris Weekes is a Managing Director at Cowen Securities LLC.
Prior to joining Cowen in November 2011, he was Managing Director and Head of the Institutional Equity Sales and Trading at Madison Williams.
He has over 10 years of experience in the equity markets, providing expert advice to institutional and corporate clients in the areas of trading, capital markets and OTCQX Advisory.
Mr. Weekes was also a Senior Institutional Sales Trader at Oppenheimer & Co. and CIBC World Markets, and began his career at LaBranche Financial Services in its Institutional Execution Group.
Mr. Weekes received his undergraduate degree from The New School in 2001.
Former positions of Chris Weekes
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Dahlman Rose & Co. LLC
Dahlman Rose & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 2004, Cowen Securities is an investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of the Cowen Group. They were formerly known as Dahlman Rose & Co. Cowen Securities provides value-added research, trading and advisory services to clients in the US and abroad. The firm focuses on growth industries that are the direct beneficiaries of global trade, infrastructure development and urbanization. Their research focuses on various distinct verticals within the global natural resources supply chain including: metals/mining, agriculture, chemicals, oil & gas exploration and production, electric utilities and surface transportation. Cowen Securities follows a variety of companies across geographies, market-caps and strategies. The firm employs a top-down approach that focuses on global themes and macro trends within these sectors. They look for drivers that create opportunities for well-positioned companies. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2013-03-09 |
Madison Williams & Co. LLC
Madison Williams & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Madison Williams & Co. LLC The firm was founded as the result of a management buyout of the principal capital markets business of Sanders Morris Harris Group (NASDAQ: SMHG). Madison Williams & Co. provides investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales, trading and research services to institutional and corporate clients throughout the US. Their research efforts focus on the following sectors: oil & gas exploration and production, engineering and construction, business services, healthcare services and various master limited partnerships (MLPs). The company was founded in 2010 and was headquartered in New York, NY. | Trading-Equity | 2011-10-29 |
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It also offers investment banking and advice to high net worth investors, individuals, businesses and institutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
CIBC World Markets Corp. (Old)
CIBC World Markets Corp. (Old) Financial ConglomeratesFinance CIBC World Markets is a full-service investment bank headquartered in New York City. CIBC provides an internationally integrated research product through three primary strategies. In the US, the firm provides research coverage available in areas of focus, including technology, telecommunications, healthcare, energy, power generation and technology, financial institutions, consumer growth, real estate and media. In Canada, the firm offers the full spectrum of coverage for all of the sectors that form the TSE 300 Index. Their broad investment grade analysis of return bond Indices provides daily performance of the Canadian bond market. The sectors covered are: government of Canada bonds, provincial and municipal bonds and corporate bonds rated AAA/AA, A and BBB. Also available is a monthly ABS/MBS market report that provides information on ABS market conditions, market summary data and monthly performance reports on outstanding transactions. This report includes information about the MBS market, including key statistics on MBS spreads and prepayments. Another report contains MBS trading data, cash flows and other key data. A separate monthly Portfolio Valuation Report provides month end pricing for ABS and MBS transactions. Corporate debt research produces highly targeted credit analysis and research for investment grade and high yield debt securities. The corporate bond review covers bond market action, new issues, price/yield movements, rating changes, and buy/sell recommendations. The fixed-income research group produces actionable fundamental and technical analysis, strategies, products, and runs bond indexes and quantitative models relating specifically to fixed income markets, bond portfolios, and individual securities. CIBC provides risk management solutions to corporations, investors, financial institutions, and governments across all asset classes: interest rates, equities, credit, currency, and commodities. CIBC World Markets is a subsidiary of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2008-12-30 |
Labranche Financial Services, Inc. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Chris Weekes
The New School | Undergraduate Degree |
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Madison Williams & Co. LLC
Madison Williams & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Madison Williams & Co. LLC The firm was founded as the result of a management buyout of the principal capital markets business of Sanders Morris Harris Group (NASDAQ: SMHG). Madison Williams & Co. provides investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales, trading and research services to institutional and corporate clients throughout the US. Their research efforts focus on the following sectors: oil & gas exploration and production, engineering and construction, business services, healthcare services and various master limited partnerships (MLPs). The company was founded in 2010 and was headquartered in New York, NY. | Finance |
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It also offers investment banking and advice to high net worth investors, individuals, businesses and institutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY. | Finance |
Labranche Financial Services, Inc. | |
Dahlman Rose & Co. LLC
Dahlman Rose & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 2004, Cowen Securities is an investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of the Cowen Group. They were formerly known as Dahlman Rose & Co. Cowen Securities provides value-added research, trading and advisory services to clients in the US and abroad. The firm focuses on growth industries that are the direct beneficiaries of global trade, infrastructure development and urbanization. Their research focuses on various distinct verticals within the global natural resources supply chain including: metals/mining, agriculture, chemicals, oil & gas exploration and production, electric utilities and surface transportation. Cowen Securities follows a variety of companies across geographies, market-caps and strategies. The firm employs a top-down approach that focuses on global themes and macro trends within these sectors. They look for drivers that create opportunities for well-positioned companies. | Finance |
CIBC World Markets Corp. (Old)
CIBC World Markets Corp. (Old) Financial ConglomeratesFinance CIBC World Markets is a full-service investment bank headquartered in New York City. CIBC provides an internationally integrated research product through three primary strategies. In the US, the firm provides research coverage available in areas of focus, including technology, telecommunications, healthcare, energy, power generation and technology, financial institutions, consumer growth, real estate and media. In Canada, the firm offers the full spectrum of coverage for all of the sectors that form the TSE 300 Index. Their broad investment grade analysis of return bond Indices provides daily performance of the Canadian bond market. The sectors covered are: government of Canada bonds, provincial and municipal bonds and corporate bonds rated AAA/AA, A and BBB. Also available is a monthly ABS/MBS market report that provides information on ABS market conditions, market summary data and monthly performance reports on outstanding transactions. This report includes information about the MBS market, including key statistics on MBS spreads and prepayments. Another report contains MBS trading data, cash flows and other key data. A separate monthly Portfolio Valuation Report provides month end pricing for ABS and MBS transactions. Corporate debt research produces highly targeted credit analysis and research for investment grade and high yield debt securities. The corporate bond review covers bond market action, new issues, price/yield movements, rating changes, and buy/sell recommendations. The fixed-income research group produces actionable fundamental and technical analysis, strategies, products, and runs bond indexes and quantitative models relating specifically to fixed income markets, bond portfolios, and individual securities. CIBC provides risk management solutions to corporations, investors, financial institutions, and governments across all asset classes: interest rates, equities, credit, currency, and commodities. CIBC World Markets is a subsidiary of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. | Finance |
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