Edward L. Polite
Profile
Mr. Edward L.
Polite is a Director-Trading at Global Hunter Securities LLC.
He joined Global Hunter in November of 2008.
Prior to joining GHS, he was working as a consultant in the video gaming space.
Mr. Polite brings twenty years of experience to GHS and has served in a number of different roles within the industry.
He has previously worked at Sanders Morris Harris as a senior sales trader covering New York and London.
Prior to SMH, Mr. Polite worked at Wedbush Morgan where he was the Co Managing Director of Sales and Trading.
Previous to this he was a senior sales trader at Soundview where he was covering the major West coast and New York accounts.
He received the bulk of his training at Montgomery Securities where he was trained to be a Trader.
Mr. Polite holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree from University of Connecticut.
Former positions of Edward L. Polite
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
SMH Capital, Inc. (Capital Markets)
 SMH Capital, Inc. (Capital Markets) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance SMH Capital, Inc. (SMH) is the primary broker subsidiary of Sander Morris Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMHG). The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. SMH provides a full range of asset and wealth management and investment banking services. The firm also offers institutional equity sales, trading, and research, as well as prime brokerage services for hedge funds and fixed-income securities sales and trading. SMH's research effort is attuned to the Southwest, yet takes a broad, global perspective. The analysts cover companies in six broad sectors, including business services, energy, entertainment and media, financial services, specialty retail-softlines, and technology. They look at industries in a bottom-up way, and get to know company managements in depth, to understand their growth philosophy and their views of how their company fits within their group. SMH's growth strategy is to expand asset management and fiduciary activities and related business by increasing assets under management through acquisitions, internal growth and better coordination between their subsidiaries. | Trading-Equity | 31/10/2008 |
| Montgomery Securities, Inc. | Trading-Equity | - |
Global Hunter Securities LLC
 Global Hunter Securities LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 2005, Global Hunter Securities LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. The firm is a subsidiary of Seaport Global Holdings LLC. Global Hunter Securities employs a disciplined quantitative and qualitative research approach. They focus on small-cap companies with unique value and above average growth primarily in the following sectors: consumer, energy, healthcare, industrial services and technology. Global Hunter Securities also has analysts specifically focused on special situations and international opportunities. | Trading-Equity | - |
Training of Edward L. Polite
| University of Connecticut | Undergraduate Degree |
Experiences
Positions held
Linked companies
| Private companies | 3 |
|---|---|
SMH Capital, Inc. (Capital Markets)
SMH Capital, Inc. (Capital Markets) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance SMH Capital, Inc. (SMH) is the primary broker subsidiary of Sander Morris Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMHG). The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. SMH provides a full range of asset and wealth management and investment banking services. The firm also offers institutional equity sales, trading, and research, as well as prime brokerage services for hedge funds and fixed-income securities sales and trading. SMH's research effort is attuned to the Southwest, yet takes a broad, global perspective. The analysts cover companies in six broad sectors, including business services, energy, entertainment and media, financial services, specialty retail-softlines, and technology. They look at industries in a bottom-up way, and get to know company managements in depth, to understand their growth philosophy and their views of how their company fits within their group. SMH's growth strategy is to expand asset management and fiduciary activities and related business by increasing assets under management through acquisitions, internal growth and better coordination between their subsidiaries. | Finance |
Global Hunter Securities LLC
Global Hunter Securities LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 2005, Global Hunter Securities LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. The firm is a subsidiary of Seaport Global Holdings LLC. Global Hunter Securities employs a disciplined quantitative and qualitative research approach. They focus on small-cap companies with unique value and above average growth primarily in the following sectors: consumer, energy, healthcare, industrial services and technology. Global Hunter Securities also has analysts specifically focused on special situations and international opportunities. | Finance |
| Montgomery Securities, Inc. | Finance |
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