BRETT C.

FINGERHUT
Bfingerhut05@aol.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Skilled and experienced with portfolio management, asset allocation tactics, hedge fund strategies, equity fund
analysis, real estate market trends, and other alternative investments
• Strongly capable of performing financial modeling, investment analysis, and other research techniques
• Ambitious and highly motivated to add value to a top-notch financial firm
• NASD Registered Series 7 and 66

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Coral Gables, Florida
Master of Business Administration, Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions Expected-
May 2011
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Orlando, Florida
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance June 2005

EXPERIENCE
THE GANSEVOORT HOTEL & RESORT COMPANY Miami Beach, Florida
MBA Internship – Real Estate Analyst Summer 2010
Worked directly with Managing Director and Director of Revenue
• Researched and provided hotel real estate market trends for the 2011 Gansevoort Marketing Plan.
• Created forecasting models for Occupancy, ADR, and RevPar utilizing historical trends and moving averages.
• Completed weekly STR analysis of current position vs. comp set and recommended alternative pricing strategies.
THE SUCCESSION GROUP Coral Gables, Florida
Director and Financial Analyst 2006 – 2009
Worked directly with Managing Partner
• Performed in-depth analysis of financial and estate documents to design each recommended strategy.
• Created financial models for the rebalancing and reallocation of investment and insurance related portfolios.
• Designed customized strategies utilizing innovative wealth and succession planning techniques.
• Illustrated future scenarios of client succession strategies for various situations.
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY (formerly Smith Barney) Winter Park, Florida
Research Analyst 2003 – 2005
Reported to Senior Vice President.
• Updated investment performance materials and researched new potential funds.
• Conducted analysis for firm and contacted clients regarding their investment portfolios.
• Developed a solid background of professional client servicing.
FAMILY PARTNERS, LTD. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Internship – Private Family Office Summer 2001
Reported to CFO and President
• Collected research and performed due diligence on prospective alternative investment funds for firm.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

• Member, Hedge Fund Association (HFA)
• MBA Finance and Investment Club (CIO)
• FFF Charitable Foundation – Board Member
• Initiated BCF Equity Fund (Personal Portfolio) – Outperformed S&P 500 Since inception, July 2007