Bernard S. Donefer

Male, 72 years old

Bernard Donefer enjoyed a 35-year career in the international financial services industry, working with banks, exchanges and securities firms in the US, Europe and Asia, before beginning his teaching career in 2003. He is currently Distinguished Lecturer and Associate Director of the Subotnick Financial Services Center at the Zicklin School at Baruch College, CUNY and Adjunct Associate Professor and Fellow, Center for Digital Economy Research at NYU Stern and was previously Adjunct Assistant Professor at Fordham. Prof. Donefer is principal of Conatum Consulting LLC. He teaches “Risk Management for Non-Quants”, “Capital Markets Bootcamp” and the “New Equity Markets” at public seminars and to corporate clients such as the SEC, FRB, DTCC, Alliance Bernstein, ITG, etc. in the US, Canada and Europe. He has been an expert witness in financial software patent and fraud cases, testifying in federal court. From 1996 through 2002, Prof. Donefer was SVP and Head of Capital Markets Systems at Fidelity Investments in Boston, implementing one of the industry's first straight through processing (STP) equity trading environments. He was responsible for their equity, fixed-income, FX, market making systems, algo trading, client and marketplace connectivity and their proprietary, real time VaR based risk management system. Prior positions included EVP/CIO of Dai Ichi Kangyo Bank and president of two international software and services businesses. A frequent industry commentator, Prof. Donefer chaired and moderated panels at algo and hedge fund trading conferences on the challenges, risks and opportunities of electronic trading in global markets. He has been quoted in the NY Times, WSJ, Bloomberg, FT, IBD, Reuters print and TV, BBC World Service, Australian Public Radio, MIT Technology Review, Nikkei CNBC, the Atlantic, New Scientist, etc. His paper “Algos Gone Wild” appeared in the Spring 2010 Journal of Trading and "There is No Such Thing as HFT" on the Tabb Forum. Specialties US and international capital markets -- equities, fixed income, forex and derivatives trading, technology and risk management. High frequency and algo trading. Includes training, consulting, patent and fraud litigation. Expert witness in financial / trading software and business process patents. Deposed and testified in US Federal court. International experience in Europe and Asia. read more ...
  • Nyu Stern School Of Business

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