Melissa Donahue joined the Bancroft team in March 2021. Donahue works on the equity trading desk at the Fort Washington office and assists with compliance and back-office operations. An industry veteran, Donahue brings 22-plus years of equity trading, options trading, compliance, and back office clearing and execution experience to her position. A former president of […]
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Senior Associate Josh Goodman graduated from Southern Illinois University in 2018 completed his Master of Finance at DePaul University in 2021. Prior to joining Bancroft, Josh was an Investment Banking analyst at Spartan Capital Securities where he worked transactions for both public and private companies including initial public offerings, uplistings, registered direct equity offerings and […]
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Susan Gress is a Director with over 30 years of experience in Fixed Income Sales and Trading. She is responsible for the development of the Corporate bond desk at Bancroft. She has a diversified range of expertise in sales, trading and execution, investment performance and portfolio analysis. Ms. Gress has a Bachelor of Science degree […]
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Raymond Ray Hally is Director of Equity at Bancroft Capital. He brings over 25 years of experience in the equity securities arena. Before joining Bancroft, Mr. Hally spent 8 years as Director of Equity at Drexel Hamilton, where he oversaw all equity trading. He was the firm’s fourth employee and worked in tandem with Cauldon […]
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Dan is a graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and served over 20 years as a U.S. Coast Guard Officer, retiring at the rank of Commander. He has extensive leadership experience across intelligence, maritime security, and strategic operations, serving in senior intelligence roles, and leading complex, mission-critical initiatives. He brings a disciplined, analytical approach […]
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Michael Ivcic is responsible for spearheading Bancroft Capital’s entry into the new issue municipal market. He comes to Bancroft from Drexel Hamilton, where he spent five years in the municipal finance and syndicate department, including the last four as the Head of Syndicate. During his time at Drexel Hamilton, Mr. Ivcic oversaw all of the […]
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Steven Ivcic joined Bancroft Capital in June of 2018 to oversee the entire Fixed Income department. A highly respected industry veteran with more than 40 years of experience in fixed income sales and trading, Mr. Ivcic is responsible for building out Bancroft’s involvement in agencies, corporates, mortgages, and municipals. After starting his career at Prudential […]
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Jesse J. Jefferson, Senior Vice President joins Bancroft Capital with over 30 years of experience in institutional fixed-income sales. Prior to joining Bancroft, Jesse worked at bulge bracket and regional firms including Dean Witter Reynolds, Paine Webber, Lehman Brothers, Stephens Inc. and Drexel Hamilton. Mr. Jefferson has comprehensive knowledge in the structure and sale of GSE […]
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Katherine Kullmann is Vice President of Municipal Underwriting at Bancroft Capital. Kullmann serves as the primary negotiated underwriter working out of the firm’s Fort Washington headquarters. Kullmann comes to Bancroft from Barclays Capital, where she worked on the municipal credit origination desk. She gained extensive underwriting experience at Citigroup, where she began her career and […]
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Captain James Leaghty is a former United States Marine Corps Artillery Officer with a Master’s in Finance from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. He has successfully passed all seven examinations required for the following professional designations: • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), • Financial Risk Manager (FRM), • Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) He […]
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