Richard Guastello

Rich Guastello is Weeden’s Special Situations & Risk Arbitrage analyst. He began his career 15 years ago at Paine Webber trading fixed income instruments. From 1998 until 2001 Rich worked for Access Securities, where he analyzed and traded merger arbitrage, event and distressed debt.

From 2001 - 2009, he was employed by March Partners, an event driven hedge fund, where he worked in a variety of capacities supporting the firm’s overall portfolio strategy. He implemented option strategies for both hedging and directional investing and he also conducted detailed balance sheet analysis, and looked closely at regulatory issues and the overall structures of M&A deals. Rich was also given the added responsibility of managing a merger arbitrage, event and special situations portfolio for March Partners.

Prior to coming to Weeden in 2010, Rich was employed by CRT Capital Group where he analyzed complex merger arbitrage deals and formulated actionable trading strategies for the firm’s client base.

Mr. Guastello attained a BS in Economics and Finance from the University of Florida in 1994.