Peter Borish

Peter F. Borish is chairman and CEO of Computer Trading Corporation (CTC), an investment and advisory firm. Borish sits on the board of CIBC Bank USA. He is also a partner in Adam Hoffman's natural gas options trading team at Torsion Technologies, LLC. and a Partner of Quantrarian Asset Management

Peter F. Borish
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Investor and trader
Employers
  • Computer Trading Corporation (chairman and CEO)
  • Charitybuzz (founding investor)
Known for
SpouseJulie Girsh

Previously, through CTC, Borish was chief strategist of Quad Group and its affiliated companies. In his role, Borish was engaged in recruiting new talent for Quad and working with the founding partners on business strategy. In addition, he helped traders develop a methodology to enhance their performance by serving as a trading coach. Borish is chairman and CEO of Computer Trading Corporation (CTC), and a current investor and advisor to 444 Capital, the D'Amelio family fund.

Mr. Borish is also a founding investor in Charitybuzz.

Borish formerly worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was founding partner and second-in-command at Tudor Investment Corporation, was chairman of OneChicago, LLC, and was chairman of the non-profits Foundation for the Study of Cycles and The Institute for Financial Markets.

He is also a founding board member of both the Robin Hood Foundation and Math for America.

Education

Borish earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan in 1981.[1][2] He also earned an M.A. in public policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan in 1982.[3][4][2][5][6]

Career

Peter Borish has served as the Chief Strategist of Quad Group LLC, an investment management firm, since 2013. Additionally, Borish has served as the president and CEO of Computer Trading Corporation, an actively managed fund focused on macroeconomic investing, since 1995, where he created the trade and risk management models his company uses to manage assets in the derivatives market. Borish also served as the CEO and member of the board of Twinfields Capital Management, a global macro hedge fund focused on the fixed income sector, from 2005 to 2008.[2][7][8][9][10][11] Borish was a founding partner of Tudor Investment Corporation, a global investment firm, where he served as the director of research from 1985 to 1994.[12][4][13][14][15]

In addition to the foregoing leadership positions, Borish has also served as a board advisor of ValueStream Labs, an accelerator for financial services technologies, since 2013 and as a trustee of RMB Investors Trust, an open-end management investment company since 2015.

Borish has engaged in substantial philanthropy and nonprofit work, having helped found, and, since 1988, having served on the board of directors of, the Robin Hood Foundation,[16][17] which funds New York City educational projects for disadvantaged children. Additionally, since 1991, Borish has been a trustee of the Institute for Financial Markets (IFM), a nonprofit dedicated to participating in the development of standards and fostering best practices initiatives in the financial services industry. From 2006 until 2013, Borish served as a member of the board of directors at Charitybuzz, a charitable initiative raising funds through auctions featuring celebrity encounters. Borish was also a member of the board of the Futures Industry Association.[18] and he also served as special advisor to the board of directors of the Chicago Board of Trade. In addition, Borish was also a member Market Risk Advisory Committee of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) during the pandemic.

Borish's career began at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 1982, where he monitored foreign exchange futures and options until 1985.[1][2][19]

Philanthropy

Borish is a founding board member of the Robin Hood Foundation (along with Paul Tudor Jones and Glenn Dubin),[16][17] a charitable organization that attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City.[20][21] He is also a founding board member of Math for America, a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve mathematics education in United States public schools.[1]

He is also a mayoral appointee to the New York City Department of Youth & Community Development[18]

Personal life

He is married to Julie Girsh.[22][23]

References
  1. "Peter Borish". Math for America. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  2. "Economics Leadership Council (ELC) | Economics | University of Michigan". Lsa.umich.edu. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  3. "Fighting poverty like an IPPSter". University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. May 2, 2014.
  4. Terry Burnham (2008). Mean Markets and Lizard Brains: How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470440629. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  5. Michigan Ensian. UM Libraries. 1981. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  6. "Committee for the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy", Gerald Ford School of Public Policy
  7. Kennedy Mitchell (2003). Single Stock Futures: An Investor's Guide. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780471267621. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  8. Samuel A. Schreiner (2013). The World According to Cycles: How Recurring Forces Can Predict the Future and Change Your Life. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781628730722. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  9. "ONECHICAGO announces Peter Borish as Chairman", ONECHICAGO, October 7, 2004
  10. Michael W. Covel (2012). Trading the Trend (Collection). FT Press. ISBN 9780133094633. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  11. "Peter Borish: Executive Profile & Biography". Business Week. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  12. Clarke, Paul (August 21, 2014). "Tudor Investment Corporation's co-founder on how to be a great hedge fund trader". EFinancialCareers.
  13. Sebastian Mallaby (2010). More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite. Penguin. ISBN 9781101457214. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  14. Jack D. Schwager (2012). Market Wizards: Interviews With Top Traders. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118616024. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  15. Roose, Kevin (August 29, 2012). "Tudor's Dynasty: A Time Capsule of Wall Street's Lost Trader Culture". New York Magazine. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  16. Teltsch, Kathleen (May 9, 1991). "Nowadays, Robin Hood Gets the Rich to Give to the Poor". The New York Times.
  17. "The Emperors of Benevolence". New York Magazine. November 5, 2007.
  18. "Youth Board Member – Peter Borish" Archived January 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, DYCD – Youth Board Members
  19. "Directors and Officers", The Institute for Financial Markets, March 11, 2009
  20. "Board of Directors – Peter Borish" Robin Hood
  21. Tom Brokaw (2012). The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation about America – Who We Are, Where We've Been, and Where We Need to Go Now, to Recapture the American Dream. Random House LLC. p. 159. ISBN 9780812975123. Retrieved April 22, 2014. Peter Borish.
  22. "Sheldon Girsh (1927-2017), of Farmington Hills, Age 90, died June 4, 2017". Detroit Free Press. June 6, 2017.
  23. "Elaine Girsh, Age 83, of Farmington Hills, died August 1, 2017". Detroit Free Press. August 4, 2017.
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