Most recently, Kenneth served as a Portfolio Manager and member of the Board of Managers at Norcap Investment Management. He co-managed absolute return hedge funds focused primarily on listed S&P 500 options and was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the firm’s operations as one of three board members. In addition, he was involved in raising new investor capital and launched a dedicated fund for European investors, leveraging long-standing institutional relationships.

Before Norcap, Kenneth founded and served as General Partner of Tugar Capital Management, where he allocated capital across strategies including convertible arbitrage, capital structure arbitrage, special situations, and hedged equity options. Under his leadership, the firm delivered consistent performance both before and after the 2008 financial crisis. He managed all investment and business decisions and led a team of five professionals.

Earlier in his career, Kenneth co-founded Arbitex Asset Management and served as Chief Investment Officer. He led a team of twelve investment professionals and was instrumental in growing assets under management from $20 million to $1.3 billion through strong performance and active engagement with U.S. and European investors. The firm’s investment approach combined convertible arbitrage with equity and fixed income strategies.

Kenneth has also held senior roles at Palisade Capital Management, where he managed dynamically hedged convertible securities portfolios, and at HBK Investments as Vice President, trading Asian convertible bonds and warrants. He began his career as an equity options market maker at O’Connor & Associates, developing deep expertise in derivatives pricing and risk management.

Kenneth holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis under the guidance of Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller and Yale Chief Investment Officer David Swensen.