BTIG Hires Isaac Boltansky as Its Director of Policy Research

(Source: LinkedIn)

BTIG, a global financial services firm headquartered in California specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services, announced on Wednesday the appointment of Isaac Boltansky as its Managing Director and the Director of Policy Research.  

In this newly created role within BTIG’s Research and Strategy division, Boltansky will be responsible for analyzing and forecasting how potential policy shifts will impact investors, corporations and other market participants, and report to directly to Ryan Serwin, CFA, the firm’s Director of Research. And he will collaborate with BTIG’s Chief Equity and Derivatives Strategist Julian Emanuel adding to the firm’s macro strategy product and other resources published for clients.

Boltansky joins BTIG from Compass Point Research and Trading, where he was Director of Policy Research, and has spent ten years coordinating the firm’s policy analysis and focused on mortgage finance, consumer lending, digital assets and tax policy. Previously, he was a Research Analyst on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Congressional Oversight Panel. Earlier in his career, he served as a Research Analyst at EJF Capital.

“We look forward to incorporating Boltansky’s perspective into the resources the firm provides for clients,” commented Scott Kovalik, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BTIG. “His work will create a framework for clients to better understand how policymakers may impact the overall market and individual sectors. Boltansky has great experience and insights. He will help our clients navigate near-term policy changes and offer them a closer look at longer-term structural shifts driven by legislation and regulation.”

Over the last year, BTIG has expanded its research division by more than 35%, which stressed its commitment to strengthening its capabilities.