Baruch Halpern

Biography

 Baruch Halpern, founded Halpern Capital, Inc. in 2002, a boutique investment bank and broker-dealer primarily focused on advisory and capital raising activities. For more than 20 years, Mr. Halpern has been involved in equity research, financing, and other banking activities such as management restructurings, private placements, and leveraged buyouts. Mr. Halpern has an extensive corporate background.  Mr. Halpern also heads CrossCredit Capital, LLC, focused on structured finance as well as bank lending transactions. Prior to Halpern Capital, Mr. Halpern was a Vice President at Fred Alger & Co., an investment advisory firm. He served as a research group leader managing a $1B portfolio with more than 600 companies in a broad range of industries.  Mr. Halpern has an extensive corporate and industry background. Prior positions include: Manager of a $300M pension and profit sharing plan for Celanese Corporation, a major $1B corporation; Manager of accounting, trade, and credit for the $500M chemical division of Celanese Corporation; Financial Analyst for the same company in charge of multiple $100+M capital projects, budgets, pricing negotiations; international accounting and finance for Beech-Nut, Inc. a major food company. Mr. Halpern received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Brooklyn College and his Masters of Business Administration in Finance from Baruch College. Mr. Halpern has been a CFA Charter holder since 1982.

Research Interest

 Pharmaceutics