Katherine Dietze - Cowen Independent Director

COWNDelisted Stock  USD 38.99  0.00  0.00%   

Director

Ms. Katherine Elizabeth Dietze is Independent Director of the Company. Ms. Dietze was appointed to our Board in June 2011 upon the completion of Cowens acquisition of LaBranche Co., Inc., or LaBranche. Ms. Dietze was a member of LaBranches board of directors since January 2007. Ms. Dietze spent over 20 years in the financial services industry prior to her retirement in 2005. From 2003 to 2005, Ms. Dietze was Global Chief Operating Officer for the Investment Banking Division of Credit Suisse First Boston. From 1996 to 2003, she was a Managing Director in Credit Suisse First Bostons Telecommunications Group. Prior to that, Ms. Dietze was a Managing Director and CoHead of the Telecommunications Group in Salomon Brothers Incs Investment Banking Division. Ms. Dietze began her career at Merrill Lynch Money Markets after which she moved to Salomon Brothers Inc. to work on money market products and later became a member of the Investment Banking Division. Ms. Dietze is a director, a member of the Governance Committee and Chair of the Finance Committee of Matthews International Corporation, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of memorialization products and brand solutions. Ms. Dietze is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Liberty Property Trust, a selfadministered and selfmanaged Maryland real estate investment trust, which provides leasing, property management, development, acquisition, and other tenantrelated services for a portfolio of industrial office properties. At LPT, she serves on the Audit Committee and is Head of the Governance Committee. Ms. Dietze holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Graduate School of Business since 2011.
Age 60
Tenure 13 years
Phone646 562 1010
Webhttps://www.cowen.com
Dietze provides the Board with extensive experience in Investment Banking management and corporate governance expertise as a public company director.

Cowen Management Efficiency

The company has return on total asset (ROA) of 0.0108 % which means that it generated a profit of $0.0108 on every $100 spent on assets. This is way below average. Similarly, it shows a return on stockholder's equity (ROE) of 0.0503 %, meaning that it created $0.0503 on every $100 dollars invested by stockholders. Cowen's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Cowen manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
The company currently holds 60.16 M in liabilities with Debt to Equity (D/E) ratio of 1.88, which is about average as compared to similar companies. Cowen Group has a current ratio of 1.22, suggesting that it is in a questionable position to pay out its financial obligations when due. Debt can assist Cowen until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Cowen's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Cowen Group sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Cowen to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Cowen's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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Cowen Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides investment banking, research, sales and trading, prime brokerage, global clearing, securities financing, commission management, and investment management services in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Cowen operates under Capital Markets classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 1534 people. Cowen Group (COWN) is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in USA and employs 29 people.

Management Performance

Cowen Group Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Cowen's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Cowen inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Cowen. The board's role is to monitor Cowen's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Cowen's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Cowen's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Dan Schnurman, Managing Director
Peter Cohen, CEO and Chairman
Elizabeth Rosman, MD Management
Joseph Wright, Independent Director
Brett Barth, Independent Director
John DiMaiuta, MD Officer
Larry Wieseneck, CoPres Banking
Michael Singer, CEO and President of Ramius
Jack Nusbaum, Independent Director
Jeffrey Solomon, President, CEO of Cowen and Company, LLC, and Director
Stephen CPA, MD CFO
John Holmes, MD COO
Fred Fraenkel, Vice Chairman of the Board
Townsend Ziebold, Managing Director
Michael Page, COO - International Business
Katherine DietzeCourage, Independent Director
Owen Littman, General Counsel and Secretary
Douglas Rediker, Independent Director
Steven Kotler, Independent Director
James Farley, MD Relations
J FARLEY, IR Contact Officer
Larry Leibowitz, Independent Director
Ann Neidenbach, CIO
Jerome Markowitz, Lead Independent Director
Margaret Poster, Independent Director
Katherine Dietze, Independent Director
Andr Augier, Vice Banking
Stephen Lasota, CFO
Daniel Charney, MD CoPres

Cowen Stock Performance Indicators

The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right stock is not an easy task. Is Cowen a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.
Some investors attempt to determine whether the market's mood is bullish or bearish by monitoring changes in market sentiment. Unlike more traditional methods such as technical analysis, investor sentiment usually refers to the aggregate attitude towards Cowen in the overall investment community. So, suppose investors can accurately measure the market's sentiment. In that case, they can use it for their benefit. For example, some tools to gauge market sentiment could be utilized using contrarian indexes, Cowen's short interest history, or implied volatility extrapolated from Cowen options trading.

Pair Trading with Cowen

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Cowen position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Cowen will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Cowen could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Cowen when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Cowen - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Cowen Group to buy it.
The correlation of Cowen is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Cowen moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Cowen Group moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Cowen can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Other Consideration for investing in Cowen Stock

If you are still planning to invest in Cowen Group check if it may still be traded through OTC markets such as Pink Sheets or OTC Bulletin Board. You may also purchase it directly from the company, but this is not always possible and may require contacting the company directly. Please note that delisted stocks are often considered to be more risky investments, as they are no longer subject to the same regulatory and reporting requirements as listed stocks. Therefore, it is essential to carefully research the Cowen's history and understand the potential risks before investing.
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