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Jim McFadden, CFA

Jim McFadden, CFA

Lead Analyst & Head of Research
CFA CHARTERHOLDER
Former Managing Director, J.P. Morgan & Bear Stearns
Long-short equity PM, Amaranth Advisors
Institutional Investor–ranked utilities analyst
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Jim McFadden, CFA
Jim McFadden, CFALead Analyst, Skope Research
The Analyst

Jim McFadden, CFA

Finance & Investment Strategy · 30+ years across sell-side and buy-side

Jim McFadden is a CFA charterholder whose career spans the full arc of institutional equity markets — from ranked sell-side analyst to managing director and portfolio manager running proprietary and long-short equity capital.

He began covering electric utilities at Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns, where he earned recognition as an Institutional Investor–ranked analyst. He went on to manage long-short equity portfolios at Amaranth Advisors and led a North American equity proprietary trading desk as a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan. More recently, Jim has focused on investment strategy and research — consulting for hedge funds and asset managers, and writing for retail-investor-focused publications.

At Skope Research, Jim brings that institutional lens to both independent and company-sponsored coverage, with an emphasis on clear, decision-useful analysis.

2012 – Present

Principal & Investment Strategist

McFadden Research — investment strategy reports for hedge funds & asset managers
2018 – Present

Research & Strategy Specialist

Tormont Group — Toronto
2006 – 2011

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager

J.P. Morgan — Head of North American Equity Proprietary Trading Desk

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