General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> March 31, 2022

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Schutz, Anton V.
Anton V. Schutz is President and Chief Investment Officer at Mendon Capital Advisors. He is the Portfolio Manager of RMB Mendon Financial Services Fund. He founded Mendon Capital in 1996 with a long/short and event-driven investment strategy focused exclusively on the financial services sector. Previously, he worked at RBC Dain Rauscher with an institutional sales trading role in the financial institutions group. He also spent 10 years at Chase Manhattan Bank, where he structured investment products utilizing hedge funds and also developed and applied financial risk strategies. He has been interviewed by CNBC, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, The New York Times, Financial Times, Business Week, Investors’ Business Daily, Smart Money and others. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College and received an MBA from Fordham University. Profile
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TWST: Could you tell me about the firm?

Mr. Schutz: Sure. We began the firm in 1996. We launched our flagship mutual funds in 1999, and they