General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> July 12, 2010

Long-biased Hedge Fund Investing – Mclane Cover – Mistral Capital Partners, Llc

McLane Cover is the Founder, President and Chief Investment Officer of Mistral Capital Partners, LLC. He has nearly 30 years of investment experience. Before founding Mistral, Mr. Cover served as Senior Vice President - Investments at The Hartford Investment Management Company (HIMCO). While at HIMCO, Mr. Cover was the Lead Analyst for health care, energy and financial sector research, and he helped oversee four small and midcap equity portfolios. Prior to joining HIMCO, Mr. Cover served in a variety of positions while on the equity sell side. He was a Partner at ThinkEquity Partners, LLC, where he was Head of Institutional Equity Sales and served on the firm's operating committee. Prior to ThinkEquity, Mr. Cover was a Managing Director in institutional research sales at Citigroup Global Markets and Kidder, Peabody & Co. Mr. Cover also served as a Chair of Citigroup's equity research steering committee, which was responsible for recommending changes to the firm's research process. He earned a B.S. with a double major in finance and investments from Babson College. Profile
TWST: Let's start with a history of Mistral Capital Partners. Why did you decide to start the firm?

Mr. Cover: I founded the firm back in 2007 with the help of our COO, Sarah Driscoll. Sarah and I had