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Company Info
The Firm
Great Pacific Securities is a financial services firm headquartered in
Costa Mesa, California. It was founded in December of 1990 under the
auspices of the California Services Disabled Veterans legislation. Its
founder, Robert W. Yaap, is a West Point graduate, a Vietnam War
Veteran and a Service Disabled Veteran. The Firm has been certified as
a Service Disable Veterans Enterprise (DVBE) since February of 1991.
Possessing a strong capital structure, Great Pacific Securities
maintains an experienced trading desk with 25 brokers, a municipal bond
department and an operations department. The firm has experienced
growth every year and attributes this to sound and conservative
investment decisions.
Affiliations
Great Pacific Securities is involved in securities brokerage services
and municipal bond underwriting to a diverse institutional client base.
We are affiliated with A.B. Laffer and Associates, who provide us with
an outlook on the direction of interest rates, the political climate,
and the general state of the economy. Dr. Laffer, the founder and
Chairman of A.B. Laffer and Associates, is the father of supply side
economics and The Laffer Curve.
Strengths of the Firm
Service includes careful evaluation of the portfolio as a whole. Using
proprietary computer programs, this evaluation insures that the client
is not adversely overexposed in duration or to any one sector of
market. Each trader on our desk specializes in a distinct discipline.
The Agency Desk is our highest volume desk. We experience a tremendous
flow of product in maturities of five-years and shorter. Due to this
flow, we are particularly strong in the evaluation of Agencies and
finding value in this sector. Additional areas of strength include,
Corporates, U.S. Treasuries, and Mortgaged Backed Securities.
Great Pacific Securities is the only DVBE included in all the major
underwriter pools in the State of California. This inclusion as an
underwriter has lead to the expansion and strength of the municipal
desk to include issues from many states.
Annual Trade Activity
- Trade over $25 billion in domestic fixed income
securities.
- Trade over $2 billion in domestic equity
securities.
- Trade over $22 million in international equity
securities.
- Participated as Co-manager in over $24 billion in
municipal underwriting for California's State Treasurer's Office (STO)
in 2009.
Professional Staff Profile
- Robert W. Yaap, CEO, graduated
with a Bachelors Degree in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy
at West Point and served as a U.S. Army officer and helicopter pilot
for six years in Europe, Vietnam and Alaska. Bob is a Service Disabled
Veteran. After working in the finance field for several years, Bob
joined a large regional broker/dealer specializing in fixed income
securities. Bob co-founded Great Pacific Securities with the express
goal of assisting institutions in their investment needs. He holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 52, 53,
and 63 licenses.
- David T. Swoish, President is the
co-founder of Great Pacific Securities. Dave serves as the
Institutional Sales Manager. His duties include management and
supervision of the portfolio managers as well as the risk management
and analysis of his own full range of institutional clients. Dave
earned his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Finance from
Michigan State University. Through his direction and motivation, Dave
has helped to make Great Pacific a leader in its field. He holds FINRA Series 7, 24, and 63
licenses.
- Christopher V. Vinck, Managing
Director/Head Trader, has focused on trading securities for
institutional clients since 1993. Prior to joining Great Pacific
Securities, Chris was the Senior Vice President of a regional dealer in
Los Angeles. His expertise in quantitative research and finding value
in various markets are great assets to our trading desk. Chris earned a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the
University of Southern California and an MBA from The Anderson School
at UCLA. He holds FINRA
Series 7, 24, 55 and 63 licenses.
- James R. Voight, Senior Trader,
joined Great Pacific with a wealth of knowledge and experienced in his
role as mortgage backed trader beginning in 1983. Prior to becoming a
trader for Great Pacific Securities, Jim was a portfolio manager and
chief financial officer for several financial institutions. He has been
a generalist in mortgaged-backs, CMOs, treasuries, municipal bonds and
equities. Jim also holds a CPA degree and FINRA licenses 3, 4, 7, 24,
53 and 63. He earned his BS in Accounting from San Diego State
University and served in the U.S. Navy from 1966 to 1970 and is a
disabled veteran.
- David Banerjee, Chief Financial Officer,
began his career in Eurodollar syndication in 1977 as FINOP/VP of the
First Interstate Bank Bond Department. David became SVE/FINOP of
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and holds a CPA license, Bachelor of
Science in Engineering, and MBA and MIM Degrees. He also holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 27 and
63 licenses.
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