Alix J. Cethoute

Mr. Alix J.
Cethoute is a Managing Director at SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc. He focuses primarily on underwriting and trading municipal bonds.
Mr. Cethoute from 1980 to 2003 was at Morgan Stanley, Inc. in Dallas, TX.
From 1991 to 2003 he was an Investment Specialist in the Southwest Region.
In this position, he advised 450 regional advisors to minimize reinvestment, interest rate and credit risk while maximizing returns for high net worth individuals determined investment strategies for the clients of each financial advisor incorporating the optimal mix of stocks, mutual funds, corporate, government and municipal bonds to meet the individual financial objectives of each client analyzed municipalities debt and revenue for investment worthiness bought and sold municipal bonds from primary and secondary markets nationwide and leveraged expertise in municipal bonds to motivate advisors to increase bond sales.
From 1986-1991, he was Operations Manager in the Municipal Bond Department.
He trained and supervised a staff of 6 operation professionals in the coordination of payment and receipt of newly issued municipal bonds; compared and resolved trade problems for the P&S department reviewed and balanced daily municipal bond inventory of $30mm and analyzed account statements, reconciled general ledger and prepared P&L reports.
Previously, he served as Operations Control Manager in the Southwestern Service Center and Section Manager for the Trade Adjustment Department.
He has a BS in Accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, TX.
He received his undergraduate degree from The University of Texas.