Chris began his professional and financial services career in 1989 as a registered representative of Paine Webber & Company (“Paine Webber”). As a broker-dealer representative at Paine Webber’s Erie, Pennsylvania offices, Mr. Covato advised clients and solicited client orders with respect to transactions in securities, futures contracts, and insurance products.
Following his departure from Paine Webber in 1991, to provide a broader range of products and services to his various clients, Mr. Covato was instrumental in growing Covato/Lipsitz Inc. (“Covato-Lipsitz”), a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based registered broker-dealer, and Covato Futures Corporation (“Covato Futures”), an Erie, Pennsylvania based introducing broker clearing futures transactions through Geldermann & Co. Inc.
He further became associated with Covato Research Corporation (“Covato Research”), a family-owned Pennsylvania registered investment advisory firm (“Covato Research”) offering proprietary investment research products primarily, if not exclusively, to institutional investors. Mr. Covato’s role at Covato/Lipsitz included discretionary management of retail client accounts and the provision of ancillary investment advice.
At Covato Futures, Mr. Covato solicited futures business exclusively for institutional clients, with a focus on trading equity index futures. At Covato Research, Mr. Covato was appointed to the position of Vice President of Institutional and Retail Sales. In this role, his duties included portfolio management, the development of wealth building strategies, the study of technical analysis, quantitative research, and risk management.
In addition to his role as the manager of the General Partner and the Investment Advisor, Mr. Covato presently serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Covato Sincore Capital Management, LLC, a Florida registered investment advisor firm with offices located in Naples, Florida Over the course of his career in aviation, he has served as Captain and/or First Officer on a variety of aircraft, including the Gulfstream G-1, Boeing 737-300, 747-400, 747-8F, and Boeing 747 LCF.
