An accounting and finance systems professional with over 15 years of experience, Kevin Martoken serves as a fund accountant with Grassi & Co. in New York City. Outside of work, Kevin Martoken enjoys playing sports and following New York-area sports teams, including the New York Giants. Although the Giants’ 2017 playoff hopes ended after a disappointing loss to the Green Bay Packers, the team’s fans still have much to celebrate heading into the offseason. With an 11-5 record, the Giants ended the regular season in second place in the NFC East division. The team’s strong performance this year was due in part to their defense, which was second best in the National Football League for points allowed per game. Leading the way on defense were defensive tackle Damon Harrison and safety Landon Collins, who were both recently named to the Associated Press 2016 All-Pro first team. Harrison and Collins are the first Giants players to make it to the AP All-Pro first team since defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul did in 2011. In addition to the two first-team selections, the Giants had four other players who were named to the All-Pro second team: Odell Beckham Jr., Olivier Vernon, Janoris Jenkins, and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.
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Since 2013, Kevin Martoken has served as a fund accountant with Grassi & Co., a financial firm based in New York City. A sports fan, Kevin Martoken cheers on several professional teams in the area, including the National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils. In a ceremony held on the ice prior to their game against the Maple Leafs on Friday, January 6, 2017, the Devils celebrated Dr. John McMullen as the first Ring of Honor inductee. McMullen, who passed away in 2005, owned the team for nearly three decades and helped the franchise become a fan favorite in the Garden State. During the ceremony, McMullen’s wife, Jacqueline, and son, Peter, represented the late owner as he was honored with a video tribute and accolades from former Devils players that included Ken Daneyko, Jim Dowd, Claude Lemieux, and John MacLean. The evening also featured the dedication of a portion of Lafayette Street outside of the Prudential Center that will be renamed “Dr. John McMullen Way.” A hedge fund manager by profession, Kevin Martoken enjoys playing league sports in his free time. Kevin Martoken participates in both football and soccer leagues in New York City. Recreational league sports are not just for children any more. Increasing numbers of adults are finding that joining a local team and playing with other like-minded athletes can be not just an energetic hobby, but also a way to learn new things and improve one's physical, mental, and social capacities. Members of adult recreational leagues often join to rediscover an interest that they had in childhood or adolescence, and they still enjoy the rush of energy that sport provides. However, they also find that the fellowship of other competitors encourages them to train harder and play with a higher level of commitment, which makes the game a growth experience rather than a simple pleasure. Sports psychologists note that the focus on team play also helps to expand a person's mental awareness, focus, and creative thinking. When an athlete must make a choice about where to kick or throw the ball, he or she must be aware of other players as well as competitors, the structure of the field, and existing team strategies. This requires a focus on the moment that is not only healthy but also relaxing for busy professionals. Meanwhile, adult league athletes improve their physical capacities on multiple levels. Varied locomotion in space as well as in one's kinesphere helps to expand physical and spatial awareness as well as balance and coordination. Such variety is effective in training the body to effectively perform activities of daily living, while raising activity levels overall. Kevin Martoken has served since 2013 as a fund accountant with Grassi & Co. in New York City. In this role, Kevin Martoken oversees administration of the firm's hedge fund activity. A hedge fund is, in essence, a partnership between investors and a fund manager. The investors in the fund, occasionally known as limited partners, provide the capital that the fund manager allocates as he or she deems appropriate. The fund manager's goal is to maximize returns, regardless of market activity, using a hedging strategy. Hedging requires the fund manager to depend on falling prices in some products or asset classes and rising prices in others. The manager might, for example, buy the shares of a company expected to rise in value, while short selling other investments as protection against potential loss. The range of products available for this process depends on the mandate of the fund, as there are no specific restrictions on the investment activity of the hedge fund itself. Because hedge fund investing requires a high level of risk tolerance and understanding of market dynamics on the part of investors, it is typically only open to sophisticated, qualified, high-net-worth investors. Most often, investors’ net worth must exceed $1 million for them to participate. Investors must agree to the terms of the fund as well as to any agreed-upon fees, which often include an asset management fee and a success fee as a percentage of generated gains. Focusing on accounting, Kevin Martoken obtained his bachelor of science from Syracuse University in New York and went on to serve as a senior finance associate at Lehman Brothers, Inc. Currently a fund administrator at Grassi & Co., Kevin Martoken prepares financial reports and reconciles tax returns for hedge fund clients. In his free time, Mr. Martoken enjoys keeping up with the team of his alma mater, the Syracuse Orangemen. Syracuse University football player Amba Etta-Tawo was honored with an invitation to play in the 68th Reese’s Senior Bowl, to be held on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The Orangemen wide receiver is the 57th player in school history to be awarded the highly coveted privilege. The senior standout is among the nation’s top 10 wide receivers and leads the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in receptions per game (8.3), receiving yards per game (128.7) and total receiving yards (1,158). Amba Etta-Tawo is fourth in the ACC in all-purpose yards per contest (126.7) and third in the league in touchdown receptions (7). The Georgia native holds Syracuse football’s prestigious single-season receiving record for most yards, surpassing alumni and former Indianapolis Colts’ great Marvin Harrison (1,131). Not only ranked 33rd among this year’s top collegiate football players by ESPN, Amba Etta-Tawo is a contender for the highly esteemed Biletnikoff Award, presented to the nation’s premier wide receiver by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation. Kevin Martoken is a New York-based fund accountant at Grassi & Co, where he serves as a fund administrator for the firm’s hedge fund clients. A world traveler in his leisure time, Kevin Martoken has visited many Italian cities, including Rome, Florence, and Venice.
Venice is full of history, high culture, and architectural interest. For first-time visitors, here are two spots that deserve consideration on the itinerary. St. Mark’s Basilica is adorned with large domes and colorful pillars. The interior of the church is comprised of mosaics that stretch from floor to ceiling. Within the confines, there are three small museums that require an entry fee. The most popular museum is situated atop the narrow staircase that leads to an overlook of the square. Touring the main part of the basilica is free. The Scala Contarini del Bovolo (also known as the Snail Staircase) is a hidden gem within Venice, tucked away in the city’s narrow streets near the Rialto. The palace that is connected to the stairs was built in the 14th century for the Contarini family. The staircase, with its gothic architecture, was added to the structure in 1499. Based in New York City, Kevin Martoken is a fund accountant at Grassi & Co, where he serves as fund administer for the firm’s hedge fund clients. In his free time, Kevin Martoken enjoys traveling and has visited many cities in Italy, including Rome, Florence, and Venice. Italy is a land of dazzling beauty, delicious cuisine, and ancient history. Picking one city to visit can feel impossible, and ideally travelers will get to experience more than one. Here are some of the best cities and their top attractions: 1. Rome is the eternal city and offers much for the history buff, with ancient monuments all over, including the Colosseum and the Parthenon. It is also home to the Vatican, which includes the beautiful St. Peter’s Square and the Vatican Museum. Rome is also a very modern city with a great nightlife. 2. Known around the world for its intricate system of canals, Venice is a popular destination for couples. The city also boasts Piazza San Marco and Saint Mark’s Basilica as well as many museums and churches. 3. Extremely important in Italian history, Florence was the center of the Italian Renaissance and the evidence still remains in the museums and standing buildings, such as the impressive Duomo and Baptistery found in the center of the town. A slower-paced city, Florence is great for art lovers and those who want to linger in piazzas. Kevin Martoken is a senior accounting professional with over 15 years of experience at Wall Street accounting firms and hedge funds. A long-time resident of New York, Kevin Martoken remains a loyal fan of the NY Mets.
Recently, financial services multinational Citi gave the Mets just one more incentive to outperform—and their fans one more reason to cheer—with the return of the Citi Community Home Runs program for the 2015 season. For every home run hit by the Mets at Citi Field, Citi will donate $2,000 to one of the four partner nonprofits in the tri-state area: City Harvest, United Neighborhood Houses, USO, and New York City’s YMCA. Citi kicked off the program with an initial $5,000 donation to each agency. Curtis Granderson, Mets outfielder and MLB representative for the “Let’s Move” campaign, will return as the brand ambassador. In 2014, the Community Home Runs program raised a total of $138,000 for 59 home runs batted by Mets players at Citi Field. Since 2013, Kevin Martoken has been an accountant with Grassi & Co., where he is responsible for managing a portfolio of hedge fund clients throughout New York. In preparation for his career, Kevin Martoken attended the Syracuse University Whitman School of Management, receiving his bachelor of science in accounting in 2000.
In light of increasing demand for diversified instruction in business, software, and technology skills, Syracuse University recently announced a partnership with Lynda.com, one of the leading online education platforms. As of July 1, 2015, Syracuse University students have access not only to the expertise of world-class faculty members, but also to a rich video library of more than 3,600 courses and 257,000 tutorials hosted by industry leaders. Available subjects include web design, information technology, and accounting, to name few. As part of the new enterprise license, Syracuse University faculty can also assign online videos as homework or supplemental material and track course progress, and students can quickly access content from any computer or mobile device and download courses for offline viewing. Kevin Martoken currently serves Grassi and Co. in New York City as a fund accountant. Outside of work, Kevin Martoken stays physically active by competing in various touch football and soccer leagues throughout New York.
The offside rule in soccer is often considered one of the more confusing sports rules. It can help to first understand the purpose of the rule before learning its nuances. The offside rule exists in soccer so that teams cannot place one or more players around an opponent’s goal for an indeterminate amount of time. Without the offside rule, teams could conceivably kick the ball down field the moment they gain possession, resulting in an immediate--and some would argue unearned--goal-scoring opportunity. To prevent this scenario, soccer’s offside rule posits that a player should be flagged if he or she is closer to the opposing goal line than both the ball and the two closest defenders. While this definition describes the location of a player during an offside call, a referee does not need to penalize every player that meets the offside criteria. Players generally receive an offside flag only when their positioning results in some form of interference or provides the offside player with a decided goal-scoring advantage. |
AuthorAs a fund accountant with the New York City firm of Grassi & Co., Kevin Martoken administers and oversees all financials, reconciliations, and audit support for an active hedge fund. Archives
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