Morgan Gust - Flaherty Crumrine Lead Independent Director

PFO Fund  USD 9.26  0.04  0.43%   
Morgan Gust is Fund Manager at Flaherty Crumrine Preferred
Mr. Morgan Gust is an Lead Independent Director of Flaherty Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Incorporated. Mr. Gust is the owner and operator of various entities engaged in agriculture and real estate. From 1990 to 2007, Mr. Gust served in various capacities, including President, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporationrationrate Secretary of Giant Industries, Inc., a petroleum refining and marketing company listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Age 70
Tenure 9 years
Phone626-795-7300
Webhttps://www.preferredincome.com/pfo.htm
Gust currently serves as lead director of CoBiz Financial, Inc., a publicly traded bank holding company. He is also a member of the Arizona State Bar.

Morgan Gust Latest Insider Activity

Tracking and analyzing the buying and selling activities of Morgan Gust against Flaherty Crumrine fund is an integral part of due diligence when investing in Flaherty Crumrine. Morgan Gust insider activity provides valuable insight into whether Flaherty Crumrine is net buyers or sellers over its current business cycle. Note, Flaherty Crumrine insiders must abide by specific rules, including filing SEC forms every time they buy or sell Flaherty Crumrine'sshares to prevent insider trading or benefiting illegally from material non-public information that their positions give them access to.
 
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Flaherty Crumrine Management Performance (%)

The company has Return on Asset of 3.12 % which means that on every $100 spent on assets, it made $3.12 of profit. This is considered to be average in the sector. In the same way, it shows a return on shareholders' equity (ROE) of (10.22) %, meaning that it generated no profit with money invested by stockholders. Flaherty Crumrine's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Flaherty Crumrine manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.

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Flaherty Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Flaherty Crumrine Incorporated. Flaherty Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. was formed on December 10, 1991 and is domiciled in the United States. Flaherty Crumrine operates under Asset Management classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. The fund is not categorized under any group at the present time.

Management Performance

Flaherty Crumrine Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Flaherty Crumrine's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Flaherty Crumrine inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Flaherty. The board's role is to monitor Flaherty Crumrine's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Flaherty Crumrine's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Flaherty Crumrine's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Bradford Stone, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer
Morgan Gust, Lead Independent Director
Linda Puchalski, Assistant Treasurer
Chad Conwell, Vice President Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary
Karen Hogan, Independent Director
Roger Ko, Assistant Treasurer
Laurie Lodolo, Assistant Compliance Officer, Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary of Flaherty and Crumrine Incorporated, Assistant Compliance Officer of Flaherty and Crumrine Incorporated and Account Administrator of Flaherty and Crumrine Incorporated
R Chadwick, Independent Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer President,
David Gale, Independent Director

Flaherty Fund Performance Indicators

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