# William Feeley

> William C. Feeley is the founder and managing officer of Barometer Trading, LLC, an equity long/short fund built on a single obsession: not losing money. A 44-year capital markets veteran who helped corporate issuers raise tens of billions through IPOs and secondary offerings at firms like Bankers Trust, Kemper Securities and Wit SoundView, Feeley later ran the experiment most of Wall Street would never try - he hired and trained formerly incarcerated, prison-educated people as analysts and traders, and the desk beat its hedge-fund benchmark by more than 18% per year for 39 months. A Georgetown BSBA with a Loyola Chicago MBA and a CAIA charter, he is part trader, part operator, part believer in second chances.

- **Role:** Founder & Managing Officer at Barometer Trading, LLC
- **Organizations:** Barometer Trading, LLC, Feeley Capital Markets, LLC, Wit SoundView, Bankers Trust, Kemper Securities, Inc.
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BSBA, Georgetown University, MBA, Loyola University of Chicago, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) charter, CAIA Association
- **Known for:** Helped hundreds of corporate issuers raise tens of billions of dollars through IPOs and secondary offerings, Outperformed the Equity Long/Short hedge-fund index by more than 18% per annum over a 39-month stretch, Built and trained a team of formerly incarcerated, college-educated associate analysts and traders that beat Wall Street

## Career timeline

- **—** — EVP, Head of Corporate Finance and Distribution Services at Kemper Securities, Inc.
- **—** — Co-Head, Equity Capital Markets at Bankers Trust
- **—** — Head of Capital Markets at Wit SoundView
- **—** — CFO of an award-winning internet retailer
- **—** — Founded and ran Feeley Capital Markets, LLC, advising and financing corporate issuers including Fortune 50 companies
- **2021** — Barometer Trading acquires Feeley Capital Markets, LLC (July 1, 2021)
- **—** — Builds Barometer Trading's equity long/short desk and trains formerly incarcerated, prison-educated associate analysts and traders
- **—** — Desk outperforms its hedge-fund benchmark by more than 18% per annum over 39 months

## Achievements

- Helped hundreds of corporate issuers raise tens of billions of dollars through IPOs and secondary offerings
- Outperformed the Equity Long/Short hedge-fund index by more than 18% per annum over a 39-month stretch
- Built and trained a team of formerly incarcerated, college-educated associate analysts and traders that beat Wall Street
- 44+ years as an investor, capital markets professional, entrepreneur and operating executive
- Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) charter holder

## Latest updates

- **2021-07** — Barometer Trading acquired Feeley Capital Markets, LLC, folding his advisory and financing practice into the fund.
- **2023-01** — Maintained focus on building the long/short equity track record after pivoting away from the formerly-incarcerated traders model for lack of allocator support.

## Links

- Website: https://www.barometertrading.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wcfeeley
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/william.c.feeley/

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Last updated: 2026-06-20