Tuna N. Amobi

Company: Media and Entertainment Group, Standard & Poor's Equity Research

Position: Senior Equity Analyst

Industry: Financial Services

Country: United States

Tuna N. Amobi is the senior media and entertainment analyst in Standard & Poor's U.S. Equity Research Services. In this capacity, he provides analysis and investment recommendations on a range of stocks in the broadcast, cable, satellite, movies and entertainment sectors. He also writes periodic industry research reports and makes regular appearances and has been interviewed and widely quoted in the financial press, including Barron's, BBC, Bloomberg, Business Week, CNBC, Dow Jones, Financial Times, BBN and Reuters.

Tuna is a member of the Standard & Poor's Analytical Policy Board, which reviews and directs major policy decisions and analytical criteria consistent with the mission of Standard & Poor's Investment Services. As an accounting analyst, he is also a member of the Standard & Poor's Core Earnings Committee, which creates and refines a proprietary analytical framework used to measure the performance of a company's core business.

Prior to joining Standard & Poor's, Tuna worked as an equity research coverage analyst at Lehman Brothers, New York, where he also used his expertise to offer best investment ideas with the firm's Investment Policy Committee. Earlier in his career, Tuna was a manager in the assurance and strategy consulting groups in the New York offices of Arthur Andersen & Co., and subsequently, KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP.

Tuna holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of CPAs, and the New York Society of Security Analysts. Tuna earned a JD (LL.B.) degree, and a B.Sc. (Accounting), summa cum laude, and received an MBA from the premier University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. He also holds the Series 7 and Series 63 securities licenses.