Research Analyst

Mr. Hauptman is a research analyst for Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors and is responsible for analysis within the closed-end fund strategy.
Prior to joining Kayne Anderson in 2007, Mr. Hauptman was an analyst/trader/portfolio manager at Solios Asset Management, LLC, a Cambridge, MA-based hedge fund that specializes in equity, commodity and stat arb strategies in the energy and natural resources sectors. He has also worked for four years as a consultant for Levitan & Associates, a management consulting firm, where he performed energy asset valuations, natural gas midstream asset operational & economic analysis, and wholesale power and natural gas market simulations for various clients.
Mr. Hauptman earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics and a B.Sc. in Philosophy from MIT in 2001, and he is a Level 3 candidate in the CFA program.