For over thirty years, Sy Richard Lippman has been helping investors across a wide variety of economic eras and environments. As CEO and senior managing director at L&S Advisors, Sy oversees and maintains the firm’s high compliance standards and manages its growing staff of professionals. Sy and his partner, Ralph “Rick” Scott, originally formed L&S Advisors in 1979. During the firm’s early years, Sy managed high-net-worth client portfolios in a variety of funds. His specialties included the use of options, risk, and deal arbitrage, as well as hedge fund strategies. Merrill Lynch acquired L&S Advisors in 1997, retaining Sy as First Vice President and portfolio manager with ful