Prior to joining the firm Barry was a Managing Director and Senior U.S. Utilities Analyst at UBS Warburg. He is widely known and highly regarded among institutional investors that cover the utilities sector for being the creator and publisher of the annual Electric Utilities Power Book, "the Industry Bible". Mr. Abramson is a CFA and received his B.A. in Economics from Yale University in 1977. Mr. Abramson is often quoted in the financial press and has appeared on radio and television news shows to discuss utility stocks. He is a member of the Wall Street Utility Group and the New York Society of Securities Analysts.