David Bishop

David Bishop, CFA, is a Director in the Research Department for Hovde Group, responsible for equity research coverage of the U.S. bank sector. He joined Hovde Group in April 2022 from Seaport Research Partners, where he was covering the domestic regional bank group. Mr. Bishop has over 20 years of sell-side experience, began his career at Legg Mason/Stifel Financial in 2000, and started covering the Gulf South and Savings and Loan Sectors in 2005. He has also worked at FIG Partners and DA Davidson in his career covering Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Banks. Mr. Bishop is a CFA Charterholder and holds a bachelor of science in finance from the College of New Jersey (f/k/a Trenton State College) and a MBA in Investment Management from Pace University.