Malik Daley ’18 has a head for finance, but keeps his heart grounded by following his passion for the health care industry through financial analysis. 

Daley, an investment analyst at Choate Investment Advisors in Boston, was a Finance major and Economics minor at Bryant; his professional career began with an internship at consulting firm PwC, where he advised major healthcare firms on improving their financial effectiveness. 

Daley puts a special emphasis on promoting investment in medical device companies, like those that design robotic-assisted surgery machines.  

“They often provided quicker procedures times and better quality of care,” Daley says. Electrophysiology medical devices “may also lead to better quality of care for people with irregular heart rhythms,” he continues, while “transcatheter aortic valve replacement devices are a great alternative to open-heart surgery and may reduce recovery times.”

Daley had an opportunity to discuss investing and market trends, as well as his own career arc, as a panelist at Bryant’s 19th annual Financial Services Forum last fall. 

“I think a strength of a Bryant University education is having alumni come back and share some of their experiences to help current students start to navigate their own career path,” he says. “My path into investments was a little bit different, having started off in management consulting, but I thought it was helpful to share my experiences on how to land a potential role in the investments world.” 

A native of Northborough, Massachusetts, Daley began taking business and marketing classes as a student at Algonquin Regional High School.  

“Business was something that kind of caught my eye,” he says. “By nature, I'm an introvert, so I figured marketing probably wasn't it. Finance kind of jumped out to me, particularly looking at the stock market. I took Bryant’s Archway Investment Fund (AIF) class, and I knew equity research was the path I wanted to go down.” 

“By nature, I'm an introvert, so I figured marketing probably wasn't it. Finance kind of jumped out to me, particularly looking at the stock market. I took Bryant’s Archway Investment Fund class, and I knew equity research was the path I wanted to go down.”

Daley served on the healthcare investment team for AIF, a student-run fund that includes real-dollar investments in individual stocks and exchange traded funds.  

“It was really interesting trying to get an understanding of a company by looking at different financial metrics, like capital allocation, growth, and profitability,” he says. “Picking companies in a diversified way to generate returns over time was really compelling to me.”

Today, Daley’s work at ChoateIA revolves around growth-oriented equity research for high-net-worth clients. “We're all generalists, but I like to say I have a focus in the healthcare sector, so I cover a lot of medical device companies and healthcare services companies,” he says. 

Daley credits his experience with Bryant’s Archway fund with laying the groundwork for his finance career.  

“The class helped to build my confidence in pitching stocks and conveying conviction behind my research, something that I think it important to have in this industry,” he says. 

(Disclaimer: Malik Daley is an employee of ChoateIA and was not compensated for participating in this interview. The opinions provided are his own and should not be taken as specific investment advice.)