In addition, we remain committed to compliance with national, state and local labor laws in jurisdictions in which we invest and to provide a safe and healthy workplace consistent with national and local laws. GSO put about $5billion of capital to work as the markets slid after the downgrade. Sustainable Business. Smith, who had been co-head of high-yield group among other positions at Van Kampen Investments, now runs GSOs customized credit strategies, including CLOs, closed-end funds and Franklin Square Capital Partners, its small-cap direct lending group. Houston-based Scott oversees GSOs energy group. Its amorphous, and you dont know the people. The deal wouldnt have happened without Goodman, Smith and Ostrovers former boss, Tony James, who had joined Blackstone as president in 2002 after Credit Suisse bought DLJ and who manages the firms day-to-day operations. I love the underdog. While his friends at Harvard including one he describes as having had pinstripes on his diapers did summer internships at Wall Streets toniest firms, Goodman took a job with Drexel. She co-founded Work It, Mom! Prior to joining Wasserstein & Perella Co., Inc., Mr. Campbell was an officer of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., where he was a member of the Acquisition Finance Group that was responsible for originating, structuring, and syndicating leveraged loans for such notable sponsors as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., among others. degree in Business Administration from Western New England University with a concentration in finance. While working at Sheffield from 2010 2016, Mr. McLellan led many of the largest positions analyzing long/short equity and credit investments. . Today, the firm manages approximately $2 billion of capital on behalf of institutional and individual investors, including public and corporate pension funds, foreign governmental entities, endowments and foundations and high net worth individuals. The ESG Sub-Committee generally will meet on at least a weekly basis and its responsibilities will include: (i) engaging with EagleTrees deal teams on pre-acquisition ESG due diligence matters; (ii) engaging with EagleTrees third-party ESG specialists to conduct annual portfolio company-level ESG reviews; (iii) responding to investor and other stakeholder ESG requests; (iv) conducting annual employee training; and (v) reviewing and updating this Policy and EagleTrees ESG program, as necessary, from time to time. Mr. Parsons was named Americas Best CEO in the entertainment industry by Institutional Investor in 2005. Afsane Jetha started her career in finance at Merrill Lynch and Wasserstein Private Equity before gaining additional experience at Permira in London as part of the consumer team. Balkan Advisory Company, Sofia, Bulgaria. GSO represents 26.6 percent of the firms $218billion in assets, on par with its $59billion real estate business and larger than both its private equity ($52billion) and Blackstone Alternative Asset Management hedge fund ($48billion) businesses. Prior to that, among other positions, Victoria Grace was a partner at Wall Street Technology Partners LP, a mid-stage technology fund, from November 2000 to February 2014, and a director of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Private Equity Group from November 2000 to October 2004. It wants to stay off the front pages of newspapers. He began his business career in 1980 as a staff accountant at Coopers and Lybrand where he advanced to the position of tax manager, CPA, before his departure. Wasserstein Debt Opportunities Management, LP (WDO) is a New York-based SEC-registered investment advisor focused predominately on leveraged loans and high yield bonds. In 2015, EagleTree spun out of Wasserstein & Co, which was formed in January 2001, when the merchant banking group of Wasserstein Perella became an independent firm. The mission of Alta Semper is to invest flexible and strategic capital across selected growth markets, with a focus on the healthcare and consumer sectors. Hovnanian, who had lived through several real estate cycles, was shocked when Ostrover told him the price of the five-year CDS contracts on Hovnanian implied a 93 percent probability of default. Having a better understanding of credit markets, having a better idea of how we could finance a creative idea, would make us better in private equity, says James. GSO represented 38.9 percent of Blackstones $629million of realized performance fees earned in 2012 and 16 percent of the firms $2billion in economic net income last year. But its the as-yet-unfinalized Volcker rule that does the most damage to banks freedom, preventing them from engaging in proprietary trading or lending their own capital in speculative deals like the one to rescue Hovnanian. Dealmaker Bruce Wasserstein, famously nicknamed "Bid 'em up Bruce," died at the age of 61 in 2009, leaving his heirs a fortune wrought from years of fierce deal making. Any deal would hinge on James, who was revered by GSOs three founders. Former UFC Mens Bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt celebrated a triumphant return to the Octagon on Saturday night. GSO was an early investor in the shale gas industry, which has been whipsawed by volatile pricing and other events. Highlight the portfolio companys progress on ESG matters. Instead, banks dominated the leveraged-finance markets, with few institutional buyers such as high-yield mutual funds. The firm invests in privately held mid-market businesses primarily headquartered in North America with a focus on the following industry sectors: media and business services; consumer; and water and specialty industrial. He recently served on the Boards of Directors of Harry & David, Encompass Digital Media, and Access Scientific. Mr. McLellan was hired by Mr. Bagaria and initially worked within AIC from 2004 2006 before moving into the Strategic Value Fund. New York, NY 10036, GSO which Goodman jokingly refers to as the Warren Buffett of the dregs is at the center of a reshaped Wall Street, where newly chastened banks are retreating to traditional roles as advisers to corporations, underwriting bonds for only the most highly rated companies and riskless deals. In the old days highly cyclical companies in trouble could sell control to a competitor, a private equity firm or a hedge fund firm that took a loan-to-own strategy. Private equity investors are by nature optimistic and swaggering, thinking every deal is a potential blockbuster. The up-gunned, tracked MT-LBs are further evidence of the Kremlins worsening equipment crisis as it struggles to make good its losses in Ukraine. With over 15 years of experience, the principals of Orkila seek to leverage their deep industry knowledge and . Summarize the positive impact that our integration of ESG initiatives had on the portfolio companys business and/or culture. Lets face it, if a company can tap the public markets, they will, and theyll get a much better deal.. In 1995, Moran moved up to chief operating officer of fixed income, and Goodman took over all of leveraged finance. Leveraged loans offer a hedge against interest rates and can augment a largely xed-rate portfolio. But although most Wall Street firms pulled out of the high-yield business, DLJ stayed in, doing some secondary trading and working with companies that felt they had been abandoned. No one has represented Blackstones opulence more than its billionaire co-founder Schwarzman, who in 2000 reportedly paid $37million for a 34-room triplex on Park Avenue and has owned vacation properties in the Hamptons; Jamaica; Palm Beach, Florida; and Saint-Tropez. He brings more than ten years of investment banking and private equity investing experience in the consumer, healthcare and financial services sectors across the MENA region and Sub-Saharan Africa. The firms mezzanine fund has one of the best records in the industry, up an average of 19.9 percent a year net since inception in July 2007. degree in Business Administration from Western New England University with a concentration in finance. On top were three white-shoe firms: First Boston Corp., Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Mr. McLellan began his career in direct investing in 2004. ("TCP"), have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Globecomm from a New York-based private equity firm. GSOs investors, by contrast, had a paltry $22million invested with Goodman, Ostrover and Smith. Prior to Duet, she was at GI Partners where she executed several transactions in the healthcare, consumer and real-estate sectors. Also, Mr. Jones served on the Board of Directors of Lazard and previously served on the Boards of Directors of Meyer Material, Odwalla, All-Clad, and IMAX, among other Wasserstein companies. Also, Mr. Jones served on the Board of Directors of Lazard and previously served on the Boards of Directors of Meyer Material, Odwalla, All-Clad, and IMAX, among other Wasserstein companies. . His health-related management education works includes the design and delivery of the health care management MBA and executive programs at the Indian School of Business, as well as the health care management program at Strathmore University in Nairobi. He also serves on Semper Capitals Risk Management and Compliance committees. She holds her MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The firm was launched in May 2013 by Rajay Bagaria with backing from Wasserstein & Co. Wasserstein & Co. is a private investment firm and the family office of the late Mr. Bruce Wasserstein, with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Mr. Jones received his MBA from the Yale School of Management and his B.S. Contact Details Address:1301 Avenue of the Americas, 44th FloorNew York, NY 10019United States Phone/Fax:Phone: 212-702-600Fax: 212-702-635 Other Contact Details:Website: Credit jumped off the page.. But unlike activist equity managers or loan-to-own credit funds, GSO doesnt seek to change management unless something goes wrong and it has no choice. Offered through a separated managed account platform exclusively for family offices and institutional investors, Proven regulatory capital efficient solution for insurance companies, #1 performing leveraged loan strategy inception to date in the eVestment database (out of 60 funds). As the market comes down, we put out a lot. Todays Wordle #624 Hint, Clues And Answer For Sunday, March 5th, UFC 285 Results: Cody Garbrandt Defeats Trevin Jones In Return To The Octagon, The Early Returns Of Kevin Durant In The Phoenix Suns Offense, Desperate Russian Forces Are Sticking 80-Year-Old Naval Guns On 70-Year-Old Armored Tractors, Saturday, March 4. Wasserstein Perella & Co., sometimes referred to as "Wasserella"[citation needed], was a boutique investment bank established by Bruce Wasserstein, Joseph R. Perella, Bill Lambert, and Charles Ward in 1988, former bankers at First Boston Corp., until its eventual sale to Dresdner Bank in 2000 for some $1.4 billion in stock. He also advised Meridian Investment (Russia) on the investment of its stake in TBE Egypt for Payment Solutions and Services to an affiliate of BPE Partners. Afsane Jetha started her career in finance at Merrill Lynch and Wasserstein Private Equity before gaining additional experience at Permira in London as part of the consumer team. Alta Semper Capital LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under no. Many investors wouldnt know how to approach that.. Blackstone referred Sony to GSO, which crafted a deal of mezzanine debt and equity warrants in the company. The firm seeks to create differentiated high yield exposure through primarily private equity backed, US non-large cap high yield issues, where WDO sees potential for price inefficiency. We target investments of between $30 million and $150 million. Prior to Cordiant, she gained advisory experience as a Summer Analyst with the Investment Banking and Equity Capital Markets teams at Scotiabank in Toronto. Prior to this endeavor, she built a rich resume in the financial services sector, specifically working with private equity investment. Richard Parsons is the Former Chairman of the Board of Citigroup Inc., and former Chairman of the Board, and CEO of Time Warner. Prior to Emerging Capital Partners, Zachary was an M&A Executive at SABMiller and worked on beverage related transactions in South Africa, Nigeria, Angola, Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Tanzania. [9], Wasserstein Perella advised Axa Financial in the $11.5 billion sale of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette to Credit Suisse First Boston in 2000, Philip Morris in its $14.9 billion acquisition of Nabisco Holdings Corp. and Time Warner in its $128 billion merger with America Online. Alta Semper Capital Exits Egypts Macro Group Pharmaceuticals with the Successful Conclusion of its IPO, Alta Semper considers healthcare investment opportunities in Egypt, The Head of the Egyptian Macro Group told Al-Sharq: We are studying the acquisition of a local company in 2022. For its drawdown funds alone, it committed $3billion to 26 companies. In early 1988, Goodman started building the capital markets business at DLJ under Moran and James. Two years out of the University of Notre Dame, he witnessed firsthand the toll Drexels failure took on senior managers whose wealth had been tied up in its stock. In 2007, Merrill Lynch & Co. took a minority stake in GSO and the firm had its first closing for a new mezzanine fund. Its alternative credit growing up. Banks may no longer have the balance sheets, but big institutional investors like sovereign wealth funds, endowments and pension funds do. GSO founders Bennett Goodman, Tripp Smith and Douglas Ostrover have become a key source of capital for non-investment-grade companies struggling to get financing, and in the process they have made a lot of money for themselves; their parent, Blackstone Group; and their investors. Mr. Campbell received a B.S. Investments can also be shared. Other deals include the $25 billion merger of Swiss Bank Corp and UBS and the $10 billion merger of Morgan Stanley & Co. and Dean Witter Discover & Co.[10], "One of the Best Recruiters in the Neighborhood", "Michael J. Biondi, Banker and Deal Maker, Dies at 50", "Directors and Executive Officers of Lazard", "Investment banking: Walking away from Wall Street", Bruce Wasserstein, Chairman and CEO of Wasserstein Perella, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wasserstein_Perella_%26_Co.&oldid=1093705238, This page was last edited on 18 June 2022, at 09:47. In fact, the firm is preparing to be a buyer when rates rise and long-only mutual fund managers have to sell bonds to meet investor redemptions. The next year it acquired nine CLOs from Allied Capital Corp., and a year later it bought Harbourmaster Capital Management, a $10billion European leveraged-loan manager, and four CLOs from Allied Irish Bank. Mr. Lauder is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career at The First Boston Corporation. It was keeping up-to-date in its credit work on certain companies and identifying potential situations for investment. Rescue lending has returned an annualized 15.2 percent since inception in September 2009. The ESG Committee also aims to ensure that all EagleTree employees are aware of EagleTrees culture of social responsibility and any amendments to this Policy. In 2008, Blackstone, looking to diversify, paid $1billion to acquire GSO, which then had a $3.2billion credit hedge fund, $500million in mezzanine investments and a $4.8billion collateralized loan obligation business. degree in Finance and Government from the University of Notre Dame in 2002, graduating magna cum laude.