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Halcyon Asset Management LLC |
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Overview:
Founded in 1981, Halcyon Asset Management LLC and its affiliates (“Halcyon”) constitute a global investment firm with approximately $12.7 billion in AUM. Of that $12.7 billion, approximately $6 billion is in hedge funds and approximately $6.7 billion is in bank loan strategies.
Halcyon Asset Management LLC is privately owned by 14 partners who average 15 years of experience with the firm. With offices in New York and London, Halcyon employs approximately 100 in total staff, over 45 of whom are investment professionals.
Halcyon’s mission is to provide its investors with excellent risk-adjusted performance, minimizing drawdowns and limiting volatility as well as market correlation. Halcyon produces alpha by dynamic strategy allocation, by individual investment selection, and by evolving its strategies as the economic landscape changes. Halcyon has institutionalized investment, research, and risk management processes across its strategies. Emphasizing rigor, intellectual honesty, and extensive due diligence, these processes are designed to evolve so that Halcyon always has leading capabilities in sourcing, execution, ongoing position management, and portfolio construction.
Halcyon is committed to industry best practices, offering world-class, institutional-grade operations, compliance, client service, and information technology. The firm has been registered with the SEC since 1997 and is authorized by the FSA.
Halcyon’s multi-strategy hedge funds invest dynamically across merger, credit, and special situations strategies, primarily in North America and Western Europe. Halcyon also manages specialized strategies focused on stressed/distressed and undervalued asset-backed securities and on senior secured bank loans. |
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History:
1981: A predecessor of Halcyon Asset Management LLC (“Halcyon”) was founded by Alan Slifka to manage capital in merger arbitrage, primarily for U.S. high net worth individuals.
1991: John M. Bader, having joined the firm in late 1990 as Senior Portfolio Manager, crafts an institutionalized, multi-strategy approach targeting high risk-adjusted returns and investing in mergers, distressed corporate debt and other credit, and special situations.
1996: Halcyon Offshore Asset Management LLC is formed to manage capital for non-U.S. and U.S. tax exempt clients pursuant to the same objectives and strategies as the domestic manager.
Kevah Konner joins Halcyon to co-manage the flagship strategy with John M. Bader.
1997: Halcyon registers with the SEC.
2004: Halcyon launches Partners versions of its legacy strategy that target higher returns with somewhat higher tolerance for volatility.
2005: Joseph Wolnick, Joseph Godley, and Jim Coppola join the Halcyon Group to manage a portfolio of stressed and distressed asset-backed securities for Halcyon Asset-Backed Advisors LP.
Halcyon opens its London office.
2006: Ross Smead joins the Halcyon Group from Prudential Investment Management to launch Halcyon’s traditional U.S. CLO business, Halcyon Loan Investors L.P. |
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