Company
Our business focus
Our focus is on providing independent, alternative asset management that benefits from continual questioning, innovation, engineering and re-engineering of state-of-the-art technologies. By applying big data and machine learning, our next-generation prediction models empower optimization of the risk/reward equation. We deliver the precision and speed of decision making that cannot be delivered by traditional tools and investment strategies in alternative credit markets.
We value our culture of collaboration in our teams, with our partners, and with our clients. Our experienced management team and talented people drive ideas, innovation and excellence.
Our team
Our team has the experience and expertise needed to deliver next-generation asset management spanning fixed income and alternative credit markets, with a focus on short-duration, high yield investment strategies.
Specific expertise in our management team encompasses investment and wealth management, specialization in innovative and sophisticated credit structure products, systems design and engineering, real estate, and global fixed income portfolio management.
Our board members include current and previous executive and board positions held at some of the biggest and most respected financial firms in the United States.
Management
UBS Investment & Wealth management UHNW biz dev raised hundreds of millions of dollars in assets.
Specializes in innovative & sophisticated credit structure products (ABS structures)
Talpiot graduate class of 2007, FundBox Chief credit algorithm officer.
Single handedly built the credit model and deaccessioning system
Former real estate entrepreneur in London and Tel Aviv and founder of YEC – Israel’s biggest young entrepreneur club with dozens of successful graduates
20 years at BlackRock; most recently Managing Director and senior portfolio manager for Opportunistic Investments within BlackRock’s Global Fixed Income Group; member of BlackRock’s Special Credit Opportunities Investment Committee
Board
General Partner at Viola Group and head of Viola Ventures’ FinTech & Big Data practice.
His investment interests include Software, Financial Services, Big Data and Digital Media.
Former Chairman and CEO of American Express. He joined American Express Company in 1984 as the President and Chief Executive Officer of IDS Financial Services, now American Express Financial Advisors. Prior to joining IDS, Mr. Golub was a Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Our future
We invest in finding, recruiting and developing the most talented individuals; people who also identify with our guiding principles, fit with our culture, and engage with our vision. Our people think innovatively, collaborate toward collective goals, and drive technological advances. We embrace diversity and inclusiveness as essential when building the knowledge required to understand and navigate global economies.
Our partners
Viola Group
With $2.5 billion in AUM, Viola aims to provide long-term, world-class returns by identifying and pursuing attractive investment strategies in the vibrant Israeli technology and industry market.
Viola Group is comprised of focused, separate, independent, best-of-class partnerships including:
- Viola Ventures, a top-tier venture capital fund
- Viola Credit, a leading equity-based lending fund
- Viola Growth, technology-focused growth capital and buyout fund
- Viola Partners, an exclusive investment fund mainly for private investors
Oak HC/FT
Founded in 2014, Oak HC/FT (http://oakhcft.com) is the premier venture growth-equity fund investing in Healthcare Information & Services (“HC”) and Financial Services Technology (“FT”). With $1.1 billion in assets under management, they are focused on driving transformation in these industries by providing entrepreneurs and companies with strategic counsel, board-level participation, business plan execution, and access to our extensive network of industry leaders. Oak HC/FT is headquartered in Greenwich, CT, with offices in Boston and San Francisco.