AI profile: Solent Capital steers a course through the crunch

The withdrawal of liquidity that started in July has posed a challenge for the financial markets, not least credit investors. Solent Capital, a $7.4 billion credit asset manager, has experienced first hand what happens when markets dry up. Helen Avery reports.

Solent Capital: holding firm in a time of crisis

Solent Capital: holding firm in a time of crisis

Solent Capital was set up in 2003 by Geoff Smailes, Jonathan Laredo and Tim Gledhill, who had worked together at Bankers Trust in the 1990s before moving on to senior positions in structured credit and fixed income at, respectively, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch. Solent has two lines of activity – CDO management and structured credit fund management, with two credit hedge funds. Solent’s Credit Opportunities fund has $330 million in assets under management.

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