Medalist Partners Announces the Addition of James Buccola as Partner and Head of Structured Credit
July 02 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Medalist Partners, an investment management firm that
specializes in structured credit and asset-based private credit,
announced today that James Buccola will join the firm as a Partner
and Head of Structured Credit.
Mr. Buccola is a highly regarded industry leader with more than
two decades of investing, trading, and management experience in
structured credit. He most recently served as a Senior Managing
Director and the Global Head of Fixed Income at Cantor Fitzgerald,
helping to build a leading franchise across securitized credit
trading and asset finance. At Cantor, Jim led all fixed income
sales and trading globally, as well as headed the investment
committee for parts of Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management.
Previously, he was the Head of Securitized Products Trading, Head
of Residential Mortgage Trading, and Head of Non-Agency Mortgage
Trading at Credit Suisse, leading one of the top structured credit
and asset finance franchises on Wall Street.
Greg Richter, Medalist’s CEO, said: “I am thrilled to welcome
Jim to Medalist, having known him personally for more than 15 years
going back to our time together at Credit Suisse. Jim brings
decades of investment experience, relationships and perspective as
an investor and risk manager through multiple cycles in securitized
credit. He will add significant depth to our leadership and
portfolio management teams and be a tremendous benefit to our
clients and the firm.”
Upon joining Medalist later this year, Mr. Buccola will be added
as a Portfolio Manager for the firm’s structured credit strategies
and join the firm’s private credit Investment Committee. He will
also work to broaden and strengthen Medalist’s reach across the
broker-dealer community, origination partner network, and
institutional investor market.
Mr. Buccola added: "I am very excited to join Medalist, a team
whom I have known and respected for a long time. I look forward to
working hard to help continue delivering outstanding investment
results as we seek to capitalize on what I believe are some of the
best opportunities for structured credit investing in more than a
decade.”
“The addition of Jim is a major win for our franchise,” said
Michael Ardisson, Medalist’s President & COO. “His investment
expertise, reputation, and leadership qualities are widely known to
be among the best in our industry. We are delighted to have him
join us as we look to continue the strong momentum in our business
and position the platform for continued growth.
About Medalist Partners
Medalist Partners is an alternative investment management firm
based in New York specializing in asset-based private credit and
structured credit. Medalist’s clients include a broad range of
institutional and high net worth investors. Having previously led
Credit Suisse’s global specialty finance and securitization
business, the team has extensive experience in asset finance,
structured products, securitization, investment banking, and credit
underwriting. For more information, visit www.medalistpartners.com
and www.medalistpartnersfunds.com.
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