BlueBay Event Driven Credit Fund Limited

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    Objective

    Invests in liquid stressed, distressed and special situation opportunities in the global loan and high yield credit markets.

     

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    Investment approach

    • Our investment universe comprises restructuring, event-driven opportunities and stressed situations combined with core income
    • We focus on identifying opportunities with a clear path to exit using bottom-up research and fundamental credit analysis
    • Our team has both the resources and expertise to participate in and, in many cases, lead the restructuring process, which means we can provide our expertise from start to finish in order to drive a consensual restructuring

    Market opportunity

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    The Fund invests in a diverse portfolio of opportunities, comprising liquid stressed, distressed and special situation investments in the global leveraged loan and high yield markets
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    Adam Phillips

    Head of BlueBay Developed Market Special Situations, Developed Market Special Situations

    Adam Phillips joined BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in October 2020 as Head of Special Situations within Developed Markets. Adam has 30 years' experience in special situations and distressed investing having previously been Head of Investments at Blantyre Capital, European CIO of Marathon Asset Management and Head of European High Yield & Distressed at Lehman Brothers. Prior to that, Adam was Head of the Asian Distressed team at Standard Bank and he started his career at British & Commonwealth Merchant Bank in structured and property finance. Adam holds an MPhil in Land Economy from Cambridge University and BA in Economics from Heriot-Watt University.

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    Duncan Farley

    BlueBay Senior Portfolio Manager, Developed Market Special Situations

    Duncan joined BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in March 2014 and was appointed BlueBay Portfolio Manager for the Event Driven Credit Fund in January 2018. Prior to his appointment as Portfolio Manager he was Head of Event Driven Research within the Global Leveraged Finance Group where his extensive credit experience was utilised to assist the High Yield team. Throughout his time at BlueBay a focus on restructuring opportunities has formed a major part of Duncan's responsibilities and the resulting investments a key driver of performance of the Event Driven Credit and High Yield funds. Before joining BlueBay, Duncan had amassed 16 years' experience in the European high yield and distressed debt markets, working for several leading investment firms, including King Street Capital Management where he spent four years as a senior credit analyst. He was also a senior analyst at Threadneedle Investments where his six year tenure coincided with the birth of the European High Yield market. Prior to his career in debt investment Duncan spent 11 years at KPMG attaining a senior manager role in Corporate Restructuring. Duncan holds a BA (Hons) degree in Accounting and Computing from the University of Kent and is a qualified ACA with the ICAEW.