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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