Ram Putcha
Head-Fixed Income Invts at Napier Park Global Capital (US) LP
Profile
Mr. Ramakrishna N.
Putcha is a Head of US Single Name & Credit Derivatives at Napier Park Global Capital (US) LP.
Prior to joining Citi Capital Advisors in March 2012, Mr. Putcha spent close to four years as the Head of Relative Value/Credit Strategies at Citi Principal Strategies (“CPS”).
In addition to credit long/short trades, the portfolio also focused on tranches, options and cross asset trades (such as equity vs.
credit).
Before his various roles at Citi, he was a Partner at Old Lane, a multi-strategy hedge fund that launched in April 2006.
While at Old Lane, he was in charge of the firm’s credit strategies business.
In this role, he oversaw two distinct portfolios: one that focused on loans and high yield, and another that focused on relative value trading across asset classes with an emphasis on finding mispriced opportunities in credit and equity products (including cash bonds, CDS, equities vs.
credit, options and tranches).
Prior to joining Old Lane at its inception, Mr. Putcha worked at Morgan Stanley for over 20 years in a variety of roles, including as a market maker in corporate credit for over 15 years and as a Risk Manager for the investment grade corporate bond business.
In the final two years of his tenure at Morgan Stanley, he was the head of Morgan Stanley’s proprietary credit trading and capital structure arbitrage groups.
In the early part of his career in Wall Street, he worked at DLJ futures for two years as an interest rate analyst.
He graduated in 1980 from Yale University with a MBA.
His undergraduate degree was in Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, India.
Ram Putcha active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Napier Park Global Capital (US) LP
 Napier Park Global Capital (US) LP Investment ManagersFinance Napier Park Global Capital (US) LP (Napier Park) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2013 when Citi completed its spin-out of Napier Park into an independent operating entity. They are now wholly-owned by Napier Park Global Capital LP. Napier Park offers a broad range of investment products and provides advisory services to private investment companies such as funds of hedge funds, private equity funds, securitized asset vehicles and infrastructure funds, and institutional investors, pension plans, state and municipal government entities, sovereign wealth entities and high net worth individuals. | Head-Fixed Income Invts | 2013-02-27 |
Former positions of Ram Putcha
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC
 Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC Investment ManagersFinance Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC (CAI) is a SEC-registered asset management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup Investments, Inc., which is owned by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CAI provides advisory services to private investment companies, such as private equity funds and funds of one or more private equity and real estate funds. The investors in the funds advised by the firm are institutional investors, funds of funds, high-net worth individuals and employees, and former employees of Citigroup, Inc. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | 2013-01-29 |
| Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
 Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Old Lane LP
 Old Lane LP Investment ManagersFinance Founded by Vikram Pandit and John Havens in 2005, Old Lane Management is a fund-of-funds and private equity firm with offices in New York City and Mumbai | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| Citi Principal Strategies | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Ram Putcha
| Yale University | Masters Business Admin |
| Birla Institute of Technology Mesra | Undergraduate Degree |
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Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC
Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC Investment ManagersFinance Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC (CAI) is a SEC-registered asset management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup Investments, Inc., which is owned by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CAI provides advisory services to private investment companies, such as private equity funds and funds of one or more private equity and real estate funds. The investors in the funds advised by the firm are institutional investors, funds of funds, high-net worth individuals and employees, and former employees of Citigroup, Inc. | Finance |
Napier Park Global Capital (US) LP
Napier Park Global Capital (US) LP Investment ManagersFinance Napier Park Global Capital (US) LP (Napier Park) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2013 when Citi completed its spin-out of Napier Park into an independent operating entity. They are now wholly-owned by Napier Park Global Capital LP. Napier Park offers a broad range of investment products and provides advisory services to private investment companies such as funds of hedge funds, private equity funds, securitized asset vehicles and infrastructure funds, and institutional investors, pension plans, state and municipal government entities, sovereign wealth entities and high net worth individuals. | Finance |
| Citi Principal Strategies | Finance |
Old Lane LP
Old Lane LP Investment ManagersFinance Founded by Vikram Pandit and John Havens in 2005, Old Lane Management is a fund-of-funds and private equity firm with offices in New York City and Mumbai | Finance |
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry. | Finance |
| Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. | Finance |
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