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Mr. Stephen J.
Vaccaro is a Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer at CIFC Asset Management LLC and at CIFC Investment Management LLC.
Mr. Vaccaro has over 47 years of experience in corporate lending and asset management.
He previously served as legacy CIFC’s Co-Chief Investment Officer and was named Chief Investment Officer of CIFC upon its merger with Deerfield Capital Corp.
in 2011.
Mr. Vaccaro spent 25 years at JPM where he began his banking career and where he received his credit training.
At JPM, his roles included Managing Director and Co-Head of the firm’s Media group.
Mr. Vaccaro’s experience at JPM also included merchant banking, including mezzanine and equity co-investing, and roles as a credit supervising officer in the bank’s Corporate Banking department, member of the bank’s Credit Audit group and team leader in the firm’s Land Transportation and Global Automotive corporate lending groups.
He holds a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.
Steve Vaccaro active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
CIFC Investment Management LLC
CIFC Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CIM aims to offer a range of solutions that take advantage of current market conditions to target attractive risk-adjusted returns. The firm invests in corporate credit, structured credit, opportunistic credit and middle market direct lending assets. They typically sell investments when more attractive investments can be purchased at comparable price points to optimize portfolio composition and target performance. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
CIFC Asset Management LLC
CIFC Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CIFC is a global alternative asset manager that focuses on credit solutions across CLOs, corporate credit (including senior loans and high yield bonds), structured credit and opportunistic credit. The firm has an acute focus on downside risk with bottom-up credit research applied across all of their disciplines. They employ an underwriting process focused on the fundamental value of investment opportunities, typically strive to maintain diversified portfolios (depending on a client account’s particular investment objectives) and re-assess and rebalance portfolios through relative value analysis and trading. | Chief Executive Officer | 2018-04-30 |
Former positions of Steve Vaccaro
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Commercial Industrial Finance Corp.
Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Provides financial services | Chief Investment Officer | 2011-04-19 |
JPM Co.
JPM Co. Electronic Production EquipmentElectronic Technology Makes cable assemblies and wire harnesses | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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| Private companies | 5 |
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JPM Co.
JPM Co. Electronic Production EquipmentElectronic Technology Makes cable assemblies and wire harnesses | Electronic Technology |
Commercial Industrial Finance Corp.
Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Provides financial services | Finance |
CIFC Investment Management LLC
CIFC Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CIM aims to offer a range of solutions that take advantage of current market conditions to target attractive risk-adjusted returns. The firm invests in corporate credit, structured credit, opportunistic credit and middle market direct lending assets. They typically sell investments when more attractive investments can be purchased at comparable price points to optimize portfolio composition and target performance. | Finance |
Cornell University
Cornell University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
CIFC Asset Management LLC
CIFC Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CIFC is a global alternative asset manager that focuses on credit solutions across CLOs, corporate credit (including senior loans and high yield bonds), structured credit and opportunistic credit. The firm has an acute focus on downside risk with bottom-up credit research applied across all of their disciplines. They employ an underwriting process focused on the fundamental value of investment opportunities, typically strive to maintain diversified portfolios (depending on a client account’s particular investment objectives) and re-assess and rebalance portfolios through relative value analysis and trading. | Finance |
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