Profile
Mr. Omer V.
Kurtas is a Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer at Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc. Since 2002, Mr. Kurtas has analyzed hundreds of CLOs focusing on junior and mezzanine tranches in the U.S.
and Europe and developed strong relationships with leading investment banks, asset managers, investors and agencies.
Prior to founding Vibrant Capital, he launched the New York-based structured credit portfolio management effort for the Active Credit Portfolio Management Group of HVB, as well as built and managed the bank's first CLO Equity portfolio.
Prior to HVB, Mr. Kurtas was the Head of the Risk and Analytics Team at UNIQA Alternative Investments GmbH (UAI), a structured credit asset management firm based in Vienna.
He was a member of the team that managed CLO assets predominantly focused on Junior and Mezzanine CLO tranches and a sizeable portfolio of European assets; he was also responsible for all quantitative analysis of primary and secondary CLO deals.
Mr. Kurtas developed quantitative and risk management models, reengineering tools, and managed various teams of quantitative and systems personnel in his previous roles.
Mr. Kurtas has attended graduate studies in finance at Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria, and holds a B.S.
in physics from Bilkent University, Turkey.
Volkan Kurtas active positions
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Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc.
Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc. (VCP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. Formerly known as DFG Investment Advisers, Inc., the firm was founded in 2006 by O. Volkan Kurtas, Moritz Hilf and Kimito Iwamoto. They became Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc. in 2021. The firm is owned by Vibrant Capital Partners LLC. VCP discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to investors such as insurance companies, pension funds, banks, private investment funds, family offices, ad fund-of-funds, mainly in the form of pooled investment vehicles and separate accounts. | Founder | 2005-12-31 |
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Bilkent University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc.
Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc. (VCP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. Formerly known as DFG Investment Advisers, Inc., the firm was founded in 2006 by O. Volkan Kurtas, Moritz Hilf and Kimito Iwamoto. They became Vibrant Capital Partners, Inc. in 2021. The firm is owned by Vibrant Capital Partners LLC. VCP discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to investors such as insurance companies, pension funds, banks, private investment funds, family offices, ad fund-of-funds, mainly in the form of pooled investment vehicles and separate accounts. | Finance |
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