Benefit Street Partners
Brian Buffone has a diverse work experience in the finance and real estate industry. Brian is currently serving as the Head of Equity Investments/Managing Director at Benefit Street Partners since September 2018. Prior to that, they worked as a Managing Director at Ladder Capital Corp from May 2014 to March 2018. Brian also founded and served as the President of Park Manor Capital Partners from December 2009 to June 2014, where they completed over $500 million in transactions. Before that, Brian was the CFO of Compson Holding Corporation from March 2006 to November 2009, where they managed various financial functions and spearheaded leveraged buyouts of publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trusts. Brian began their career as a Portfolio Manager at E*TRADE Financial, where they developed and managed a covered call investment fund strategy.
Brian Buffone attended Babson College from 1995 to 1999, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree. Brian'sstudies focused on Quantitative Methods and Finance/Investment.
Benefit Street Partners
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Established in 2008, BSP and affiliates manage over $9 billion in assets across a broad range of credit strategies including high yield, levered loans, private / opportunistic debt, liquid credit, structured credit and commercial real estate debt. BSP utilizes fundamental credit analysis, proprietary sourcing, due diligence, sophisticatedstructuring and comprehensive risk management across all the credit strategies it manages.BSP focuses extensively on principal protection and security of returns when assuming investment opportunities, carefully managing overall risk. As a core principle, BSP does not compromise underwritten integrity for yield / returns enhancement. BSP is an affiliate of Providence Equity Partners.