Mr. Sokolowski has 32 years of credit, portfolio management and trading experience He is the lead portfolio manager for CIFC’s Corporate Credit Loan Funds and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee Mr. Sokolowski has a broad range of investment management skills and experience in private and public credit markets He has invested and traded across the spectrum of credit from high yield to investment grade as well as distressed and stressed credit, fixed and floating rate instruments, bonds, loans, CDS and index products.
Prior to joining CIFC, Mr Sokolowski was a portfolio manager and trader with Lucidus Capital Partners, a credit trading firm spun out of Caxton Associates where he was a portfolio manager for five years Before joining Caxton in 2006 he was a Managing Director with J P Morgan where he founded and managed the European par and distressed loan trading business based in London Mr Sokolowski completed Chemical Bank’s MBA Capital Markets and Credit Training Program in 1994 While at JPMorgan, Mr Sokolowski held several positions in New York and London in the Capital Markets, Sales and Trading, Investment Banking and Emerging Markets businesses Mr Sokolowski holds a B A in Finance from Michigan State University.
