Algebris Investments, a global asset manager specialising in financial credit and equity, has appointed Samuel Sibony as co-portfolio manager, managing $620 million in the Global Credit Opportunities strategies.
James Friedman will continue to lead the team as lead portfolio manager.
The Global Credit Opportunities strategies are managed on the basis of a team approach with Sibony working alongside the members of the existing Global Credit Opportunities portfolio management team – Gabriele Foà (co-portfolio manager), Simone Mallardi (co-portfolio manager) and Lennart Lengeling (investment analyst).
Sibony joins from DC Advisory, where he was a senior member of the London-based restructuring team, covering deals in the UK and the EU. Prior to DC Advisors, he was a senior analyst at Attestor Capital, a London-based distressed hedge fund. Sibony spent eight years at Chris Hohn’s Children’s Investment Fund between 2011 and 2019, where he managed corporate debt investments on a global scale. He started his investment career at Barclays Capital.