British hedge fund firm Man Group has hired Brian Broesder and Westin Lovy as managing directors in Connecticut office.
Broesder and Lovy joined Man Group from Bridge Lane Capital, a company they co-founded in 2012, which is a specialist in private debt transactions with small and lower middle market companies in North America.
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They will continue to manage Bridge Lane’s portfolios at Man Group. Currently, Bridge Lane has more than $125m in committed capital, the company said.
Before co-founding Bridge Lane, Broesder served as managing director and portfolio manager at credit manager Whitecap Advisors, where his responsibilities included portfolio management, originations, operations and finance. He was also a member of the firm’s Investment and Valuation Committees.
He also worked as an investment banker at Investec, and also held positions at Fleet Bank and UBS.
Lovy, who co-founded Bridge Lane together with Broesder, earlier served as managing director and head of risk management at Whitecap Advisors. He oversaw risk, compliance, legal and workouts and serving as a member of the Investment and Valuation Committees.
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By GlobalDataPrior to Whitecap Advisors, he worked as an insolvency lawyer at Latham & Watkins in New York.
Broesder and Lovy will support firm’s continued focus on expanding and diversifying its offering for clients, including building a private markets business offering exposure to longer duration capital products, and growing operations in the US, the company added.
Man Group president Jonathan Sorrell said: “Their appointments are demonstrative of our business strategy to explore new and complementary ways to leverage our combined resources across the firm.
“As proven managers in the private debt space, their deep experience and understanding of the market will be of great value to the firm as we continue to develop and broaden our business, enhancing our offering for clients.”
