Steve Vaccaro
Chief Executive Officer at CIFC Investment Management LLC
Profile
Mr. Stephen J.
Vaccaro is a Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer at CIFC Asset Management LLC and at CIFC Investment Management LLC.
Mr. Vaccaro has over 43 years of experience in corporate lending and asset management.
He previously served as legacy CIFC’s Co-Chief Investment Officer and was named Chief Investment Officer of CIFC upon its merger with Deerfield Capital Corp.
in 2011.
Mr. Vaccaro spent 25 years at JPM where he began his banking career and where he received his credit training.
At JPM, his roles included Managing Director and Co-Head of the firm’s Media group.
Mr. Vaccaro’s experience at JPM also included merchant banking, including mezzanine and equity co-investing, and roles as a credit supervising officer in the bank’s Corporate Banking department, member of the bank’s Credit Audit group and team leader in the firm’s Land Transportation and Global Automotive corporate lending groups.
He holds a B.A.
in Economics from Cornell University.
Steve Vaccaro active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
CIFC Investment Management LLC
 CIFC Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CIFC Investment Management LLC (CIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1993 as Deerfield Capital Management LLC and became CIFC Investment Management in 2018. They are wholly owned directly by CIFC Capital HoldCo LLC, which is an indirect subsidiary of CIFC LLC. CIM primarily provide investment management services to pooled investment vehicles that are CLOs and to private funds and investors that invest in corporate and structured credit. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
CIFC Asset Management LLC
 CIFC Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CIFC Asset Management LLC (CIFC) is the SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2005 and is a subsidiary of CIFC Asset Management Holdings LLC, ultimately held by CIFC LLC. CIFC provides investment management services to pooled investment vehicles that are collateralized loan obligation funds (CLOs) and to private funds and investors that invest in corporate and structured credit. | Chief Executive Officer | 01/05/2018 |
Former positions of Steve Vaccaro
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Commercial Industrial Finance Corp.
 Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. ('CIFC') is a premier specialized loan asset management platform modeled on the best practices of both top tier banks and leading asset management firms. CIFC's senior team has long experience working together since inception and previously at JPMorgan Chase. CIFC currently has $6.2 billion in assets under management across 14 CLOs and other funds, which include the top performing CIFC 'Fund Family' and assets managed or subadvised by its wholly-owned subsidiary CypressTree. CIFC has a diversified, global international investor base and asset-sourcing relationships with all major lending institutions. CIFC is a proactive, fundamentals-based manager with best-in-class processes and controls, high transparency to investors and a proprietary credit technology platform. CIFC is based in New York and is an SEC-registered investment adviser. CIFC entered into a merger agreement with Deerfield Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: DFR), a Chicago-based investment manager with $9.4 billion in assets, including $5.5 billion in CLOs. Following consummation of the merger, Peter Gleysteen will become the Chief Executive Officer of the combined company, which will have its headquarters in New York | Chief Investment Officer | 20/04/2011 |
| JPM Co. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Steve Vaccaro
| Cornell University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| JPM Co. | Electronic Technology |
Commercial Industrial Finance Corp.
Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. ('CIFC') is a premier specialized loan asset management platform modeled on the best practices of both top tier banks and leading asset management firms. CIFC's senior team has long experience working together since inception and previously at JPMorgan Chase. CIFC currently has $6.2 billion in assets under management across 14 CLOs and other funds, which include the top performing CIFC 'Fund Family' and assets managed or subadvised by its wholly-owned subsidiary CypressTree. CIFC has a diversified, global international investor base and asset-sourcing relationships with all major lending institutions. CIFC is a proactive, fundamentals-based manager with best-in-class processes and controls, high transparency to investors and a proprietary credit technology platform. CIFC is based in New York and is an SEC-registered investment adviser. CIFC entered into a merger agreement with Deerfield Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: DFR), a Chicago-based investment manager with $9.4 billion in assets, including $5.5 billion in CLOs. Following consummation of the merger, Peter Gleysteen will become the Chief Executive Officer of the combined company, which will have its headquarters in New York | Finance |
CIFC Investment Management LLC
CIFC Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CIFC Investment Management LLC (CIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1993 as Deerfield Capital Management LLC and became CIFC Investment Management in 2018. They are wholly owned directly by CIFC Capital HoldCo LLC, which is an indirect subsidiary of CIFC LLC. CIM primarily provide investment management services to pooled investment vehicles that are CLOs and to private funds and investors that invest in corporate and structured credit. | Finance |
CIFC Asset Management LLC
CIFC Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CIFC Asset Management LLC (CIFC) is the SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2005 and is a subsidiary of CIFC Asset Management Holdings LLC, ultimately held by CIFC LLC. CIFC provides investment management services to pooled investment vehicles that are collateralized loan obligation funds (CLOs) and to private funds and investors that invest in corporate and structured credit. | Finance |
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