Updated Thoughts on Canyon Partners?

What are people's thoughts on Canyon Partners? Last threads trace back to 2020 and a lot has changed, most recently their "strategic minority investment" from Dai-Ichi. Terms are a little wonky. For a fund of their size, not sure how to interpret this...

Anyone have perspective on their reputation, comp, hours, culture, etc. 

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This in no way provides you with the information you're looking for... but the one cool aspect of my otherwise thoroughly unimpressive job is that I interact with some of the higher-profile hedge funds managers with some frequency. As far as personalities go, Josh Friedman is (comparatively) pretty laid-back and cool. Very intelligent too.

To be fair, my positive opinion of him is more a function of my distaste for some other hedge funds managers, however. Haven't really crossed paths or email chains with Mitch.

 

Josh is 67 and took chips off the table. Dai-Ichi doesn't have the brand name cache as other insurers but has a large balance sheet and which will be first money-in for new product roll out which will be helpful for longer term viability of firm post-Josh. Canyon had its issues, sure, but its relatively stable and still one of the largest credit HF

 
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Cannot confirm or deny but a press release suggested that Canyon will keep Dai-ichi money in the company. Investing across funds vs. letting it sit on balance sheet seems like the most logical avenue. Canyon partners are aligned with medium-to-long term incentives, defers taxes, and smooths a gradual transition. Josh will sunset out of the company as capital is returned. Canyon is Josh's legacy so I'm sure that he will still have a large % of his net worth invested in Canyon funds after he is no longer involved in the day to day operations in 5-10 years

 

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