What is Distressed or Event-Driven Credit

David Nazar
Founder & CIO
March 12, 2024
9:00 am

David Nazar explains distressed and event-driven credit, highlighting how bonds, loans and credit events create pricing opportunities.

In this video, Ironshield Capital Management’s Founder, Managing Partner and CIO, David Nazar explains the instruments that underpin distressed and event-driven credit. He discusses how bonds and loans, often linked to leveraged structures or fallen angels, can create opportunity when markets reprice risk.

He outlines how identifying specific events within individual credits can shift pricing over a defined time horizon. This event-driven approach is integral to the firm’s Distressed and Stressed Credit and broader Credit Opportunities strategies.

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David Nazar

David Nazar is Founder and Managing Partner, Chief Investment Officer at Ironshield Capital Management, where he leads the firm’s European corporate credit strategies. He oversees investment direction, portfolio construction and risk management across event-driven, stressed and high yield credit mandates. David works closely with the investment team to identify relative value opportunities across complex capital structures, with a disciplined focus on fundamental analysis, downside protection and compounding absolute returns across market cycles.