Overview
Established in 2018, Stratum Investments (“Stratum”) is a bespoke Managed Account platform that invests in European private equity backed leveraged loans, with access to Broadly Syndicated Loans and Private Credit.
Mizuho acts collateral manager for Stratum, with c. €3.3bn of committed capital across 11 funds. Stratum vehicles are available on both a levered (Mizuho providing senior tranche financing) and an unlevered basis with potential IRR returns reaching over 15%.
11
Funds
€3.3bn
committed capital
100+
years senior management team experience
Stratum's unique value proposition
Exceptional Market Access
Deep relationship with private equity cemented by LP investments. Significant taker of leveraged loans giving us preferable allocations.
Long-term Relationships
Alignment of Interest
Investors given veto rights over each collateral obligation
Detailed Asset Selection
Strong focus on fundamental credit analysis on exclusively leveraged credit.
Market Insight
Experienced Team
The senior management team has in place since 2006, making us one of the most long-standing teams in the market.
Management team
Stratum is managed by the International Acquisition Finance team at Mizuho Bank. Our Senior Management team is led by Matt Naber, Narinder Bhatowa, Andrew Mankin and Iker Revuelta, who have extensive experience developed over multiple market cycles with a combined 80+ years in the leveraged finance.
Matt Naber
Narinder Bhatowa
Andrew Mankin
Iker Revuelta
The team has delivered top quartile returns across Stratum funds vs peers as a result of Stratum’s core focus on high quality credits.