King Street

What is King Street?

King Street is a leading global alternative asset manager established in 1995. They manage more than $27 billion across an institutional platform that drives investments in both the public and private markets.

King Street specializes in identifying and exploiting market dislocations and undervalued opportunities, focusing on a wide array of assets including distressed companies, equities, bonds, foreign exchange products, warrants, and options.

They utilize a research-intensive approach that emphasizes fundamental analysis, tactical trading, and strong sourcing capabilities to pinpoint investment opportunities across asset classes, capital structure levels, and various geographies where they have developed deep expertise, especially in credit, restructurings, bankruptcies, and event-driven situations.

King Street prioritizes marrying rigorous fundamental research with tactical trading and strong sourcing abilities to capitalize on dislocations and mispriced opportunities in the markets. Over the last 29 years, the firm has been honed by multiple economic cycles, boasting an extensive track record of credit-focused investing.

Their team includes over 260 employees, of which more than 80 are investment professionals.

The firm maintains 100% partner ownership with 10 partners averaging 25 years of experience and operates eight global offices.

With a philosophy that revolves around generating returns through identifying dislocations and executing with conviction, they focus on dynamic capital rotation into the most compelling opportunities while conducting thorough downside analysis to manage risks. King Street defines itself by its ability to execute multi-strategy credit investing since 1995.

Their overall goal is not only to identify opportunities but also to effectively manage the associated risks and uncertainties inherent in their investment strategies.