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. €3.1bn of committed capital across 10 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%.
Funds
committed capital
years senior management team experience
Deep relationship with private equity cemented by LP investments. Significant taker of leveraged loans giving us preferable allocations.
Opportunity to build a long-term strategic relationship and establish partnerships for future transactions.
Investors given veto rights over each collateral obligation.
Strong focus on fundamental credit analysis on exclusively leveraged credit.
Direct access to Mizuho as a collateral manager.
The senior management team has in place since 2006, making us one of the most long-standing teams in the market.
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 100+ years in the leveraged finance.
Matt Naber
Narinder Bhatowa
Iker Revuelta
Andrew Mankin
Joe Thomas