In order to generate alpha in today’s market, investors understand how important it is to maintain a diversified portfolio with a mix of traditional equity and fixed income holdings, as well as alternative asset classes. Alternative lending offers a fresh approach for investors seeking portfolio diversification from traditional asset classes, including traditional corporate credit.
By leveraging technology platforms that bring together borrowers unreached by traditional lending institutions and loan investors looking for attractive yield-generating investments, alternative lending may offer appealing absolute and risk-adjusted return characteristics for accredited investors. In fact, an allocation to alternative lending may provide investors with exposure to a secular shift in the way consumers and small businesses can access capital.
Leon Rozenfeld is an accomplished trader and portfolio manager with a combined 20 years of experience. Rozenfeld was formerly an Equity, Commodity, Currency, Derivatives, and Fixed income trader with various established firms like Weiskopf, Silver Equities and Abundance Partners. He founded Gorilla Capital Fund, he was the portfolio manager of his fund from 2007 to 2014. Rozenfeld earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Pharmacy with a minor in Economics from the LIU Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Sciences.
Lawrence Pross is co-founder of Epiphanly Capital Management LP. In this role, Pross is responsible for the fund’s overall vision, strategy and operations including the credit decision-making process and the implementation of compliance practices and investor technology tools.
Following a successful career in the small business finance and credit card processing industry, Pross launched Epiphanly Capital in February 2020. Since that time, the fund has grown substantially and created opportunities for investors to participate in the benefits of alternative financing.
Since 2007, Pross has also owned and operated Fundamental Capital, a leading business financing firm, which is recognized as a leader in the industry. Fundamental has amassed a network of over 2000 small business financing brokers and brokerage offices who provide Fundamental with substantial deal flow.
A New York native, Pross attended Pace University in Manhattan with a focus on business economics and Finance.