Simulate Traffic, Find Botnets
by Deborah Gage
The Problem: A new financial services company found itself increasingly vulnerable to zero-day exploits and botnets, which put its high-valued assets and developing reputation at extreme risk.
The Details: Canaras Capital Management is an asset manager specializing in risk investments in markets for corporate credit. Founded in 2006, it has offices in New York and the United Kingdom and manages $630 million in assets.
S&P Ratings Direct- CDO Manager Magnifier: Canaras Capital Management
Canaras Capital Management LLC (Canaras) is an SEC-registered investment adviser that began operations in September 2006. Canaras is an asset manager focusing on bank loans and alternative credit investments, particularly in the form of CLOs, credit opportunity funds, and other structured vehicles. Anthony Clemente, CEO and portfolio manager, founded Canaras in September 2006. Before forming Canaras, Mr. Clemente was a global partner and head of INVESCO's bank loan and CDO business, which he joined in 1998. He has more than 24 years of experience in leveraged loans and portfolio management.
Wall Street and Technology- Canaras Capital Management Protects its Data Against Botnet Threat
If you work for an alternative asset management firm, so much rides on protecting intellectual property, customer data and the reputation of your firm. That is the message from Raffi Jamgotchian, chief information officer at Canaras Capital LLC, an alternative asset manager specializing in credit markets that was founded in 2006.
With botnets and other dangerous forms of crimeware anonymously launching distributed attacks on companies, Canaras Capital set out to protect the firm’s reputation.
Credit Magazine- Investor Focus
Anthony Clemente, chief executive of New York-based investment manager Canaras Capital, talks to Victor Anderson about the challenges facing a start-up business in the 'alternative' fund management space, including the thorny issue of transparency
Buy-Side Technology- Start Up Specialist Interview
Anthony Clemente, chief executive of Manhattan-based Canaras Capital, speaks about the challenges facing new start-ups, the unavailability of third-party software to support the trading activities of firms like Canaras, and the difference between his organisation and a typical hedge fund trading credit instruments. Anthony Clemente, chief executive of Manhattan-based investment manager Canaras Capital, knows a thing or two about the credit markets.
Bloomberg- Bank Loans Lure KKR, Carlyle With Junk-Bond Returns
By Harris Rubinroit
Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Investors are finding junk bond yields with about half the risk in an unlikely place: the U.S. loan" market.
Borrowers with non-investment-grade ratings such as photography company Eastman Kodak Co. and tissue maker Georgia Pacific Corp. pay interest of 7.80 percent on average for loans, a quarter of a percentage point below yields on bonds with similar ratings. The gap is the narrowest in eight years, according to data compiled by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Canaras Capital Management Makes the LANShield Switch the Foundation of its Secure Network
Milpitas, CA– ConSentry Networks, a leading provider of secure LAN solutions, announced today that Canaras Capital Management, LLC, has purchased ConSentry’s LANShield Switch to safeguard data on its corporate LAN. Canaras, an alternative asset manager specializing in credit markets, is using the ConSentry device in its headquarters office in New York City.
Risk Magazine- Risk Management for Investors
Anthony Clemente