Knighthead Capital Management, LLC
Firm details
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- CRD number
- 157483
- Registered since
- February 27, 2012
- Website
- knighthead.com
- Custodians
- THE NORTHERN TRUST INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATION, STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
- Fee structure
- Percentage of AUM, Performance Based Fees, Other
- Client types
- Pooled Investment Vehicles74.4%
- Insurance Companies25.6%
- Services
- Portfolio Management for Pooled Investment VehiclesPortfolio Management for Institutional Clients
Firm profile
FINTRXOverview
Knighthead Capital Management, LLC is a private investment manager organized as an LLC and registered with the SEC since 2012. It operates as a multifaceted alternative asset manager, combining hedge fund and private equity strategies and serving an institutional client base. The firm manages pooled investment vehicles and provides portfolio management for institutions and businesses; it also acts in commodity pool operator/commodity trading advisor (CPO/CTA) capacities. Fees include a percentage-of-AUM component as well as performance-based compensation and other fee arrangements. The firm is not positioned as an ESG investor and does not report multi-state adviser status.
Assets & Accounts
Public Holdings
Investments & Alternatives
Investment profile
FINTRXTraditional investments used
Alternative investments used
Active ESG investor
Technology & operations
FINTRXCRM & tech providers
TAMPs used
Clients
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Client personas
Asset composition
- Investment Grade Corp Bonds42%
- Other41%
- Non-Investment Grade Corp Bonds7%
- Cash & Cash Equivalents6%
- Private Funds3%
Owners & executives
1 of 1
Michael Friedberg
Chief Financial OfficerCRD 6174556
Contacts
3 of 5
Laura Torrado
General CounselCRD 1404432
Andrew Shannahan
PartnerCRD 7087034

Ara Cohen
Co-Founding PartnerCRD 5924168
Wealth teams
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FINTRXLocation
New York, NY
New York
Location
New York, NY
Headquartered in New York, NY, anchoring the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA metro in the Northeast.
- Metro area
- New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA
- Region
- Northeast
- County
- New York
- Address
- 320 Park Ave
- Time zone
- ET (UTC-5)
- Office locations
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