Aristotle Pacific Capital Further Expands Investment Team

Adds research depth and Emerging Markets perspective

LOS ANGELES & NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aristotle Pacific Capital, LLC (“Aristotle Pacific”), a leader in liquid credit investments, announced the further expansion of its investment team with the appointment of two seasoned investment professionals. Norvruz (Novi) Bashirov joined Aristotle Pacific as Managing Director, Portfolio Manager & Senior Research Analyst and Partha Bose, CFA, joined as a Senior Research Analyst. Mr. Bashirov will focus on Emerging Markets corporate debt and U.S. Financials, while Mr. Bose will cover Energy, Pipelines, Autos, and Metals & Mining.

“Given the current opportunities in the corporate credit landscape and wide demand for our strategies, expanding our investment team with seasoned professionals broadens our ability to provide more value to our clients,” said Dominic Nolan, Chief Executive Officer of Aristotle Pacific. “We are thrilled to add these talented professionals who share our passion for credit analysis and are excited to welcome Novi and Partha to the Aristotle Pacific family.”

Mr. Bashirov previously served as an Emerging Markets Portfolio Manager at Rimrock Capital. Prior to joining Rimrock Capital, he co-managed funds at Barings’ Emerging Markets Corporate Group and managed Emerging Markets portfolios at PIMCO. Mr. Bashirov has 19 years of investment experience. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Mathematics from Berea College and has a MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Bose previously spent seven years at Aristotle Credit Partners, LLC as a Senior Credit Analyst and five years at BNP Paribas, India as Vice President, Credit Analyst. His focus has been on high yield and investment grade bonds and leveraged loans across multiple sectors. Mr. Bose earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Jadavpur University, India, and his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore. He also earned his Master of Financial Engineering degree from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Mr. Bose is a CFA charter holder.

About Aristotle Pacific Capital

Aristotle Pacific Capital, LLC (formerly Pacific Asset Management LLC) is a Newport Beach, California-based registered investment advisor that specializes in corporate credit. Aristotle Pacific actively invests in corporate credit securities on the basis of fundamental credit analysis with the objective of identifying and realizing relative value. Aristotle Pacific’s structure, along with the infrastructure of Aristotle Capital Management, combine to provide an ideal platform to discover and capture value in today’s dynamic markets. Aristotle Pacific’s investment team, originally founded in 2007, is now comprised of 19 professionals averaging nearly two decades of industry experience and manage fixed-income strategies, including floating-rate loans, structured products, strategic credit, high yield, investment grade and short duration bond strategies.

About Aristotle

Aristotle’s mission is to help clients reach their long-term financial goals with active portfolio management using our research-driven investment framework. Aristotle is a family of affiliates with five independent investment teams that specialize in equity and fixed income strategies, with offices in Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Boston and Sarasota. Each investment team is a registered investment advisor. All Aristotle affiliates are PRI Signatories. Aristotle is backed by an experienced leadership team that has worked together for over 25 years. For market commentary, news and insights from all Aristotle affiliates, please visit www.aristotlecap.com.