Aristotle Credit has seven full-time staff members. Non-investment business functions (operations, trading, sales, client service, administration, etc.) are administered by shared services teams at Aristotle Capital Management, LLC, a separately registered investment affiliate, which has offices in Los Angeles and Newport Beach, CA, enabling the investment team at Aristotle Credit to focus exclusively on research and investment activities. Shared services is comprised of roughly 50 individuals. A brief description of each department is shown below:
Compliance and Risk Management: Aristotle Credit’s Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), Andrea Denisevich, is responsible for all compliance-related operations. She is supported by Aristotle Capital’s CCO, Michelle Gosom, and Aristotle Capital’s Chief Risk Officer (CRO), Richard Schweitzer. Ms. Gosom and Mr. Schweitzer oversee all fiduciary responsibilities for Aristotle Capital, which includes oversight of the firm’s compliance policies and procedures and Code of Ethics program.
Fairview Investment Services, which functions as a third-party compliance back office support team, assists with compliance testing, recordkeeping, and reporting at the CCO’s direction.
Sales & Client Service: This group oversees client service duties and relationship management functions for our clients across all channels around the globe.
Marketing Communications: Responsibilities include client report production, sales materials, content management, database population and business development projects.
Operations: The operations team is responsible for account maintenance, reconciliation, proxy administration, corporate actions and trade settlements.
Trading: The trading team executes all trade orders determined by Portfolio Managers of each independent investment affiliate.
Administration: These individuals are responsible for technology, accounting, office management and a variety of other functions for each investment affiliate.