Blackstone / Gso Long-Short Credit Income Fund Appoints Ramzi Ramsey and Mike Kirkman as Managing Directors
August 03, 2021
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Blackstone /GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund and Tactical Opportunities (Tac Opps) businesses and will be based in San Francisco. Mr. Ramsey will focus on enterprise software and financial technology investments and Mr. Kirkman will focus on the healthcare sector. BXG, Blackstone's growth equity investing platform, invests in fast-growing companies, helping entrepreneurs become global industry champions through the power of the Blackstone platform. Tac Opps is Blackstone's opportunistic investment platform, which invests globally across asset classes, industries and geographies, seeking to identify and execute on attractive, differentiated investment opportunities.
Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund will take long positions in investments which it believes offer the potential for attractive returns under various economic and interest rate environments. BGX may also take short positions in investments which it believes will underperform due to a greater sensitivity to earnings growth of the issuer, default risk or the general level and direction of interest rates. It must hold no less than 70% of its Managed Assets in first and second lien secured loans (Secured Loans) but may also invest in unsecured loans and high-yield bonds. The Fund invests in various sectors, which include aerospace and defense, auto components, beverages, building products, and others. Blackstone Liquid Credit Strategies LLC serves as an investment advisor for the Fund.
BLACKSTONE / GSO LONG-SHORT CREDIT INCOME FUND 
