Mark A. Rieder

Mark is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of La Mar Assets, a global multi-strategy credit manager. LaMar is dedicated to identifying dislocations in liquid high-yield, investment-grade, stressed, and private credit markets. The firm focuses on extracting credit opportunities through long and short positions, generating alpha by owning assets at the right price over long-term horizons. LaMar aims to invest with the mindset of a true capital owner, leveraging the short-termism of other investors while deploying a rigorous risk management framework. Mark was previously a Managing Director and the Lead Corporate Bond Portfolio Manager at GIC, the Sovereign Wealth Fund of the Government of Singapore, in New York, where he worked from 2013 to 2023. Mark worked for the asset management division of PartnerRe, a top 5 reinsurance company, from 2004 to 2013. He began as a credit research analyst and was later promoted to Corporate Bond Portfolio Manager and Bond Trader, generating substantial returns during the global financial crisis. Before joining PartnerRe, he was a High Yield Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs. Mark started his professional career with Deloitte & Touche. Mark received an MBA in Finance from The Stern School of Business at New York University in 2003. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting at the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1995 and was a member of the Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Honor Society. He also completed the CFA Investment Management Workshop at Harvard University. He is a CFA Charter holder, a former CPA, and previously held Series 7 & 63 licenses. Mark lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with his wife and 15-year-old daughter. He is a Co-Founder of Central Park Running Club, and occasionally pitches in as running coach for long slow distance runs. He’s proud to have completed the New York City Marathon in 2021 & 2022. Mark lives by the mantra: surround yourself with the best people, work hard, persevere, and remember to smile once in a while.