Manager Profile
Adrian Duffy
CEO and Portfolio Manager at Guggenheim Partners Europe Limited
Guggenheim Investments is the global asset management division of Guggenheim Capital, LLC and was established in 2001. As of 30/06/2020, Guggenheim Investments has over $220 billion in assets under management including $195 billion in fixed income strategies; covering $9.4 billion is in corporate high yield bonds and $19.7 billion in bank loans across all accounts and funds. Corporate credit investments are managed by the corporate credit team which is an integrated global investment group that has presence in the US and Europe. Guggenheim Investment’s experience in managing corporate credit assets began in 2001 and it has evolved over the years to become a hallmark capability as it has generated strong performance over the market cycles.
Guggenheim Investments represents a number of affiliated investment management businesses including Guggenheim Partners Europe Limited. To date, Guggenheim Investments has issued 26 CLOs in US markets in addition to the five CLOs issued by Guggenheim Partners Europe Limited in Europe.
Guggenheim Partners Europe Limited is an investment firm authorised with a core business of portfolio management, execution of client orders, and investment advice. The firm is comprised of 14 investment professionals and eight support staff lead by Adrian Duffy which manages bond and loan portfolios in excess of €5bn in value, both directly and through sub-advisory agreements with affiliates. In addition to being portfolio manager, the firm acts as sponsor under risk retention requirements to the CLOs that it manages.
The firm is also an active participant in the European Direct Lending space originating and structuring bilateral senior, unitranche, and 2nd lien or junior investments.

Adrian Duffy
is the CEO and Portfolio Manager at Guggenheim Partners Europe Limited. He joined Guggenheim in 2001 as managing director, responsible for overseeing the credit investing business and was one of the three founding principals of this business at Guggenheim. He originally co-headed a team focused on investing in various leveraged credit markets in a variety of industries and was responsible for directly originating middle market transactions. He was also a member of the Investment Committee and currently sits on Investment Committee for all European transactions. In 2007, Mr. Duffy was responsible for incorporating Guggenheim Partners Europe Limited with a focus on the European loan and bond markets.
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At a glance metrics (metrics mutually agreed)
  • Founded
    :
    2007
  • Focus
    :
    European corporate credit assets such as senior secured loans and investment grade and non-investment grade securities.
  • Total AUM
    :
    €5,296,984,802 –as of 30/6/2020
  • CLO AUM
    :
    4 Deals €1,400,646,382 –as of 30/6/2020
  • Structured Credit
    :
    €3,896,338,421– as of 30/6/2020
Key personnel list (supplied by Guggenheim)
Adrian Duffy
– Head of European Corporate Credit
Kieran Coghlan
– Fund Controller
Colm O’Donnell
– Senior Credit Analyst
Karl Strecker
– Senior Credit Analyst
Darragh Mahony
– Senior Credit Analyst
Lam Murphy
– Senior Credit Analyst
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