CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Monroe Capital LLC today announced Jayro Yoo has joined the firm as Director based in Texas. Jayro will serve on the firm’s Marketing & Investor Relations team.
Prior to Monroe, Jayro was a Vice President at DWS Asset Management where he focused on raising capital for DWS’s alternative investment platform. He also served as a Senior Portfolio Specialist at MainStay/New York Life; an Alternative Investment Specialist at Wells Fargo Global Alternative Investment Services; and as a Senior Vice President at Salient Partners. He earned his B.S. in International Business from Spring Hill College. Jayro is a Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst (CAIA) charter holder and member of the CAIA Association.
“We are very excited to add Jayro to the Monroe Capital team,” said R. Sean Duff, Managing Director & Partner of Monroe Capital. “Jayro has an accomplished career of over 14 years of experience in the alternative investments business raising capital. He brings with him many great relationships.”
About Monroe Capital
Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) is a premier boutique asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, asset-based lending, specialty finance, opportunistic and structured credit, and equity. Since 2004, the firm has been successfully providing capital solutions to clients in the U.S. and Canada. Monroe prides itself on being a value-added and user-friendly partner to business owners, management, and both private equity and independent sponsors. Monroe’s platform offers a wide variety of investment products for both institutional and high net worth investors with a focus on generating high quality “alpha” returns irrespective of business or economic cycles. The firm is headquartered in Chicago and maintains offices in Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.
Monroe has been recognized by both its peers and investors with various awards including Private Debt Investor as the 2020 Lower Mid-Market Lender of the Year, 2020 Lender of the Year, and 2020 CLO Manager of the Year, Americas; Creditflux as the 2020 Best U.S. Direct Lending Fund; Pension Bridge as the 2020 Private Credit Strategy of the Year; and Global M&A Network as the 2020 Small Middle Markets Lender of the Year. For more information, please visit www.monroecap.com.
