Southland Capital Management’s principal expertise is in the area of publicly traded leveraged finance to U.S. private companies, including the Business Development Company industry (“BDC”), high yield bonds and floating rate loans. SCM manages two “hedge funds” devoted to equity investments in BDCs and other specialty finance lenders. The Company’s first fund-BDC II-was launched in October 2009,
and a second fund-BDC III- in January 2011. Moreover, SCM provides portfolio management for separately managed accounts for high net worth individuals and institutional clients. WHO WE ARE
Nicholas Marshi, CIO
Nicholas Marshi is a co-founder and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Southland Capital Management. He is responsible for the firm’s investment management. Hansen, was a principal in Southland Capital Partners (“SCP”), a Los Angeles based private equity firm. SCP was established in 1998 in Los Angeles, California in order to acquire controlling interests in middle market companies based in the Southern California region. SCP acquired several companies , one of which is still under the firm’s management. Prior to forming SCP with Mr Hansen, Mr. Marshi managed Kensington Capital Corporation (“KCC”), another private-equity investment firm. Founded in 1990, KCC specialized in acquiring control interests in privately-held, SouthernCalifornia based middle market companies. The combined companies acquired by KCC had aggregate sales in excess of $75 million and over 1,000 employees. Prior to establishing KCC, Mr Marshi was the head of the Los Angeles office of Kleinwort Benson Limited, a British merchant bank, from 1987-1990. Mr Marshi managed a nine person office, and was involved in leading investment banking, lending and principal investing activities (both directly in middle market companies and in funds managed by Kleinwort Benson and other institutions). Before that, Mr Marshi held various positions with Citibank at locations worldwide including Athens, Dubai, Puerto Rico and London. Mr Marshi is a graduate of Tufts University (B.A.) and Harvard University (M.A.). William Hansen, CMO
William (“Bill”) Hansen is a co-founder of SCM, and the firm’s Chief Marketing Officer (“CMO”). He is responsible for marketing the SCM’s services to accredited investors, performance reporting and investor relations. Prior to co-founding both SCM in 2008 and SCP in 1998, Mr Hansen ran his own investment banking firm-Hansen Capital. Established in 1990, Hansen Capital was principally involved in identifying potential M&A prospects for would-be buyers. Hansen Capital was also involved in arranging debt financings for borrowers. Hansen began his career with Dahlke & Co., a broker dealer on Wall St. in NYC in the municipal bond-trading department in 1978. (The firm was acquired in 1986 by Mercantile House Holdings Limited.) In 1988, Mr. Hansen left Mercantile to work closely with WestSphere Capital. In 1990 Mr. Hansen established Hansen Capital and relocated from NYC to Los Angeles. Mr Hansen in a graduate of the University of Vermont (B.A.).
