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Waters WavelengthEpisode 325: Octaura’s Brian BejileThis week’s guest is Brian Bejile, cofounder & CEO, Octaura
0:00-7:20: Anthony Malakian and Rebecca Natale, Europe Editor for WatersTechnology, complain for seven minutes about poor customer service and artificial intelligence.
7:20-35:23: Brian Bejile and Nyela Graham, senior reporter at WatersTechnology, have an actual informative discussion—as opposed to Tony and Reb’s diatribes—about the origins of Octaura, modernization of the credit markets, the platform provider’s move into the collateralized loan obligation (CLO) space, and the need for more data and analytics on the buy side.2025-07-1535 min
The Ramp UpJohn Fraser: On taking the leap of faithJohn Fraser, Partner and Chairman of Global Structured Credit Strategies at Tikehau Capital, joins your host Brian Bejile, CEO of Octaura on The Ramp Up. John has accumulated a wealth of knowledge over his 30 years in the CLO industry. From his early days traveling the world to starting his own shop, John has had an incredible journey. In this episode, John talks about taking a step back from the business, and why he couldn’t stay away for long.2025-05-1951 minThe Ramp UpHans Christensen: On taking what the market gives youHans Christensen, Co-founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of MJX Asset Management joins your host, Brian Bejile, CEO of Octaura on The Ramp Up. Hans’s seemingly typical career journey turned out to be anything but. Beginning as a credit analyst at Harris Bank with a hand calculator and a slide rule, Hans has witnessed the evolution of credit industry, spending a good chunk of his career at Citi before moving to Barclays and eventually spinning the business out into MJX, which currently manages over $17 Billion across multiple CLO funds. Hans has built an incredible business and count...2025-04-071h 02The Ramp UpJohn Popp: On the importance of connections and communityJohn Popp, currently managing director and global head of the Credit Investments Group at UBS Asset Management joins your host Brian Bejile, CEO of Octaura, on The Ramp Up. John has had a storied career, which began on what some would call a less traditional path to the world of finance. John has spent most of his career building structured credit platforms at Indosuez, First Dominion, CSAM – and now UBS Asset Management. John credits his success to the broad perspective his path has provided, as well as the incredible network and community he’s developed over the years.Ab...2024-10-1538 minThe Ramp UpPeter Gleysteen: On reimagining the marketsPeter Gleysteen, Founder, CEO & CIO at AGL Credit Management joinsyour host Brian Bejile, CEO of Octaura on The Ramp Up. Peter is a legend in thestructured credit industry, successfully navigating every economic cycle andmarket crisis since his career began in 1975. Pulling from his uniqueupbringing, Peter has honed the ability to shed a different perspective throughouthis career – leading him to launch innovations that laid the foundations of howtoday’s loan market operates. With experience starting not one, but two buysideshop...2024-09-091h 08The Ramp UpLynn Hopton & Yvonne Stevens: On seizing the momentThis month, co-founders and managing partners of HalseyPoint Lynn Hopton and Yvonne Stevens join Brian Bejile on The Ramp Up. Lynn and Yvonne are veterans of the CLO market. They've been securitizing assets since the market's early days in the '90s. After decades of working together at SunAmerica and then at American Express, they seized the moment and started their own shop, HalseyPoint in 2018. To get HalseyPoint off the ground, they built on their resilience, the relationships they curated, and a lengthy track record of success. The launch of HalseyPoint was fully embraced and celebrated by the street...2024-05-2049 minThe Ramp UpBrett Jefferson: On refusing to failThis month, Brett Jefferson, Founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Hildene Capital Management, joins your host Brian Bejile, CEO of Octaura, on The Ramp Up. Brett has charted an impressive career by looking at things differently. From the early days of navigating his education and passion for lacrosse at Syracuse University to landing on Wall Street and teaching himself the world of structured credit, Brett's refusal to fail and his focus on innovation has led Hildene to become a multi -award winning asset manager, and there's a lot more on the horizon for the firm.About Brett2024-04-2940 minThe Ramp UpAndy Gordon: On being intellectually curiousThis month, Andy Gordon, co-founder, former CEO, and current Executive Chair of the Board of Managers at Octagon Credit joins your host Brian Bejile, CEO of Octaura on The Ramp Up. Andy has had an illustrious career on Wall Street. From being one of the first analysts on the leveraged buyout desk at Manufacturers Hanover Trust to successfully spinning out Octagon – he did all of this while finding opportunity through two recessions and building a business that champions diversity and inclusion. About AndyAndrew Gordon is a member of Octagon’s Investment Committee and serves as t...2024-03-2530 minThe Ramp UpThomas Majewski: On doing things differentlyThis month, Thomas Majewski, Founder and Managing Partner at Eagle Point Credit joins your host Brian Bejile, CEO of Octaura on The Ramp Up. Tom has been at the center of some of the most impactful innovations in the CLO market. On this episode, we cover a wide spectrum – including how Tom executed one of the earliest known CLO equity trades and what led him to start one of the first CLO equity funds. About Tom Tom is the Founder and Managing Partner of Eagle Point Credit Management. He manages Eagle Point and its...2024-02-2356 minThe Ramp UpScott McKay: On becoming “the guy”What do you say when someone asks you if you want to “be the guy?” On this month’s episode of The Ramp Up, Scott McKay, Head of Blue Owl Liquid Credit, fills us in on what he said next and shares why long-lasting relationships and perseverance were key to his career thus far. About Scott Before joining Blue Owl, Scott was a Managing Director at Littlejohn & Co., a middle-market private equity fund based in Greenwich. Scott began his career as an Investment Banking Associate at Bear Stearns & Co. in the Lever...2024-01-2440 min
The Last TrancheThe Last Tranche with Octaura's Bejile: most mutual funds regard loans as illiquid because of long settlementsIn this episode of The Last Tranche, Brian Bejile, founder and CEO of Octaura, discusses the latest developments towards electrification in the loan and CLO asset classes.Bejile draws from his own experience as a trader to highlight some of the inefficiencies that result from manually trading assets, including human error mistakes and loan settlement times. He discusses the early stages of setting up Octaura, and onboarding the major investment banks in his bid to change the way the market trades.#CLO #Creditflux #Octaura2023-02-1026 min