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Magnetar is thrilled to congratulate Ernie Rogers, our Chief Operating Officer and Partner, for being named Finance Executive of the Year by Kansas State University and inducted into the University’s Financial Executives Hall of Fame. Ernie's leadership and nearly three decades of impact and innovation in the financial industry continue to guide and motivate us. This recognition is particularly meaningful given Ernie’s deep connection to K-State, where his journey into finance began. Magnetar recruits heavily from K-State, a testament to the values and talent cultivated at Ernie’s alma mater. We couldn’t be prouder of Ernie’s achievements and the strong, ongoing partnership between Magnetar and K-State – a connection that continues to shape the future of our firm. #Magnetar #MagnetarLeadership #FinanceExecutiveOfTheYear #KState #FinancialExecutivesHallOfFame

Erik Falk, Head of Strategy at Magnetar, will be speaking at Private Markets Insider’s Alternatives Investment & DealConnect Summit this week on October 23. With nearly two decades of investment experience in private credit, Magnetar is excited to help lead discussions on the evolution of the industry and the potential next phases of the credit cycle. This Summit brings together prominent GPs, bankers, and business owners to explore key trends and opportunities in private markets. We look forward to connecting with industry experts and sharing insights to help inform the future of private market investing. #PrivateMarkets #PrivateCredit #ThoughtLeadership #AlternativeInvestments #Magnetar #GPs #InvestmentSummit #PrivateMarketTrends #DealConnect

We are thrilled and honored to announce that Magnetar has been awarded “Investor of the Year” at Structured Credit Investor's 2024 Capital Relief Trade Awards, held this week in London.   Among a distinguished group of shortlisted firms, this recognition reflects our long history of investing in Significant Risk Transfer (SRT/CRT) investments, as well as our expertise and adaptability in navigating complex markets.   We are incredibly proud of our team’s hard work and dedication, and we look forward to continuing our leadership in the SRT space.   #Magnetar #CapitalReliefTradeAwards #StructuredCreditInvestor #SRT #CRT #InvestorOfTheYear

Congrats to CoreWeave on being first to market with H200, just as they were with H100. A portion of this new cluster is dedicated to our Magnetar AI Ventures fund, through which we will make H200 clusters available to portfolio companies as part of compute-for-equity investments. This will provide our portfolio companies with access to the performance, speed and efficiency that the CoreWeave platform delivers at scale – and is required for AI innovation. Connect with us at ideas@magnetarventures.com.

Today, Magnetar announced the successful close of Magnetar AI Ventures Fund at $235 million. A key component of our venture initiative, Magnetar Ventures, this fund is dedicated to investing in early to growth stage generative AI and ML companies with what we believe to be potentially transformative technologies. Through our strategic partnership with CoreWeave, Magnetar AI Ventures Fund offers our portfolio companies access to dedicated high-performance compute with the objective of providing forward-thinking entrepreneurs with critical resources to develop, deploy and scale the businesses of the future. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gfbq2GVt #Magnetar #MagnetarVentures #AI #ML #VentureCapital #Innovation

This past Saturday, Magnetar was honored to sponsor the Junior Economic Club of Chicago’s “A Decade of JEC” event, celebrating 10 years of the JEC’s work to empower the next generation of financial leaders.   Magnetar Quantitative Analyst Arlene Tang addressed guests and shared insights from early in her career, encouraging attendees to keep an open mind as they embark on their professional journeys and underscoring that opportunity can be found anywhere. Magnetar has been a proud JEC corporate sponsor since 2019, and we look forward to many more years of to continuing to connect with, educate and inspire the future of the finance industry. Happy 10 years, JEC!

Magnetar has a long history of investing in Synthetic Risk Transfer (“SRT” / “CRT”) transactions. In a year that has been transformative for the SRT market – marked by pronounced increases in both the supply of transactions and demand from new entrants – we are proud to announce that Magnetar has been shortlisted for “Investor of the Year” at Structured Credit Investor’s 2024 Capital Relief Trade Awards!   We believe this recognition acknowledges Magnetar’s ability to adeptly address the challenges of this complex and evolving market.   #Magnetar #CapitalReliefTradeAwards #StructuredCreditInvestor #SRT #CRT

Magnetar is deepening our commitment to the AI ecosystem through our investment in Cohere’s Series D funding round. Cohere provides secure, industry-leading LLM and RAG capabilities to enterprises, addressing real-world business challenges. We’re excited by the opportunities we anticipate Cohere will create as companies increasingly incorporate generative AI capabilities into their platforms. At Magnetar, we believe that AI/ML applications will drive significant valuation creation. We look forward to working with Cohere as a trusted, strategic partner and supporting the company’s next phase of growth. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/grg8iaC5

Ernie Rogers, Chief Operating Officer & Partner at Magnetar, recently participated in the "M&A and Investing in Gen AI” panel at Citi’s Gen AI Summit 2024. The event brought together strategic companies, entrepreneurs and investors to discuss trends, opportunities and challenges in Generative AI investing. During the panel, Ernie highlighted Magnetar’s approach and processes to identify and invest in AI/ML opportunities and shared insights on how Magnetar’s nearly 20 years of experience in financial markets and operational expertise has helped our portfolio companies, including those within the AI ecosystem, achieve growth. Generative AI companies, along with the high-performance compute fueling them, are transforming the future. We’re excited to see how further investment in the space will drive continued evolution and disruption. #CitiGenAISummit #GenAI #AIInvestment #HPC #Magnetar

Discover how #SpecialtyFinance is driving the economy in our newest thought leadership feature with Private Debt Investor. In this piece, Magnetar's Managing Partner, Dave Snyderman, and Head of Strategy, Erik Falk, unpack the rise of Specialty Finance, highlighting how the broad investible universe of uncorrelated asset-based investments can offer diversification away from corporate credit risk and enhance the economic resilience of investment portfolios. Gain insights into Magnetar’s investment process as well as the opportunity sets and macroeconomic outlook of Specialty Finance – also known as “Speciality” Finance outside the U.S. – in this comprehensive Q&A. Read the feature here: https://lnkd.in/gYV2Qzx2 #SpecialtyFinance #AssetBasedInvesting #PrivateCredit #PrivateDebtInvestor #Magnetar