CIFC Appoints New Head of Investor Relations as Platform, Offerings Expand

NEW YORK, April 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CIFC Corp. (NASDAQ: CIFC), a leading relative-value credit manager, today announced that Ruth Lane has joined the firm as Head of Investor Relations, a newly created position.

Ms. Lane reports to Head of Business Development R. Spencer Potts, who joined the firm in February to oversee the expansion and growth of its non-CLO business. The new announcement also comes on the heels of the arrival of Julian Weldon, who joined recently as Head of Corporate Strategy.  

"Ruth is an exciting addition to our team and an important piece of the puzzle as we strive to offer the highest quality client service," said Oliver Wriedt, Co-President of CIFC.  "We are thrilled to be able to attract such top tier talent as we scale our platform offerings in response to our clients' needs."

Ms. Lane joins CIFC from Mount Kellett Capital Management, where she was Associate Director of Investor Relations and Marketing. At Mount Kellett, she was responsible for supporting the investor relations, marketing, and business development activities of the firm. Before that, she worked in institutional research sales and equity sales trading for Credit Suisse Securities. Ms. Lane graduated from Princeton University with a B.A in Politics.

About CIFC

CIFC is a fundamentals-based, relative-value credit manager investing across CLOs, structured credit and total return portfolios. Headquartered in New York, CIFC is an SEC registered investment adviser and is listed on NASDAQ. The firm currently serves more than 250 institutional investors globally, and manages $13.7 billion in assets. For more information, please visit CIFC's website at www.cifc.com.

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