Matt Kennedy
Chief Investment Officer at Rice Park Capital Management LP
Profile
Matt Kennedy is a partner of Rice Park and serves as the co-Chief Investment Officer, overseeing the firm’s investment team and overall portfolio management activities.
Matt served as a senior member of various investment teams for Varde Partners from 2009 to 2021, where he gained extensive investment experience across various fund vehicles, relative value, and activist-based strategies.
In his roles, he was responsible for managing opportunities across both residential and commercial assets, and his investment activity took on multiple forms and was inclusive of securities, whole loans, private debt, corporate debt, and equity-based investments.
Matt also served in various board member roles within specialty finance companies with a focus on residential lending while at Varde.
Prior to 2009, Matt was a trader and portfolio manager at GMAC Residential Capital Corporation, where he managed positions in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), asset-backed securities (ABS), and performing and non-performing whole loans.
He also previously worked as an associate for Deloitte with a focus on auditing, capital markets, and securitization.
Matt holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Management Information Systems from the University of Iowa.
Matt Kennedy active positions
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San Diego Padres Baseball Club
San Diego Padres Baseball Club Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services San Diego Padres Baseball Club operates as an American professional baseball franchise. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Rice Park Capital Management LP
Rice Park Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Rice Park Capital Management LP (Rice Park Capital Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Rice Park Capital Management LLC, founded in 2018 by Nick Smith. The firm is headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota. | Chief Investment Officer | 2021-09-30 |
Former positions of Matt Kennedy
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Värde Partners /Private Equity/
Värde Partners /Private Equity/ Investment ManagersFinance Värde Partners /Private Equity/ is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Värde Partners, Inc founded by George G. Hicks and Marcia Lynn Page in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with additional offices in London, New York, Singapore, Luxembourg and Mumbai. | Private Equity Investor | 2021-08-30 |
Training of Matt Kennedy
University of Iowa | Undergraduate Degree |
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Private companies | 3 |
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San Diego Padres Baseball Club
San Diego Padres Baseball Club Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services San Diego Padres Baseball Club operates as an American professional baseball franchise. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Consumer Services |
Rice Park Capital Management LP
Rice Park Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Rice Park Capital Management LP (Rice Park Capital Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Rice Park Capital Management LLC, founded in 2018 by Nick Smith. The firm is headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota. | Finance |
Värde Partners /Private Equity/
Värde Partners /Private Equity/ Investment ManagersFinance Värde Partners /Private Equity/ is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Värde Partners, Inc founded by George G. Hicks and Marcia Lynn Page in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with additional offices in London, New York, Singapore, Luxembourg and Mumbai. | Finance |
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