Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York private equity fund focused on value investing and business improvement in the middle market, announced Jordan Matusow has joined the firm. Matusow will focus on sourcing Monomoy’s investments in the debt securities of distressed and underperforming businesses that can benefit from operational, financial and strategic improvement.

Matusow has over ten years of broad experience in financial services and the capital markets. He joins Monomoy from Nomura Securities, where he was an Executive Director in their credit sales group focused on a wide range of products, including distressed debt. Prior to his work at Nomura, Matusow was an Executive Director at UBS Securities in credit sales and debt capital markets. He began his career as a corporate attorney at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

“We are thrilled to welcome Jordan to the Monomoy team,” said Justin Hillenbrand, a founding partner of Monomoy. “We believe that the next business cycle will provide attractive opportunities to acquire underperforming middle-market businesses through their debt securities, and Jordan’s experience and relationships will position Monomoy for continued success in the firm’s core investment program.”

Monomoy Capital Partners is a private equity firm with over $1 billion in committed capital that makes controlling investments in middle-market businesses in the manufacturing, distribution, transportation, consumer product and foodservice sectors.