About Us

Turning Rock seeks to make long-term investments in debt and equity securities of North American small and mid-capitalization businesses. The Firm believes there is a growing supply of illiquid assets for sale in the market driven by a challenging macroeconomic environment, ongoing volatility, global bank deleveraging and increased complexity. The investment strategy seeks to fill the void that has been created by the current regulatory environment as banks have stepped away from acquiring and lending against more illiquid types of assets.

  • Value-Orientation

  • Differentiated Sourcing

  • Bespoke Capital Solutions

  • Creative Structuring

  • Flexible Mandate

  • Path to Liquidity

The Turning Rock Principles

Turning Rock adopts the following principles and objectives to guide its investment strategy:

Build

A diversified portfolio of attractive risk-adjusted investments

Preserve

Our partner’s capital

Maximize

Total return to investors within stated risk parameters
 

Diversity, Preservation, & Maximized Returns

Our approach is informed by a combination of top-down capital markets knowledge, paired with fundamental equity and credit analysis. Integral in this process is the constant intellectual challenge and review of current markets. Turning Rock constructs its portfolio to offer equity-style returns with downside protection over multiple market cycles. We emphasize return of principal and inherent cash flow throughout portfolio construction and employ time-tested credit and equity research, while performing deep dive analytics on each potential investment through a combination of financial, operational, and qualitative analysis.

Our Team

Diverse investment solutions from a diverse team of experts

Turning Rock’s team is composed of highly-skilled investment, operational, and administrative professionals from a wide range of backgrounds. We are proud of our team’s heritage and combined skill sets.

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Maggie Arvedlund

Managing Partner

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Prior to founding Turning Rock Partners, Ms. Arvedlund was a Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group where she spent eight years. Fortress Investment Group is a global investment firm. While at Fortress, Ms. Arvedlund was responsible for private equity and debt investments for the Fortress Partners Fund, a multi-strategy vehicle which invested across asset classes and capital structures. During her tenure at Fortress Partner Fund, Ms. Arvedlund served on the Investment Committee from 2010-2015 and allocated capital across the alternative landscape including hedged equity, private equity, real estate, distressed and other hard assets. Prior to joining Fortress, Ms. Arvedlund worked at Hall Capital Partners where she held roles in the portfolio management and research divisions. Hall Capital Partners is a privately held registered investment advisory firm. Prior to Hall Capital Partners, Ms. Arvedlund held a number of senior operating roles in several privately held businesses. Ms. Arvedlund received a BS with Honors from Vanderbilt University in Economics and an MBA in Finance from NYU's Stern School of Business. Ms. Arvedlund serves on several non-profit boards including Summer Search New York City and is a founding member of the NYU Stern Private Equity Advisory Board.
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David Markus, CFA

Partner

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Prior to joining Turning Rock Partners, Mr. Markus was a Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group. While at Fortress, Mr. Markus was responsible for credit and event driven investments for the Fortress Partners Fund. During his tenure at Fortress Partners Fund, Mr. Markus served on the Investment Committee and helped oversee investments across the alternative landscape including hedged equity, private equity, real estate, distressed and other hard assets. Prior to joining Fortress, Mr. Markus was part of the team that launched and ran Voras Capital, a multi-strategy investment manager based in New York with offices in Hong Kong and London. Prior to Voras, Mr. Markus was the co-portfolio manager at Boone Capital Management and Delaware Street Capital, multi-strategy credit hedge funds with several hundred million dollars in assets under management. Mr. Markus has also worked as a senior high-yield and distressed debt research analyst at Amroc Investments and Salomon Brothers, and as an associate in the private placement group of TIAA-CREF. He received a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School where he was on the Directors Honor List.
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Saba Ahmad

COO / CFO / Partner

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Prior to joining Turning Rock Partners, Ms. Ahmad spent over seven years at Fortress Investment Group as a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Fortress Partners Fund. Ms. Ahmad was responsible for the finance and operations of the Fund’s multi-asset class portfolio as well as business management oversight. Ms. Ahmad was Chair of the Valuation Committee and also served on the Management Committee for Fortress Liquid Markets. Prior to joining Fortress, Ms. Ahmad spent three years in the operational due diligence group at UBP Asset Management. She began her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Banking & Capital Markets audit group where her clients included investment banks, private equity funds, hedge funds and other global financial institutions. Ms. Ahmad graduated from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business with a dual degree in Accounting & Finance. Ms. Ahmad is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Louis Mayer

Vice President

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Prior to joining Turning Rock Partners, Mr. Mayer was an Associate at Houlihan Lokey in their Financial Restructuring group. Prior to Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Mayer was an Associate at Bond Street Holdings, a private investment firm focused on the financial institutions industry. Mr. Mayer holds a BS in Engineering Science from Vanderbilt University. He has received Series 63, and 79 certifications.
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Sam DeKoven

Senior Associate

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Prior to joining Turning Rock Partners, Mr. DeKoven was an Associate at Credit Suisse in their Leveraged Finance Origination and Restructuring group. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr. DeKoven was an analyst in Deutsche Bank’s Emerging Markets Credit and Special Situations Financing team. Mr. DeKoven was based in Deutsche Bank’s London and Mumbai offices. Mr. DeKoven holds a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University. He has received Series 7, 63, and 79 certifications.
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Stephen Spataro, CPA

Controller

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Prior to joining Turning Rock Partners, Mr. Spataro was a Vice President and Fund Controller at Fifth Street Asset Management. Prior to Fifth Street, Mr. Spataro spent over nine years with Wexford Capital as a Fund Controller. Prior to Wexford, Mr. Spataro was a Senior Associate at BDO Seidman. Mr. Spataro holds a BS in Accounting from Ithaca College. Mr. Spataro is a CPA.
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Rima Roy

Administration / Client Service

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Prior to joining Turning Rock Partners, Ms. Roy spent a decade in analytics roles at MasterCard Worldwide. Prior to her experience at MasterCard, Ms. Roy had extensive experience in consumer banking in various functions at J. P. Morgan Chase. Ms. Roy received a BA in Economics from Davidson College and an MBA from Wake Forest University.
 

Our Impact Objective

Through our commitment to diversity and an awareness of socially responsible guidelines, Turning Rock hopes to make a positive impact in the world beyond solely financial gains. We commit to donate a percentage of firm profits to mission-driven organizations and charitable causes which are promoting gender and/or ethnic diversity. We also strive to provide matching funds for employee charitable gifts on an annual basis to groups of their choosing. In doing so, we aim to foster a healthy, productive, and socially minded workforce with a goal to building long-term value for its investors.

 
 

Social Responsibility

Turning Rock has an inherent awareness and appreciation for Environmental, Social & Governance (“ESG”) policies. Given the stage of our development, Turning Rock has established a basic set of guidelines for an internal framework. In connection with its funds, Turning Rock pledges to consider environmental, public health, safety, and social issues associated with potential investments.

We’re a minority and women-owned business enterprise based in New York

 

Contact Us

We seek to build and partner with experienced management teams in order to create and unlock long-term shareholder value, and we hope that the teams we work with find Turning Rock to be a partnership with staying power.

Have a question?
Call us at +1 212 207 2390

 

We are located at 400 Park Avenue, Suite 610, NY 10022, see map below for more.

 
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