Freedom 3 Capital, a New York-based mid-market credit firm, has hired Fred Buffone as a principal, PDI understands. Buffone was previously head of capital markets at Fifth Street Asset Management (FSAM), the Greenwich, Connecticut-based credit manager that mostly handles BDCs.
Buffone didn’t return a call seeking further comment.
He joined Fifth Street in August 2013 to head up capital markets and syndications for the firm’s two BDCs, the Fifth Street Finance Corp (FSC) and Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp (FSFR).
