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Strategic Perspectives on Private Credit: A Conversation with White Oak’s Andre Hakkak

Date: May 12, 2025 @ 07:00 AM
Filed Under: Industry Insights

Andre Hakkak, CEO and Co-Founder of White Oak Global Advisors, joins Michael Toglia, Publisher of ABL Advisor, for a comprehensive discussion on the economic forces currently shaping the private credit landscape. Key topics include the implications of tariffs for non-bank lending institutions and their borrowers, the importance of proactive portfolio assessment in today’s economic environment, and how White Oak Global Advisors differentiates between asset-based lending, asset-backed lending, and asset-backed securities within its broader investment strategy. The conversation also explores several other pertinent issues affecting the sector.

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Andre A. Hakkak
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder | White Oak Global Advisors
Andre Hakkak has served as co-portfolio manager and Investment Committee member of White Oak since 2007. Mr. Hakkak was previously the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Alpine Global, Inc., a multi-strategy investment management firm which focused on alternative fixed income and real estate investments. Mr. Hakkak was also the Founder and Portfolio Manager at Suisse Global Investments, an investment management firm that developed investment strategies customized to meet the risk-adjusted return requirements of bank and insurance clients in over 30 countries. He previously served at Robertson Stephens & Co. as an Investment Banker and Principal in its Investment Company Act platform. Mr. Hakkak has been a co-founder and board member of several institutional platforms that facilitate the distribution of structured investment products, and has served as a limited partner, general partner or board member of various investment funds and companies. Mr. Hakkak received a B.S. in Finance and Marketing from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley and has held Series 7, 63, and 24 designations from FINRA since 1991.
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