We are a privately-held firm focused
on originating and managing investments
within the credit universe and providing
investors with attractive risk-adjusted returns

What we do

Latam Credit Opportunities Capital (LCO Capital) is a privately-held firm focused on providing investors with high risk-adjusted returns through a robust investment platform. LCO offers solutions within the private credit universe including, structured finance, distressed debt, corporate debt, among other specific solutions in different types of formats.

Investment Products

We are building a diversified investment portfolio

Factoring

Senior Secured
Debt

Subordinated
Debt

Mezzanine
Debt

Distressed
Debt

Alternative
Assets

Restructuring

The operation is mainly focused on Central America and the Caribbean, Colombia and Peru.

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About us

LCO Capital was founded by a team with extensive experience and background in the region:

  • INICIA is a private asset management firm, owned by Vicini Group, which operates through partnerships with specialized managers focused on the Northern Region of Latin America (NOLA), in order to generate long term value for investors, clients, partners and associates. Vicini Group is a family business (with more than five generations) with investments in heavy industry, manufacturing, sugar mills, finance, among others.
  • DAF management is a private asset management firm focussed on stressed assets. the DAF team implements creative solutions and executes strategies in orden to recover the lost value of your investments. DAF is an affiliate firm of INICIA
  • The Partners of Lenus capital Partners a private equity investment platform with a focus on the health sector. The Lenus team has a substantial track record in the healthcare, real estate and financial sectors. Today, some of Lenu's capitals partners also act as advisors to steward Health Care, one of theleading hospital operators in the United Sates

Our team

Felipe Duque

CEO

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Alberto Manotas

CFO

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Juan Camilo Rueda

Investment Analyst

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Felipe Duque
  • Experience:
  • Investment Analyst
  • Current:
  • CEO
  • Past:
  • Commercial Vice-president at Ultraserfinco S.A
  • Vice-president at Wealth Management Adcap Colombia
  • CEO at BBVA Valores Comisionista de Bolsa
  • Intermediary manager at Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC)
  • Over 12 years’ experience in capital markets at: Serfinco, Valores del Popular, Asesores en Valores
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CEO and member of LCO Capital Board of Directors and Investment Committee. Economist with over 27 years’ experience in financial sector and capital markets in Colombia. Mr. Duque has broad experience in private banking, portfolio investments in fixed income, equities and alternative assets in the local and international market, as well as the structuring and issuance of bonds and stocks. Prior lo LCO Capital, Mr. Duque occupied key roles in important Colombian financial institutions: CEO of BBVA Valores, Vice-president of Wealth Management at Adcap, Commercial Bogota Vice-president at Ultraserfinco, Intermediary manager at BVC, among others. He has a degree in Economics from the Universidad del Rosario and a Master in banking from the Universidad de Los Andes.
Alberto Manotas
  • Experience:
  • Investment Analyst
  • Current :
  • CFO
  • Past:
  • Vice President at J.P. Morgan (worked in the Corporate Banking, Debt Capital Markets, and Sales and Markets groups in Colombia and New York)
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Prior to LCO, Mr. Manotas worked at J.P. Morgan for over 8 years with several roles within the corporate and investment bank. Starting as an analyst based in Colombia, he worked in Corporate Banking working with Bankers in coverage for corporate and financial institutions in Colombia, Central America & the Caribbean. In 2014, Mr. Manotas moved to the Latam Debt Capital Markets group in New York, as an associate he worked in origination and execution of corporate debt transactions for Latam corporate and sovereign issuers from different countries including Colombia, Central America & the Caribbean, Chile, and Argentina. As part of his role in the group he then executed transactions that included international 144A/RegS/SEC Reg. bonds, syndicated loans, and private debt/structured finance transactions for clients in the region. In 2017 Mr. Manotas returned to Bogota and continued his role within the Debt Capital Markets Group. He was also integrated into the Sales & Markets group with the responsibility of covering Colombian corporate clients’ needs in the derivatives and markets space. Mr. Manotas was then promoted to Vice President and expanded his capabilities to executing project finance transactions. He has a degree in law and a degree in business administration from the Universidad de los Andes.
Juan Camilo Rueda
  • Experience:
  • Industrial and Civil Engineer of the Universidad de los Andes currently working as an investment analyst at LCO Capital.
  • Current:
  • Investment Analyst at LCO Capital
  • Past:
  • Investment Analyst at Terranum Desarrollo
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Investment analyst at LCO Capital. Before working at LCO Capital he worked at Terranum Desarrollo, a private equity fund specialized in office and logistics center real estate, where he led the financial and investment development of the biggest asset of the company as well as modelling the assets debt for the refinancing of the debt and bond issuing to diversify the portfolio. He’s a Industrial and Civil Engineer graduate from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia with a Masters in Science in Industrial Engineering with an emphasis on finance.