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An
alternative credit partner

London Office

Sona Asset Management is a European credit asset manager, and widely regarded as leveraged finance experts throughout Europe. The company was founded in 2016 by John Aylward, following his two decades of experience in some of the most established sell-side and buy-side global enterprises. Sona’s highly experienced portfolio managers specialise in investing across the credit spectrum with a primary focus on European markets. The firm seeks to generate positive, uncorrelated returns in all markets and puts emphasis on capital preservation and outperformance at times of stress.

The longevity and success of Sona is centered around the simple principle of delivering long-term value to all clients and strategic partnerships. Through consistent results, assets under management have grown to over $13.9 billion. Our investor base spans across public and corporate pensions, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and family offices. Sona’s footprint includes offices in London, New York and Hong Kong.

Sona at a glance

$13.9 billion
Assets under management
135
Employees
19 years
Average senior investment team experience
9 year
Track record
4
Complimentary strategies

Our values

We are entrepreneurial, open and collaborative

Sona’s culture is built upon team collaboration, sharing knowledge across sectors, regions and instruments. It is crucial to understand that we operate as one team and not as pods or silos.

We align our areas of interest to have certain dedicated eyes on each area, combined with overarching management by all senior executives.

At Sona we are proud to be entrepreneurial and ambitious, seeking to combine and extrapolate our skillsets across the credit spectrum in private and public markets, as to generate outperformance when the right opportunities are presented.

In Irish, the word ‘Sona’ can be translated into the meaning of positivity, happiness, and good fortune.