Founding Partner, Algonquin Capital
Brian D’Costa is a founding partner of Algonquin Capital; a boutique specializing in alternative fixed income. Algonquin Capital manages $500MM of AUM spread across two mandate: The Algonquin Debt Strategies Fund (Offering Memorandum) and Algonquin Fixed Income 2.0 Fund (Alternative Mutual Fund).
Prior to starting Algonquin Capital, Brian was the Global Head of Fixed Income and Rates for CIBC where he was responsible for the bank’s entire bond and rate trading business, overseeing 40 traders globally. Before that, Brian spent 11 years with TD Securities, where he was the Global Head of Vanilla Interest Rate Derivatives, managing trading teams in Toronto, London, Tokyo and Sydney.
Before building a career in trading, Brian spent seven years in the Canadian Armed Forces where he served as a Captain in the Airborne Regiment and participated in a peacekeeping tour in Iraq.
When not in the office, Brian can usually be found in the gym, at a hockey rink or undertaking an ambitious gardening project.