Portrait of Bruce Darringer

Bruce Darringer

Founder, BSD Strategic Advisors

Bruce has spent more than thirty years building, advising, and operating investment firms, as a lawyer, banker, founder, COO, and partner. At BSD Strategic Advisors he brings that experience to founder-led asset managers as they grow.

Alpha Exchange Podcast

Bruce Darringer, in Conversation

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A Career Across the Table

The perspective behind the advice

  1. Lawyer
  2. Banker
  3. Founder
  4. Operator
  5. Partner
  6. AdvisorNow
  1. 2025–Present BSD Strategic Advisors FounderAdvisory to founder-led asset managers on business strategy, people, infrastructure, and transactions
  2. 2003–2024 King Street Capital Management Chief Operating Officer and PartnerFirst Non-Founder Partner ClassGovernance Committees: Management, Investment, Operating, Risk, Conflicts, Brokerage & ESGHelped grow the firm from 13 to 250+ professionals, eight offices, $25B+ AUM; 20+ fund launches
  3. 1999–2003 Goldman, Sachs & Co. Vice PresidentInvestment Banking, Mergers & Strategic Advisory
  4. 1997–1999 Integrity Capital Management Co-Founding Partner, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel$300M quantitative hedge fundWound down following the Asian Financial Crisis and collapse of LTCM
  5. 1994–1997 Cravath, Swaine & Moore Corporate AssociateM&A, high yield underwriting, derivatives
  6. 1991–1994 Harvard Law School J.D., magna cum laudeAuthor, “Swaps, Banks and Capital,” University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Business Law (1995)Teaching Fellow, Securities, Options & Futures, and Corporate Finance
  7. 1987–1991 University of Pennsylvania B.S. in Economics (Finance), B.A. (Psychology), summa cum laudeThe Wharton School and College of Arts & SciencesBenjamin Franklin Scholar Honors Program

Across Functions, Strategies, and Structures

Experience building and managing investment management businesses across functions, asset classes, strategies, and fund structures, with a deep understanding of how each supports investment success.

  1. Risk Management
  2. Capital Raising & Investor Relations
  3. Legal & Compliance
  4. Fund Accounting & Operations
  5. Management Company Finance
  6. Tax
  7. Technology
  8. HR
  1. Distressed & event-driven
  2. Credit (public and private)
  3. CLOs & structured credit
  4. Equities
  5. Private equity
  6. Real estate (credit and equity)
  7. Derivatives (listed and OTC)
  8. Quantitative strategies
  1. Hedge funds
  2. Drawdown funds
  3. Evergreen hybrid funds
  4. ’40 Act (interval funds, BDCs)
  5. UCITS
  6. SPACs
  7. Insurance structures
  8. Separately managed accounts