Silver Point Capital

{{Short description|Connecticut-based hedge fund}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Silver Point Capital

| logo = File:Silver_Point_Capital_Logo.svg

| logo_size =

| logo_alt =

| logo_caption =

| industry = Hedge fund

| founded = {{Start date and age|2002}}

| founders = {{plainlist|style=text-indent:-1em; margin-left:1em;|

• • Robert J. O’Shea
• • Edward A. Mulé}}

| hq_location =

| hq_location_city = Greenwich, Connecticut

| hq_location_country=

| num_locations =

| num_locations_year =

| area_served =

| key_people =

| products =

| brands =

| production =

| production_year =

| services =

| revenue =

| revenue_year =

| operating_income =

| aum = US$24 billion (June 2023)

| assets =

| assets_year =

| equity =

| equity_year =

| owner =

| members =

| members_year =

| num_employees =

| num_employees_year =

| parent =

| divisions =

| subsid =

| module =

| ratio =

| rating =

| website = {{URL|https://www.silverpointcapital.com/}}

| footnotes =

}}

Silver Point Capital is a Greenwich, Connecticut-based hedge fund that focuses on credit and special situations investments.{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Jenny|title=Hedge Funds Draw Insider Scrutiny|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/business/16hedge.html|accessdate=22 January 2020|agency=The New York Times Company|issue=Business|work=New York Times|date=1 October 2006|location=United States|language=English|url-access=limited}}

It was founded in 2002 by former Goldman Sachs partners Edward A. Mulé and Robert J. O’Shea. Mulé headed or co-headed Goldman's Special Situations Investing Business from 1999 to 2001. O'Shea founded and headed Goldman's Global Bank Loan Business, and headed Goldman's Global High Yield Business. Together, they created and led Goldman's distressed debt and special situation lending businesses before leaving to create Silver Point.{{cite web|url=http://www.hedgefundletters.com/category/silver-point-capital/ |title=Silver Point Capital – Hedge Fund Letters |publisher=Hedgefundletters.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-21}}{{cite web|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/the-goldman-sachs-diaspora/ |title=The Goldman Sachs Diaspora |publisher=DealBook - A Financial News Service of The New York Times |date=2011-05-16 |accessdate= }}

In 2014, Silver Point ranked No. 1 overall in Institutional Investor's annual Hedge Fund Report Card survey. The fund received the highest scores out of all hedge funds across Alpha Generation, Alignment of Interests, and Transparency. In 2021, the company reported to manage approximately $20 billion in assets.{{Cite web|last=L.P|first=Metropolitan Gaming Limited; Silver Point Capital|title=Metropolitan Gaming Announces Completion of Acquisition of Caesars UK and Africa Assets|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/metropolitan-gaming-announces-completion-of-acquisition-of-caesars-uk-and-africa-assets-301348409.html|access-date=2021-08-05|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}