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Why Channel and Why Now?

Channel Investment Partners (“Channel”) leverages years of experience and industry insights to refocus asset management. We focus on key aspects such as expenses, incentives, corporate structure, leadership, and fiduciary responsibilities to help clients achieve their financial goals.

Instead of reinventing the asset management industry, we believe the future lies in returning to the basics: putting clients first and driving results. Our approach creates a direct path from goals to actions and outcomes.

Over the years, we’ve seen how inefficient corporate structures hinder client success. Specialization has led to reduced value analysis and misallocated capital. Time spent in meetings that lack clear action steps prevents progress, while over-management by non-revenue generating leaders stifles risk-taking and innovation among valuable team members. Often, the goals of asset gathering do not align with clients’ performance needs.

At Channel, we embrace a leaner, more efficient corporate structure, using technology to streamline operations. Large firms, hindered by legacy systems and specialized skills, often struggle with decision-making and adaptability, especially in times of business disruption. In contrast, we prioritize flexibility and efficiency.

As a boutique fixed-income investment firm, we are a partnership of generalists with diverse skills. Our Portfolio Managers combine strong trading expertise with insights from both internal and external Credit Research Analysts to identify relative value. Our Client Relationship Managers act as liaisons, offering tailored solutions rather than simply pushing products.

Channel’s success stems from a client-focused approach, a lean expense structure, aligned incentives, a flat organizational hierarchy, experienced professionals, and strong leadership. Above all, we remain committed to one core principle: the client comes first.

Experience

Relationships

Alignment

Accountability

Speed of Execution

Discipline

Communication

Leadership

M. Matthew Duch | Managing Partner and CIO

Matthew Duch is the founder of Channel Investment Partners (“Channel”), established in 2019 and registered with the SEC in April 2020. The firm’s flagship fund, Channel Income Fund, received LSEG Lipper Fund Awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024 for its top performance. From 2016 to 2023, Mr. Duch managed private investments through Duch Capital Management LLC.

Previously, from 2006 to 2016, Mr. Duch served as Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at Calvert Investment Management in Bethesda, MD. As Lead and Co-Portfolio Manager, he focused on portfolio construction, credit analysis, and trading, achieving performance that was among the top in respective fund categories. He also won Lipper Fund Awards in 2008 and 2013. During his tenure, assets under management nearly doubled from $5 billion to $9 billion. His expertise spanned investment grade, high yield, distressed corporate debt, leveraged loans, taxable municipals, and treasuries, across various interest rate strategies.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Duch was a Trader/Sector Manager at Deutsche Asset Management (now DWS) in New York City from 2002 to 2005, focused on the REIT/Healthcare/Pharmaceutical sectors and trading over $27 billion in investment-grade and high-yield credit. As a sector manager, he helped manage an $850 million credit portfolio that consistently outperformed the Lehman U.S. Credit Index. From 1998 to 2002, he worked at Zurich Scudder Investments in Chicago, holding roles such as Assistant Portfolio Manager/Trader, focusing on portfolio risk analytics and relative value ideas.

Mr. Duch holds a BA Economics from Butler University.

 

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