Cade Vinyard

Cade Vinyard is a Portfolio Manager at Fifth Lane Capital, LP, based in Austin, Texas, where he oversees multiple discretionary investment strategies focused primarily on exploiting company-specific corporate actions and events to generate high risk-adjusted returns. His daily responsibilities include managing equity portfolios that leverage event-driven and special situations approaches, identifying and capitalizing on market inefficiencies arising from corporate developments such as mergers, acquisitions, and other transformational events.

Vinyard's sector expertise centers on short-term, event-driven equity trading, with a strong emphasis on merger arbitrage, special situations, and company-specific catalysts. Prior to joining Fifth Lane Capital, he gained significant trading experience at Kershner Trading Group in Austin, where he trained under firm founder Cavan Copeland and built expertise in high-velocity, discretionary equity strategies.

He holds a BBA in Finance and Economics from Texas Tech University, Rawls College of Business. Widely recognized for his trading acumen, Vinyard has contributed to building successful absolute return strategies and is regarded as a leading professional in the hedge fund industry, having managed significant capital allocations and helped grow Fifth Lane Capital’s profile in event-driven investing.