OUR TEAM

Experience. Discipline. Execution.

The principals at Daylight Financial Partners bring decades of experience in loan trading, program development, portfolio strategy, and institutional execution. We understand what matters most to credit unions: member relationships are the asset, not the transaction.

Leadership

Founder and Managing Partner

Bruce Riddle

Bruce Riddle is Founder and Managing Partner of Daylight Financial Partners and President of Pointe Marketing. He brings more than 40 years of institutional lending experience and has built and led businesses across lending, real estate, and investment management, with a focus on portfolio strategy. Bruce has structured more than $15 billion in whole-loan transactions across consumer and real estate-secured products. He has overseen every stage of the process, from pricing and regulatory strategy through closing. Daylight, an affiliate of Pointe Marketing, partners with credit unions to refinance underperforming solar loan portfolios.

MBA, Corporate Finance, San Diego State University

BS, Finance, California State University, Northridge

bruce@daylightfinancialpartners.com | 805.535.0837

Managing Partner

Nick Johannessen

Nick Johannessen is Managing Partner of Daylight Financial Partners, where he leads whole-loan sales, forward flow programs and institutional relationships. Since 2020, he has executed transactions across auto, powersports, RV and marine, personal unsecured, home improvement, solar, HELOCs, equipment finance, and residential mortgages. His expertise includes structuring, buyer sourcing, pricing, negotiation, diligence, and post-close execution. At Daylight, he leads non-bank originator coverage, bank and credit union balance sheet advisory, and proprietary market intelligence.

BS, Corporate Finance and Investment Analysis, Colorado State University

nick@daylightfinancialpartners.com | 805.602.1446

Director of Marketing & Business Development

Ismael Corpas

Ismael Corpas leads marketing and business development at Daylight Financial Partners. He shapes how the firm tells its story and helps build the relationships behind its whole loan acquisition, loan sale advisory, and specialized programs. Ismael has spent a decade building brands in entertainment and sports media, leading campaigns for major brands and global events with top creatives and executives. He gives clients clear messaging, consistent execution and on-time delivery. An early adopter of generative AI, he uses it to help Daylight present complex financial programs clearly.

BA, Film and Television, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

ismael@daylightfinancialpartners.com | 310.570.6424