BlueMountain appoints director of research in New York
Alternative credit specialist BlueMountain Capital Management has announced that Michael Mouboussin is joining the firm in the newly-created role of director of research in New York

Eaton Vance targets global credit with new Ucits fund
Eaton Vance Management has announced the launch of Global High Yield Bond Fund

Highland shelves plans for format switch as interval funds gather pace
Instead of converting a mutual fund into an interval fund, Highland is looking to launch an interval fund - viewed as a investor-friendly alternative to BDCs - from scratch 

Investing ethically is worth it
Managers could see less volatile returns as a result of their increasing adoption of ESG-friendly portfolios; meanwhile direct lending is spreading across Europe

Crestline hires as its fund financing business takes off
Crestline Investors has announced that it has completed $450 million in transactions for a niche strategy, which revolves around providing financing solutions to mature private equity-style funds

Past returns: early risk retainers
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported on JP Morgan shutting down its special situations prop trading desk in London

US fashion stores: queueing up to exchange old debt
Fashionably loose covenants are allowing under-pressure retailers to turn expensive unsecured debt into senior notes

How the credit blockchain revolution was lost
It’s Thursday morning a couple of years in the future and smart trading is about to go live

ICG announces retirement of chief executive
Intermediate Capital Group has announced that its chief executive and chief investment officer, Christophe Evain, is set to retire later this year after 23 years with the firm

New York insurer brings in corporate credit portfolio manager
Corporate credit portfolio manager joins insurer after 12 years at PartnersRe

Former CIFC special situations head resurfaces at $30 billion credit manager
CIFC's former head of special situations has joined a $30 billion credit manager which became an independent firm in March 2016, according to market sources.

Former Crescent trading head set to join credit manager in New York
The former head of trading at Crescent Capital is set to start a new broadly syndicated loan role later this month, official sources have confirmed.

Long-short strategy pays off at Brookfield
The ability to go short the credit market has proved valuable to many hedge fund managers recently

Heading tighter into uncertainty
Tightening loan spreads are making the job of a CLO manager harder in both the US and Europe. But credit volatility could be on the horizon

Och-Ziff elevates head of credit to co-CIO role in New York
Och-Ziff Capital Management has appointed a new co-chief investment officer and head of its credit business

Barclays appoints global head of CLOs in reshuffle
A European CLO specialist has been appointed interim head of global CLOs at Barclays. The bank has made several other changes to its London credit desk, according to a memo seen by Creditflux