Private equity giants eye Chinese distressed debt market, says Reuters
Reuters reports that a large number of foreign asset managers are building a presence in China, as the country moves to open its credit market to outside investors.

Imperial makes big hires to emerging market credit platform
Los Angeles-based brokerage Imperial Capital has made several hires to its emerging market team, including the high profile capture of Ross McLaren who ran the emerging market corporate credit desk at Goldman Sachs in New York.

Man GLG hires emerging market credit head in New York
Man GLG has announced that it has taken on Guillermo Ossés as head of emerging market strategies in New York

Emerging market credit team spins out of Black River
Argentem Creek Partners completes spin out from Black River Asset Management 

Aberdeen launches emerging market debt fund
Aberdeen targets local currency emerging market corporate bonds for new fund 

Emerging markets firms branch out into credit, says report
Financial News article points to private equity firms building direct lending arms for emerging markets

BlackRock poaches former Invesco emerging market debt chief
Former Invesco head of emerging market debt takes corporate debt role with BlackRock 

Edelweiss and Sun Global add spice to masala bond strategy
Wealth manager Sun Global Investments has formed a partnership with Indian financial services giant Edelweiss which will give foreign investors access to India's growing corporate bond market.

Bill Gross makes over-sized emerging markets CDS play
Bloomberg is reporting that Bill Gross's Janus Capital Unconstrained Bond Fund had written over $1.7 billion of notional CDS contracts by the end of June

Jefferies scoops up Nomura's Latin American debt team, says Bloomberg
Jefferies has acquired a team of emerging market credit traders from Nomura, according to a Bloomberg report

Aberdeen raises new Indian credit fund
Aberdeen is latest manager to launch emerging markets bond fund 

Neuberger Berman launches first of three Asian debt funds
Fund to focus on Asian hard currency debt with local currency and China fund to follow 

West coast Asia specialist Matthews launches credit Ucits fund
Matthews Asia launches Asian high yield bond Ucits fund 

Perry Capital gets half way out of Argentina
Hedge fund manager sells half its stake in Argentinian bonds 

Emerging market debt has further to fall, conference hears
Delegates at the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) High Yield Bond Conference on Thursday were warned to expect more pain in emerging market debt.