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BNP Paribas trader joins Aberdeen as head of loans
Aberdeen Asset Management has hired a global head of loans in London, according to a Bloomberg report

Morgan Stanley reset slashes funding cost on KKR euro CLO
KKR Credit has priced a reset of its mid-2014 European CLO Avoca CLO XI, according to market sources

Boutique CLO managers boss secondary market
Creditflux analysis shows that, when their total assets are taken into account, small managers' CLOs are more liquid than those of large managers 

Award-winning European CLO set to be refinanced
Fresh from being crowned the best 2.0 European CLO in the market, Dryden 35 Euro CLO is set to be refinanced

Leading CLO market-maker completes big hire in London
An experienced structured credit investor has landed at a bank, which is considered to have one of the leading CLO trading desks in the business

Are you resets in disguise? - CLO specialists analyse new issue volumes
CLO volumes have been boosted by refis, resets and now repacks? Top CLO names analyse CLO formation at the Creditflux Credit Symposium

Beechbrook heads up north to open Manchester office
Direct lender Beechbrook Capital has opened up a new office in Manchester, according to an announcement this morning

Prytania fund registers big gains after transitioning from CLO debt to equity
Prytania Investment Advisors has continued its impressive start to 2017

Former ICG credit head Kershaw takes non-executive role on Aberdeen fund
Well-known credit specialist Dagmar Kent Kershaw has taken up a position as a non-executive director at Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust

Term structures flatten in Europe as Commerzbank prices new CLO
Commerzbank Debt Fund Management has issued a new European CLO, according to market sources

Avenue to call it a day in European direct lending
Avenue Capital Management has pulled the plug on its European direct lending business

Nordic asset manager launches debut private credit fund
A Helsinki-based manager has partnered with MV Credit Partners for its debut direct lending fund

ICG hires Avenue Capital’s Lockhead for direct lending role
Intermediate Capital Group has announced that it has hired Avenue Capital’s Peter Lockhead for its direct lending business in Europe

KKR Credit seeks investor wind-up vote for another euro CLO 1.0
KKR Credit has proposed to wind down a 2006 European CLO, according to an investor notice

Bain makes double hire to its London office
Bain Capital Credit has raided two hedge fund managers for loans and distressed debt talent

GSO aims to refi 2014 European CLO and maintain its vertical strip
GSO has mandated a bank with refinancing a 2014 European CLO in which it took down 5% of each tranche of the deal.

Muzinich hires from BlackRock to bolster its direct lending team
Muzinich has made another hire to its offices in Frankfurt with the firm announcing that Markus Taubert will be joining from BlackRock in July