Muzinich opens shop in Dublin with aid of Irish private debt specialist
Muzinich & Co has opened a new office in Dublin, appointing an Irish private debt specialist from AIB

Saba's former head of Europe lands at large credit hedge fund manager
The former head of Europe for Saba Capital Management has become a London-based credit manager's second major hire in four months

Chinese investment firm pushes into European credit with big hires
A Chinese global investment conglomorate is pushing into the leveraged loans, private debt and high yield space in Europe, and has hired two London-based leveraged finance specialists

CVC Credit appoints chairman as credit CIO steps down
CVC Credit Partners has today announced that Stephen Hickey will be leaving the firm for personal reasons. Joining the firm will be former JP Morgan leveraged finance head Hamish Buckland

Europa hires former Barclays pair as it launches UK real estate debt fund
Europa Capital has launched a UK debt vehicle and appointed two former Barclays specialists as consultants

Axa IM puts money to work in the US as it closes global real estate debt fund
AXA’s real estate investments arm has closed its 10^th commercial real estate senior debt fund after achieving its capped target of €1.5 billion

Schroders debuts its first UK infrastructure debt fund
Schroders has announced the launch of its UK Infrastructure Debt fund, which will target investment from UK pension funds and insurance companies

Direct lender Beechbrook tots up 50th direct lending deal
London-based direct lending fund manager Beechbrook Capital has added two new investments, according to an announcement

Price talk tightens as Citi prepares European manager's first CLO of 2017
Citi is marketing a new European CLO with price talk on the triple As moving to 87-88bp

Former Bain credit specialist joins North Wall as partner
North Wall added former Bain credit specialist Alexander Garnier to its ranks earlier this summer

Update: European CLO league tables
Barclays, the leading arranger of European CLOs this year, has a lead of €530 million at the top of the 2017 league tables (as of the end of August)

Devon pension fund hires two firms and creates £150 million private credit bucket
A Devon pension fund is set to introduce a 3% allocation to the private debt asset class.

Goldman Sachs and KKR private credit funds win Korean investors
Korea Post has decided to commit $200 million to a new mezzanine debt fund from Goldman Sachs and $100 million to KKR Credit’s global mezzanine fund, according to local media reports

High profile CLO trader parts company with Jefferies in London
Market sources say that an experienced CLO trader, credited with being a key part of Jefferies' expansion in CDO trading in 2010, has left his role

Job opportunity with Fair Oaks Capital
Fair Oaks Capital is looking for an investment manager in New York

M&G Investments hires Credit Suisse securitised product finance head
London-based M&G Investments hires well known structured credit specialist Vaibhav Piplapure for investment role including SME loans

Founder looks to take structured credit manager Zais private
Founder Christian Zugel has bid to take Zais Group private, ending its two year stint as a public company

Alcentra prices its sixth European CLO transaction of 2017
The €516.8 million deal pays the tighest triple-A spread following a Euro reset since April

Deutsche Bank plans second CLO for start-up European manager
The bank is expected to arrange a pan-European deal with a par value of between €325 and €400 million

As my grandmother said: ‘pay up for good quality’
Redhedge's Seminara takes our credit quiz

Permira staffs up in direct lending with hires from HIG and Marlborough
Permira Debt Managers has added two new members to its private credit team in London, as it ramps up its recently closed €2.1 billion European direct lending fund

Muzinich taps L&G for UK institutional distribution role
Muzinich has named London-based Simon Males in the newly created role of UK head of institutional business

Essling Capital brings in four-person fund of funds team from Amundi
Paris-based private equity firm Essling Capital has expanded its staff, hiring a four-person fund of funds team from Amundi Private Equity Funds to specialise in private equity and debt

Carlyle wins court case over mortage-backed credit permacap
Carlyle Group wins a long-running court case over a fund known as Carlyle Capital Corporation

Willis Towers Watson blends rare mix of assets for credit fund of funds
New commitments take fund size to $1.8 billion