Structured credit specialist joins Danish pension fund as its CIO
A Copenhagen-based institution has brought in a structured credit pro fro Sampension to oversee its investment portfolio. Going forward, illiquid credit, including commercial real estate debt, is expected to feature more prominently in the pension fund's portfolio

Head of credit earns promotion in reshuffle at Kames
Head of credit Stephen Snowdon and senior fixed income specialist Adrian Hull have been promoted to co-heads of fixed income at Kames Capital

Macquarie hire signals push into European credit fund financing
Macquarie has signalled a push into credit fund financing in Europe by hiring a senior official involved in this activity 

Reg cap trades spawn a secondary market, but not as we know it
It’s small, and at its early stages, but a secondary market is emerging for risk transfer deals

Time-saving hedge fund platforms stop opportunities evaporating
Lengthy commitment periods and drawn-out negotiations between institutional investors and fund managers could be a thing of the past thanks to a wave of multi-manager hedge fund platforms

Creditflux parent rebrands as Acuris
Creditflux’s parent company gained a new name last month, with Mergermarket Group relaunching as Acuris

Fund platform AMX eyeballs credit funds
Willis Towers Watson’s hedge fund platform has grown to $1.5 billion – and there is space for credit managers  

Cheyne hires former BlueBay official Robertson to lead new credit unit
Cheyne is targeting below investment grade credit and has hired the former global head of leveraged finance at BlueBay to lead a newly-assembled team of three

Axa IM global loan fund tops €1 billion in AUM
Axa Investment Managers has announced that its Axa IM Loan Fund has hit €1 billion in size.

SEB appoints head of loan syndication in London
SEB has made another change to its loans divison

20-year Citi veteran earns promotion to head of European credit trading
Citi’s global head of distressed debt has been promoted to head of credit trading for Europe, the middle east and Africa, officials at the bank have confirmed

SEB promotes leveraged finance official in Frankfurt
SEB says that leveraged finance specialist Stuart Hewer has been appointed as its new head of acquisition finance

Ares brings in leveraged finance specialist Higgins as partner in credit group
The former global head of long-only credit strategies at BlueBay Asset Management has resurfaced at Ares Management in London

Bank of Ireland promotes loan syndications head after recent departure
Bank of Ireland has promoted an 11-year veteran after losing its head of leveraged acquisition finance to Bridgepoint recently

GoldenTree squares up for huge credit interval fund launch
GoldenTree Asset Management has partnered with a retail distribution giant on the latest example of a credit interval fund, according to SEC filings

Citi adds to high yield sales team in London
Citi has announced that it has hired high yield sales specialist Richard Caldwell in London

Loan total return swaps make their way to Europe following US success
Total return swaps have become a popular way to finance portfolios of US leveraged loans in recent years. And now the product may be about to make it big in Europe too.

PGIM takes top spot as credit market celebrates
PGIM was the big winner at the Creditflux Manager Awards dinner on 3 May after scooping up the coveted manager of the year award

Credit fund manager snaps up BlueMountain's CEO for Europe
BlueMountain has announced leadership changes following the departure of Nicholas Pappas - with sources informing Creditflux that he has signed up with another large fund manager as head of credit

Euro loan managers breathe easy as ECB adopts US-style lending guidelines
The ECB has, to some extent, relented and provided loan market participants with a greater degree of flexibility after this morning posting the final guidance for leveraged lending in Europe

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

JP Morgan loses another leveraged finance specialist to the buy side
Reuters is reporting that a levfin specialist is leaving JP Morgan in London to take up a managing director-level role at a large global credit hedge fund manager

BNP Paribas moves quickly to restaff London high yield trading business
BNP Paribas has moved quickly to restaff its European high yield trading desk, making two new senior hires for the business last week

ECB's crackdown on leveraged lending clears the way for direct lenders
Regulator's plans to limit debt to ebitda ratios in loan transactions could drive traffic out of the capital markets and towards lending funds