Natixis rebrands its asset management arm
Natixis has changed the name of its asset management to "better highlight its multi-affiliate business model"

Payday: Investors go for broke on regulatory bet
New regulations could seriously hamper US payday lenders – but bond holders are betting the rules won’t be enacted

Alcentra continues hot fundraising streak with new global credit offering
BNY Mellon subsidiary Alcentra has attracted $140 million for a corporate credit fund

Credit fund manager assumes Brown Shipley role following move to London
Brown Shipley has hired a senior credit fund manager who previously worked at Assenagon Asset Manager’s Munich office, a spokesperson confirms

Carlyle's co-founders step down as new leadership team is unveiled
The group names two Co-CEOs and a Co-CIO – but claims its three co-founders will continue to be actively engaged at Carlyle

Sell-side credit analysts land at Muzinich in London
Muzinich has raided Citi and Deutsche Bank for credit analysts with Richard Smith and Terence Teh joining the firm in London

Alcentra raises €690 million for closed-end credit fund
BNY Mellon subsidiary Alcentra has closed its Clareant Strategic Credit Fund with sales of €690 million. The vehicle, which originally had a target size of €500 million, is dedicated to opportunistic investing in the loans, bonds and structured credit of European companies

Credit funds lawyer becomes seventh to leave Ropes & Gray for rival law firm
Kirkland & Ellis has poached another funds lawyer from Ropes & Gray, naming James Board as the newest partner in its private investment funds team

UBS hires former BAML leveraged finance head in London
UBS has appointed a new managing director to its leveraged loan and high yield bond team. The new hire is a former Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank levereaged finance specialist

Candriam launches €107 million global bond fund
European asset manager Candriam has launched a €107 million total return bond fund that invests in sovereign bonds, corporate credit and currencies across both developed and emerging markets

Debt communications firm Lucid launches trustee business with four hires
London-based debt issuer communications platform Lucid Issuer Services has made four senior hires and launched an agency and trustee services team

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

Points up front: dancing in the street
Romantic Italian credit hedge fund manager woes wife-to-be with flash mob

Kirkland & Ellis poaches credit fund-focused partner from rival law firm
Anand Damodaran is the sixth partner Kirkland & Ellis has hired from Ropes & Gray this month, company announcements reveal. Earlier this month, Kirkland & Ellis hired a five-partner team focusing on investigations and government enforcement.

Institutional investors - does Europe still provide the best opportunities in credit?
Cash or synthetics, CLOs versus CMBS, senior or junior debt? Institutional investors have a variety of ways to approach credit investing and Creditflux's biannual survey of credit allocators aims to determine which market they view as offering compelling returns

Marketing specialist earns promotion at Muzinich with new global role
Muzinich has promoted Josh Hughes to head of global distribution 

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

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

Past returns: drawing crowds is not easy for bond trading platforms
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Spotlight: Local exchange carriers - calling for rescue on the M&A hotline
Growth-starved US phone companies are seeing consolidation as the best way to improve performance

Leading fund: Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes I
Single-B CLO trades boost Lupus Alpha asset Management

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