UK pension fund awards Loomis Sayles £485 million for multi-strategy credit
Natixis-affiliate Loomis Sayles has been awarded a £485 million ($647.3 million) mandate by the Avon Pension Fund to manage its multi-asset credit allocation

Cheyne launches new global credit fund
The fund is the latest in the managers investment grade corporate credit strategy. 

Robeco launches short-duration version of its global credit fund
A Rotterdam-based asset manager has launched a short duration form of its global credits strategy

Experienced European credit trader joins Nomura in senior role
A high-profile credit trader has joined Nomura after a brief stint at Citi

BlueBay launches Ucits bond fund
BlueBay Asset Management has launched a new global fixed income fund, with an eye on wealth managers

Former RBS high yield syndication chief resurfaces at Millennium
The former head of RBS's European high yield syndication effort has stepped into a senior role at investment firm Millennium Management.

Vanguard launches global credit fund
Vanguard has launched a global credit bond fund that will invest in fixed income securities, according to documents seen by Creditflux

Barclays buys protection on $1.6 billion global credit portfolio
Barclays has completed a new reg cap trade, according to a recent ratings announcement by DBRS

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

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

Macquarie confirms senior fund specialist appointment
Macquarie has hired former Investec fund finance specialist Steve Berry to head up its Macquarie Specialised Investment Solutions division

Swedish pension fund Alecta invests $100 million in ESG-friendly credit fund
Alecta will invest $100 million in the NN-FMO Emerging Markets Loan fund

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

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

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  

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

ECM to run new €100 million investment grade credit fund
Wells Fargo Asset Management says that it has raised a new investment grade credit fund which will be managed by its ECM Asset Management unit

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

Banco Popular becomes first credit to trigger new-style CDS
Isda’s credit determinations committee ruled on Friday that Spain’s Banco Popular has triggered a “government intervention” credit event on its credit default swaps

Senior European investment grade credit trader exits Citi
The head of investment grade single-name credit trading at Citi has left the bank after just nine months

BNP Paribas takes on two credit traders from Goldman Sachs
BNP Paribas is understood to have hired two credit traders from Goldman Sachs to join its investment grade credit trading team in London

EM specialist Stratton Street launches two Ucits credit funds
London-based emerging markets and sovereign credit specialist Stratton Street Capital has become the latest manager to move into the Ucits credit business