Former GSO structured credit buyer looks to expand new firm
A new structured asset management firm is looking to staff up in the wake of securing its first mandate

Eiffel long-short fund joins Creditflux listing
Eiffel Credit Opportunities fund has been added to the Creditflux credit hedge funds table under the relative value category

Ex-trading head nabs Deutsche Bank directors
A former Deutsche Bank senior official brings in former colleagues as start-up takes shape

Catalyst-driven high yield team joins London manager
A London-based credit asset manager has made a major push into a new area of credit with the hire of two portfolio managers who specialise in event-driven high yield strategies

Madeleine Albright’s firm hires distressed debt specialist
The hedge fund set up by Bill Clinton’s secretary of state hires a distressed credit specialist

Oil trading giant hires for push into credit
A group of former sell-side traders are joining forces with a commodity specialist to launch a unique credit strategy

Brazilian bank pushes into European credit
A Brazilian wealth management specialist has hired a team of sell-side credit prop traders

Caxton-linked credit manager builds its profile
Investor interest is building around Lucidus Capital Partners’ expansion in credit following word that the new manager has grown its G2 fund with a significant influx of external money

Distressed debt specialist turns to Africa
A former Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch fixed income special situations banker has founded a fund manager that targets structured investments in Africa

Sun rises on credit team
Former BlackRock managing director and portfolio manager Andrew Yorks is teaming up with a boutique investment bank to launch a credit fund business

Ex-prop team goes live with new credit hedge fund
A new credit hedge fund manager set up by JP Morgan’s former head of credit prop trading will open its fund to outside investors this month

Credit specialists team up to launch multi-strategy fund
An ex-Credaris trading trader is joining forces with a former and another fund management specialist to launch a new credit hedge fund