Goldman Sachs launches capital solutions group for banking clients
Goldman Sachs is combining its financing, origination, structuring and risk management solution activities in global banking, and also named Vivek Bantwal as co-head of global private credit

Ares adds alternative credit co-head in promotion
Ares Management has promoted Kevin Alexander to co-head of alternative credit alongside co-heads Keith Ashton and Joel Holsinger

AllianceBernstein hires CLO veteran Spiro for private credit securitization
AllianceBernstein has hired Eileen Spiro, formerly of Shenkman Capital, to oversee private credit, recurring revenue and asset-backed securitizations

ICG hires Sixth Street alum Grandjean for pan-European private credit
ICG has hired Pierre Grandjean, who most recently was at Sixth Street in specialty lending, to join its European direct lending team, Senior Debt Partners

Steven Cohen’s Point 72 taps Blackstone veteran to build private credit strategy
Point72 has hired Blackstone's Todd Hirsch as head of private capital to build a new investment strategy focused on private credit

Ninety One taps Standard Chartered Bank exec to head alternative credit
Ninety One, a global investment manager with almost USD 171bn in assets under management, has appointed Alper Kilic to serve as head of alternative credit

JPMorgan names new CLO leadership team to replace trio of senior departures
The CLO market's biggest arranger has named a new global head as well as other CLO leaders to replace Christine Ferris, Anusha Joly, and Mussie Tizazu

Mayer Brown hires Chris McGarry as it boosts Euro CLO lawyer ranks
CLO and securities lawyer Chris McGarry joins Mayer Brown as partner after almost eight years at White & Case  

Canyon Partners promotes co-head of private credit Kivitz to CIO role
Canyon Partners has tapped co-head of private credit Jeff Kivitz to serve as the firm’s next CIO, replacing outgoing Todd Lemkin

BNP Paribas AM hires from AXA and LFPI to build unitranche strategy
BNP Paribas Asset Management has created a new European direct lending strategy focused on unitranche and junior debt investments with the help of two senior hires

Barings hires Churchill MD for private debt originations
Barings Global Private Finance has hired a managing director from Churchill Asset Management to serve as a managing director for North America Private Credit

John Goldfinch joins Proskauer Rose as part of major recruitment drive
Leading structured finance lawyer John Goldfinch has joined Proskauer Rose after leaving A&O Shearman in September 

PGIM Fixed Income builds large cap direct lending with new hire
PGIM Fixed Income has picked up a former Texas Capital managing director as it builds out its large cap direct lending business 

Reed Smith continues CLO expansion with two new hires
Global law firm Reed Smith has announced the hire of a new partner and counsel for its New York CLO team, continuing the build out there following the hire of Jeff Stern in July

Canyon Partners hires credit product specialist from Varde
Canyon Partners, a global alternative investment manager, has hired a new managing director from Varde to act as lead credit product specialist

HSBC Asset Management launches venture debt strategy with new hire
HSBC Asset Management turned to an SVB Capital veteran for a newly created position, head of innovation credit, to build out a venture lending strategy

Marc Boatwright leaves Post Advisory
CLO veteran Marc Boatwright has left Post Advisory Group where he was helping to spearhead the firm’s CLO and private fund efforts

JPMorgan fights back after raft of shock departures
The news that JPMorgan had lost three of its most senior bankers sent shockwaves through the CLO world. But in the weeks since, JPMorgan has been fighting to hold the fort with some success.

Portfolio manager moves to CIFC from AlbaCore
A London-based CLO PM has begun a new role in CIFC’s European credit team after five years at AlbaCore Capital

Barings adds two private credit MDs for North America
Barings Global Private Finance has hired two managing directors, Brian Polomsky and Doug Koch, for its North America Private Credit team from Principal Asset Management

Freshfields appoints global co-head of private credit and capital solutions
Law firm Freshfields has hired three lawyers in London, including Paul Stewart, who will serve as global co-head of private credit and capital solutions

Katten hires New York private credit partner from Weil
Law firm Katten has hired Maximilien Pucci-Sisti Maisonrouge for its private credit practice as a partner in New York

Panagram CLO team leaves to launch new PE-backed credit fund
John Kim has resurfaced to launch a new credit manager, and has taken his old team from Panagram with him

AlbaCore’s new hire Luke Gillam sees space for smaller private credit managers in Europe
Gillam, who started this week at AlbaCore as its new head of senior direct lending, spoke to us about the opportunities for smaller managers in European direct lending

Mayer Brown taps King & Spalding partner to head New York private credit
Law firm Mayer Brown has hired Sheel Patel to lead the firm’s private credit practice in New York