Whitehorse expands mid-market team with hire from THL
Whitehorse Capital, the credit arm of HIG Capital, has added to its direct lending team by hiring a Los Angeles-based principal from THL Credit

Insurance-affiliated manager hires from Pemberton for direct lending push
An asset manager with access to insurance company capital has hired the former UK & Ireland head of origination from Pemberton Asset Management

Canadian pension giant makes big hire for new European direct lending unit
Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ) has made its move into European direct lending

Carlyle taps former Davidson Kempner credit specialist as managing director
Carlyle Group has hired a new managing director on its credit opportunities team

Direct lender Metropolitan names president in newly created role
New York-based Metropolitan Partners Group Management has appointed a president, naming John Ioannou in the newly created role

Bridgepoint poaches ING leveraged finance star for new direct lending arm
Bridgepoint has hired an ING leveraged finance specialist to support its push into direct lending, sources say

GoldenTree partner joins Alcentra as co-chief investment officer in London
Vijay Rajguru, a partner at GoldenTree Asset Management, is joining Alcentra as its co-chief investment officer.

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

Muzinich opens shop in Dublin with aid of Irish private debt specialist
Muzinich & Co has opened a new office in Dublin, appointing an Irish private debt specialist from AIB

CVC Credit appoints chairman as credit CIO steps down
CVC Credit Partners has today announced that Stephen Hickey will be leaving the firm for personal reasons. Joining the firm will be former JP Morgan leveraged finance head Hamish Buckland

US manager taps ex-Credit Suisse chiefs to spearhead direct lending unit
The former co-heads of middle-market lending at Credit Suisse are spearheading a new US direct lending business

Carlyle takes another step towards private credit growth with marketing hire
Brett Hinton has joined Carlyle Group in a business development role geared towards private credit

Former Bain credit specialist joins North Wall as partner
North Wall added former Bain credit specialist Alexander Garnier to its ranks earlier this summer

Golub adds to mid market credit team in Chicago
Golub Capital has made a new hire for its middle market lending team in recent weeks

M&G Investments hires Credit Suisse securitised product finance head
London-based M&G Investments hires well known structured credit specialist Vaibhav Piplapure for investment role including SME loans

Direct lending fund manager Beechbrook hires for Manchester office
Jon Petty joins Beechbrook as an associate director from Deloitte

PineBridge brings in BDCA team to start a new direct lending business
PineBridge Investments has hired a three-person team to launch a new direct lending business in New York

Thoma Bravo adds partner to signal push into private credit
A US middle-market lending specialist who has helped one PE firm establish a credit management business is looking to do it again, this time at Thoma Bravo

Investec hires to its UK mid-market lending team
James Goût has joined Investec’s middle-market lending team in London after leaving Barclays

Medley adds managing director to its fundraising team
A marketing official who previously worked at Oak Hill Advisors has landed at Medley Management’s San Francisco offices

Twin Brook follows up new direct lending fund by bringing in portfolio manager
Portfolio manager Timothy Schifer has left Madison Capital Funding to join Angelo Gordon’s middle-market lending team, which recently closed its second direct lending fund

Former co-head of Rothschild Asset Management to run new Alcentra fund
The new credit interval fund run by Alcentra will be led by Michael Tamasco, according to an announcement.

Monroe moves into special situations credit after hiring from Melody
US middle-market lender Monroe Capital is expanding into special situations credit

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

Pemberton promotes new hire to fill UK origination gap, reports Debtwire
Debtwire has reported that a loan origination partner has left London-based direct lending manager Pemberton and plans to join a family office within the next few months