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

CDPQ joins the private credit rush with senior hire in New York
O Canada - you're quickly becoming home of the private credit market. We list the key people flows over the last two years as pension funds in North America become ingrained in private credit

Fast-growing private credit firm Northleaf brings in senior advisor
Northleaf Capital Partners has announced that Robert Weiss has joined as a senior advisor for its private credit team

Carlyle poaches credit specialist from HPS in New York
Carlyle Group is continuing to pump resources into credit with the firm announcing that it has hired a head of credit opportunities based in New York

Fundraising specialist joins Antares in Chicago
Antares Capital has announced that Greg Lawton has joined its team as a managing director in a capital-raising role

Bank of Ireland promotes loan syndications head after recent departure
Bank of Ireland has promoted an 11-year veteran after losing its head of leveraged acquisition finance to Bridgepoint recently

Direct lender Kartesia hires from JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs
Direct lender Kartesia has announced that it has hired two associates in London and an analyst for its office in Brussels

Onex raises capital for new direct lending strategy
Onex Credit is making rapid progress in raising its inaugural direct lending fund, after hiring Goldman Sachs's Walt Jackson to set up this business in 2016

Avenue loses another key European credit portfolio manager
An experienced credit PM has left Avenue to join a $2.3 billion fund manager in a new role