BNP Paribas Asset Management hires SME lending head
BNP Paribas Asset Management has announced that it has hired Ardian’s former head of US private debt as part of a new private debt and real assets investment group

Park Square adds staff in direct lending and names new partners
European mid-market credit specialist Park Square Capital has announced that it has made two hires while also promoting three of its existing staff to the rank of partner

Manulife’s Hancock adds six to fast-growing mid-market team
Manulife unit Hancock Capital Management has announced six further hires for its leveraged loan team in Chicago

Direct lending hopeful Advent appoints chief of staff
$9 billion asset manager Advent has brought in a chief of staff and strategy

Bridgepoint makes high profile hire for push into credit
Private equity firm Bridgepoint has hired a long-serving head of acquisition finance, Debtwire reports

Direct lender Pemberton hires former RBS debt syndicate head
European direct lending specialist Pemberton has announced that it has hired former RBS gobal debt syndicate head Eric Capp as a partner

Advisor Marlborough hires ex-Lloyds private debt specialist
Debt advisor Marlborough Partners has announced that it has hired Aubrey Simpson-Orlebar, the former head of Lloyds Bank’s debt private placements team

Credit manager ICG hires west coast marketer
London-based credit manager Intermediate Capital Group has announced that it has hired a marketing specialist on the US west coast

Direct lenders look to spread their wings and cross the Atlantic
Middle-market lending is becoming a global business amid talks of JVs

Beechbrook heads up north to open Manchester office
Direct lender Beechbrook Capital has opened up a new office in Manchester, according to an announcement this morning

ICG hires Avenue Capital’s Lockhead for direct lending role
Intermediate Capital Group has announced that it has hired Avenue Capital’s Peter Lockhead for its direct lending business in Europe

Muzinich hires from BlackRock to bolster its direct lending team
Muzinich has made another hire to its offices in Frankfurt with the firm announcing that Markus Taubert will be joining from BlackRock in July

JP Morgan credit specialist set to join large credit manager in London
An experienced banker is leaving the leveraged finance desk at JP Morgan ahead of a move to the buy side. He is set to be involved with his new employer's upcoming direct lending fund

Aviva adds two to its infrastructure debt team in London
Aviva Investors has announced two hires to its infrastructure debt platform

Former Apollo CIO quits troubled Fifth Street after four months
Fifth Street Asset Management announced yesterday that it has parted company with a founder partner of Apollo Global Management, brought in late last year as part of a shake-up at the company

Direct lending specialist tipped to join Permira in London
Market sources have told Creditflux that an experienced direct lender has left a large credit manager ahead of a move to Permira Debt Managers

London-based direct lender swoops for RBS distressed specialist
Former special situations group trader joins a fast-growing direct lender as portfolio manager 

New York credit manager Advent starts hunt for direct lending team
It's very much the season for middle-market lending with Advent Capital Management looking to hire a team for a push into the US direct lending market, according to officials at the New York-based asset manager