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

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