Arcmont hires Dach business development head from Barings
Arcmont Asset Management has appointed a head of Dach (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) business development

CVC brings in BlackRock and Park Square private credit pair as partners
CVC has made two senior appointments to its private credit team, including a co-head of private credit

KKR promotes three in credit team to managing director
KKR has unveiled 26 promotions globally to managing director, including three in credit

PGIM hires senior European lev fin PM
PGIM has hired the former head of European high yield and global loans at Aberdeen Standard Investments

BNP Paribas AM names CIOs for real estate and infra debt
BNP Paribas Asset Management has announced four Paris-based appointments within its private debt and real assets team, including chief investment officers for its real estate debt and infrastructure debt team

Direct lender Scio names three-person advisory board
Scio Capital, a London-based direct lender, has named three people to its newly-founded advisory board

Head of Emea secondary loan trading leaves bank
The head of Emea secondary loan trading at a UK bank is said to have departed at the end of last month

Wriedt’s boutique vehicle eyes rent-to-own strategy
Long-time CLO specialist Oliver Wriedt is pursuing opportunities across a range of sectors as part of his new business, which seeks to make minority equity investments in boutique asset managers

WTW to tackle lack of diversity across investment industry
Progress on diversity across the investment industry is “disappointingly slow”, according to research from Willis Towers Watson

Credit funds at a glance (November 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Apollo appoints head of credit valuations from sell-side
Apollo has appointed a head of credit valuations, as its previous head of credit valuations has transitioned internally to cover private equity valuations

Loomis Sayles snags eight-person European credit team from Kempen
Loomis Sayles & Company has added an eightperson European credit team from Kempen Capital Management

Pemberton hires from Alcentra in bid to boost North American investor base
Pemberton has appointed a former Alcentra official to the newly created role as managing director for North American business development, as it seeks to expand its US and Canadian investor base

Squarepoint adds former bank credit trading head in London
Squarepoint Capital, a cross-asset fund manager that uses systematic and quantitative strategies, has hired a former global credit trading head at Societe Generale to lead fixed income, currencies and commodities alpha capture

Former Brevan Howard PM rejoins and brings macro funds with him
The chief investment officer of Cove Capital is returning to Brevan Howard four years after leaving the firm.

New credit hedge fund manager hires from Man GLG in London
A start-up credit fund manager has added to its ranks by hiring a portfolio manager

Syz hires former Brigade official as it pushes into litigation finance
Syz Capital has appointed a head of special situations and uncorrelated strategies, as part of the firm’s push into litigation finance

Credit funds at a glance (October 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Former GoldenTree high-flyers launch structured credit firm in Los Angeles
A former GoldenTree senior portfolio manager and business development specialist have launched an asset manager that will invest across an array of structured credit, including CLOs, synthetics and private transactions

BlueBay hires former Marathon European CIO for special situations unit
BlueBay Asset Management has poached an official from Blantyre Capital to take on the newly created role

Voya loan co-head Norman set to retire
Dan Norman is set to leave Voya Investment Management, where he co-heads the senior loan team, at the end of the year

Hayfin partner lands at Ares in London
Ares Management has appointed a former Hayfin official as managing director in the firm’s credit group, focused on alternative credit investments

Kartesia makes several European direct lending hires
Direct lender Kartesia has made several hires to its team in London, Luexmbourg, Madrid and Paris

Morgan Stanley expands index tranche trading with London hire
Morgan Stanley has added to its index tranche trading prowess by hiring a London-based market maker for the asset class as well as credit options

Vontobel hires ex-Pictet bond manager as head of fixed income boutique
Vontobel Asset Management has announced the appointment of an ex-Pictet bond manager as head of its $25 billion fixed income boutique