BlueBay adds distressed specialist to EM credit team
The hire follows BlueBay appointing Mihai Florian in January to develop the firm’s capabilities in illiquid emerging market corporate credit 

Another EM portfolio manager leaves NNIP for William Blair
William Blair Investment Management has hired Johnny Chen as a portfolio manager in SIngapore, in what marks the latest defection from NN Investment Partners' emerging  market debt team to William Blair  

Kartesia hires former Santander official to lead UK senior debt origination
Kartesia has appointed former a Santander official to lead UK senior debt investments 

Dechert adds restructuring partner in London
Dechert has added a former Shearman & Sterling official as a partner in its global financial restructuring practice

LGIM hires ESG head for real assets division
Legal & General Investment Management’s LGIM Real Assets has appointed Sheun Chan as head of environmental, social and corporate governance  

Davidson Kempner hires ex-Barclays convertibles research head
DavidsonKempner, the investment management firm, has hired the former head of European and Asian convertibles research at Barclays to manage convertible bonds in its London office

HIG promotes Scotland to co-head of European special situations
HIG Bayside Capital, the distressed and special situation affiliate of HIG Capital, has promoted Andrew Scotland to co-head the firm’s European special situations debt activities

Alcentra makes big hires from Fosun and Park Square as Delaney-Smith retires
Alcentra’s European direct lending team is going through an overhaul with the co-head of this business, Graeme Delaney-Smith, retiring from the firm and two well known names joining

McCarthy Denning hires special situations and credit trading partner from Jones Day
Law firm McCarthy Denning has appointed a former Jones Day partner to its banking and financing division in London

Pemberton adds managing director and head of Spain
Pemberton, a direct lender, has added a hire from Royal Bank of Scotland to lead Spain investments 

BTIG hires strategist to cover US and European financials
Nandana Shenoy has joined BTIG in New York to work as a strategist covering US and European financials, according to an announcement by the brokerage

Mizuho names raft of European fixed income hires
Mizuho has signalled a push to bolster its European fixed income business with the Japanese bank announcing a raft of hires including jobs in structured credit, emerging market credit and credit sales

Hamilton Lane shakes up European leadership
Private markets manager Hamilton Lane has promoted two of its personnel in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as the $481 billion firm is looking to boost its growth efforts through the region

TPG makes European direct lending hire from Investec
TPG Sixth Street Partners has bolstered its UK and European direct lending opportunities team with a hire from Investec 

Bayside hires distressed specialist to work across London and Hamburg
Bayside Capital has hired distressed debt specialist Florian Kawohl as managing director

Advisory firm starts strategic review after credit specialist join M&G and Pictet
A London-based middle market advisory firm is undergoing a strategic review, according to market sources, shortly after it lost two partners to the buy side

Bfinance hires for senior private markets job
The former deputy chief investment officer and private credit director of the £14.7 billion Local Pensions Partnership joins the private markets division of investment consultant bfinance, following Niels Bodenheim's departure to NN Investment Partners in December

BlueBay adds hire from Schroders to bolster Swiss sales force
BlueBay Asset Management has added a hire from Schroders to deepen the firm’s presence in Switzerland

Schroders appoints deputy head for credit business
Schroders has hired to the newly-created position of deputy head of credit

Alvarez & Marsal establishes European practice with senior hire
Alvarez & Marsal has established a Europe debt advisory practice and appointed ex-Marlborough Partners official Tim Metzgen to spearhead the unit in London

Apollo CLO and CSO specialists earn promotion to partner
Apollo Global Management has promoted two members of its global structured credit team, according to market sources

BlueBay adds senior portfolio manager as it targets EM fund launches
BlueBay Asset Management has hired for a newly created senior portfolio manager job 

ICG hires two for new mid market strategy after raising €1 billion
Intermediate Capital Group has made senior hires to help source deals and invest through a €1 billion middle market fund launched last year

Park Square promotes four after departure of direct lending head
Park Square has announced four promotions to partner, which comes a couple of months after its head of direct lending Howard Sharp parted ways with the firm, as previously reported by Debtwire

Apollo fills gap in European direct lending team with senior hire from Alcentra
Apollo Global Management has filled a void in its European direct lending team by hiring Alcentra’s Natalia Tsitoura, according to market sources