Ropes & Gray adds two global finance partners in New York
The law firm has poached two partners from Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Managers have leeway even after triggering key person event, finds Ropes & Gray
Almost all credit managers offer protection to investors that key employees will continue to manage the fund’s assets throughout its life, with 95% credit funds containing such "key person clauses". But that does not mean managers have their hands completely tied

Wells Fargo AM makes senior marketing hire
Wells Fargo Asset Management has appointed Kelly Vives as head of marketing, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

KKR bolsters global impact team
Investment firm KKR has appointed two senior professionals within its global impact team, as it looks to strengthen its geographic reach and local impact  

Highland co-founder Okada to leave the firm
Mark Okada, co-founder of Dallas-based Highland Capital Management, will retire at the end of the year

SMBC hires bank's head of US loan trading
Leveraged loan trader Ed Schuhmann has moved to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Franklin Templeton reorganises long-short credit fund team
Asset manager Franklin Templeton Investments will make changes to the portfolio managers for the Franklin K2 Long Short Credit funds, effective from October

Black Diamond hires veteran distressed debt specialist
Black Diamond Capital Management has appointed a senior ex-BlueMountain distressed debt specialist to its team in Greenwich, Connecticut

MacKay Shields integrates CVP's loan team while spinning out distressed debt
MacKay Shields has spun out the distressed debt business of Credit Value Partners and focus resources on CVP’s leveraged loan platform

Wells Fargo AM makes big credit hire to co-head its private strategies team
Wells Fargo Asset Management has appointed Vincent Lu to co-head the firm’s private strategies, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

Ex-Jefferies high yield sales and trading head lands at Imperial
He will be responsible for managing and expanding the firm’s global fixed income sales, trading and research business

Investcorp appoints co-head of US credit as mid-market acquisition closes
The new hire will join Jim Feeley, who was appointed as co-head earlier this year following the retirement of John Fraser

Last of GSO's co-founders departs
It's the end of an era as GSO Capital Partners co-founder Bennett Goodman (the 'G' in GSO) will step down from the firm at the end of the year 

Oaktree BDC appoints CLO specialist as CEO and CIO
Oaktree Speciality Lending Corporation has appointed its new chief executive officer and chief investment officer, following the resignation of the incumbent CEO and CIO Edgar Lee

Large US direct lender eyes expansion into Europe, reports Debtwire
One of the largest investors in the US middle market is planning to expand into Europe, according to Creditflux’s sister publication Debtwire

Job opportunity with ArrowMark: research analyst
ArrowMark Partners has released details of a vacancy in its Denver office

Connecticut $36 billion pension hires first chief risk officer
The Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds has hired its first-ever chief risk officer

Brightwood adds ex-Prudential origination specialist to Los Angeles office
Brightwood Capital Advisors has appointed a managing director on its investments team in California 

Ares appoints Atalaya founding partner to co-head alternative credit unit
He will serve as co-head of Ares' $4 billion alternative credit unit alongside Keith Ashton 

Pennsylvania SERS appoints acting CIO
The $29 billion Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) has appointed deputy chief investment officer James Nolan as acting chief investment officer, effective from this weekend

Job opportunities with First Eagle: loan analysts
First Eagle Investment Management has released details of two vacancies in its loans team in Boston

BlueMountain lands senior credit trader in New York
BlueMountain has hired an experienced trader in New York to cover credit and special situations

US loan veteran MacLean to retire from Pimco
Pimco loan portfolio manager Beth MacLean will be retiring from the firm in March, a spokesperson for the company firms

Job opportunity with First Eagle: loan trading
First Eagle Investment Management s looking to hire a loan trader in Boston

Churchill adds Twin Brook official to its Chicago office
Churchill Asset Management has appointed a former Twin Brook official to its capital markets and syndication team