Structured credit PM earns promotion as Pimco unveils new managing directors
Structured credit portfolio manager Russell Gannaway is among seven officials to have been promoted to managing director at Pimco

Three credit specialists part ways with Highland
Three officials have left Highland Capital Management in the last few weeks; a CLO trader and two experienced corporate credit researchers

AMP promotes three within infrastructure debt after fundraising success
Global investment manager AMP Capital has promoted three within its UK and US infrastructure debt team, which it says reflects the record growth of its business

EnTrustPermal makes senior hire in bid to expand aviation financing capabilities
New York-based EnTrustPermal becomes the latest asset manager to expand its aviation finance capabilities as it hires veteran aviation investor John Morabito 

Goldman Sachs’ co-president and COO Schwartz to retire
Goldman Sachs has announced that Harvey Schwartz, the group’s president and co-chief operating officer, is retiring and will step down effective 20 April 2018. David Solomon will now serve as sole president and COO

Rockefeller hires ex-Morgan Stanley official as its head of credit
Independent financial firm Rockefeller Capital Management has hired Michael Brakey as head of credit and banking in the firm’s wealth management business

Global law firm appoints credit fund specialist as partner in London
Global law firm Macfarlanes has appointed fund specialist Samuel Brooks to partner within the firm’s investment management team

Two ArrowMark direct lending MDs take their leave
Direct lending specialists Vipul Shah and Michael Novoseller have left ArrowMark Partners after three years at the firm, Creditflux has learned

Putnam hires new alternatives chief from Hutchin Hill in New York
Thomas DeAngelis has joined Putnam’s global institutional management team as director of alternatives, after less than a year at Hutchin Hill Capital in New York

Adams Street names new appointment to board of directors
Chicago-headquartered Adams Street Partners has appointed Matthew Scanlan of Angel Island Capital to its board of directors

Senior managing director parts ways with Antares
Senior managing director Chet Zara has once again parted ways with private debt manager Antares Capital, a spokesperson confirms

Ares Reit reports year-on-year dip in earnings amid leadership change
The Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation has announced a changed in leadership – and has reported mixed results for fourth quarter 2017

SSGA appoints global head of institutional group
State Street Global Advisors has appointed former APAC head Lochiel Crafter as head of its Global Institutional Group. James MacNevin will now take over Crafter's former role 

Mayer Brown appoints securitisation specialist as partner
Global law firm Mayer Brown has appointed James John Antonopoulos as partner in the firm’s Banking and Finance Practice and Structured Finance Group

KKR appoints new independent director
KKR has appointed French technology entrepreneur Xavier Niel to the Board of Directors of KKR Management

Credit specialist poaches Goldman Sach's Eric Muller in New York
Credit specialist Oak Hill Advisors has hired New York-based Eric Muller from Goldman Sachs Group, according to a market source

Connecticut-based middle market lender names vice president
Balance Point Capital has named Adam Sauerteig as vice president and Grant Groher as senior associate, according to a statement yesterday

Cowen brings together credit and equity for its sales and trading platform
Cowen has announced two senior appointments as part of its effort to align its credit and equity trading platforms

CLO manager bids farewell to distressed debt specialist in New York
A principal at Octagon Credit Investors has left the firm after four years, but the company is tight-lipped about the circumstances around the move

UBS O'Connor professional resurfaces in business development role at Context
Hedge fund manager UBS O'Connor has lost Arun Gowda to Context Capital Partners, a seeding firm focused on alternative investment strategies

BlueMountain hires former Pine River credit specialist
BlueMountain Capital Management has hired credit specialist Colin Teichholtz as global governments and agency mortgage-backed securities head

GSAM loses another co-portfolio manager on $4 billion high yield fund
A former managing director has left Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) just months after one of his co-portfolio managers departed the firm, US SEC filings indicate

Charlotte direct lender taps former BAML specialist for chief risk officer role
Capitala Group has hired Peter Sherman as chief risk officer, the North Carolina-based direct lender has announced

Onex investment official earns promotion with move to fund development unit
Long-time Onex employee Tate Abols has been promoted from principal to managing director as part of a new role at the firm

JP Morgan AM establishes high yield municipal bond platform
JP Morgan AM has appointed a managing director and head of high yield municipal bond strategies to establish a high yield municipal bond platform