Booster mandates leave unvaccinated further in the cold
US credit asset managers are starting to make coronavirus vaccination boosters part of their recruitment policy requirements, sources say.

Barclays seeks head of SRT risk
Barclays is looking to hire a head of SRT risk for its wholesale credit portfolio, having established a credit risk transfer programme under the Colonnade branding 

Apollo hires ex-JP Morgan CLO co-head to lead new Apac credit business
Apollo Global Management has hired three from Commonwealth Bank to lead the fim’s Asia Pacific credit business

Ares expands into European real estate debt with Carlyle hire
Ares has expanded its presence in European real estate debt with the appointment of former Carlyle official as partner and head of the real estate debt team

Allianz GI launches private markets impact unit
The private markets impact unit combines existing equity and debt investing specialisations with a newly created impact measurement and management capability

NEPC adds CLO specialist to research team in Boston
The ex-Gapstow official will focus on public and liquid strategies in NEPC's credit and multi-asset group

Goldman Sachs MD joins buy side in private credit role
An experienced leveraged finance banker is taking his first buy-side role at a large European direct lender 

Robeco adds Asia fixed income head and builds team ahead of strategy launch
Robeco has made a senior hire with a focus on credit and sustainability as it moves staff from Rotterdam in preparation to launch a new fixed income strategy

Natixis hires head of leverage finance syndication in New York
Natixis has hired a managing director to head up its leveraged finance syndication

Värde promotes three credit specialists to partner
Värde Partners has promoted Jim Dunbar, Aneek Mamik and Carlos Sanz Esteve to partner

Pemberton hires former BlackRock official for new Dubai office
Pemberton has become the latest credit manager to expand its presence in the middle east with a new Dubai office

Former CIFC European CIO moves on from CLOs as he joins Man
Man Group has hired CIFC's former European chief investment officer alongside a Swiss Re official to launch a new capital assets solution unit

TwentyFour promotes US credit head to partner
TwentyFour Asset Management has promoted its head of US credit to partner, effective in the early part of this year

Ares launches new IG private credit strategy with senior hire
Ares Management has bolstered its credit capabilities by adding a new investment grade private credit strategy and hiring a managing director

MUFG hires IG credit sales head from Credit Suisse
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has hired a managing director to head investment grade credit sales

Napier Park promotes two senior employees to partner
Napier Park Global Capital has named two members of its team as partners

RBC hires head of European loan trading from NatWest
RBC Capital Markets has built out its leveraged finance and financial sponsors banking business in Europe to capture “the shift of capital from the public to the private realm and win mandates on increasingly larger, marquee transactions”

Investcorp hires senior official to lead new Los Angeles office
The firm has expanded its US presence in the west coast and has hired a senior official responsible for growing investor relationships in the region

Loomis Sayles builds private credit unit and starts by hiring Securian duo
Loomis Sayles has launched a private credit unit and has hired two from Securian Asset Management to lead the business

Hayfin dilutes structured credit unit as senior pair launch their own business
Hayfin Capital Management is pulling back from structured credit with the head of this business and a portfolio manager leaving to launch their own business

Blue Owl hires BlackRock veteran for private wealth role
Blue Owl Capital has hired a managing director and head of North American distribution from BlackRock

Credit funds at a glance (January 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

BlueBay adds CLO specialist and structured credit PM
BlueBay Asset Management has made two senior hires to its structured credit team in New York

TwentyFour names new CEO as Holman steps down
Mark Holman, who has been TwentyFour Asset Management’s chief executive officer since the firm's launch, will step down from the position in January with another founding partner named as his successor

Muzinich adds UK and Ireland institutional sales head
Muzinich & Co has hired a head institutional sales for the UK and Ireland