Ballast Rock enters private credit market with new hire
The Charleston-based investment management firm has hired a private credit portfolio manager

Ares appoints new co-head of European alternative credit
The firm taps Richard Sehayek to serve alongside Stefano Questa

KKR establishes dedicated Middle East investment team
The alternative investment manager has also tapped US General David Petraeus to serve as chairman of the region

Steven Cohen's Point72 makes private credit hires from Linden and Carlyle
EXCLUSIVE: The hedge fund has hired Linden Partners’ co-head of the structured capital fund for the new private credit team, also hired a principal from Carlyle

Bayview launches fund finance unit with new hires from 17Captial and JPMorgan
The asset manager has hired Michael Timms and Colin Doherty to co-head new strategy
   

Pemberton appoints head of European GP, NAV financing origination
Jürgen Breuer previously helped the manager build out its DACH direct lending effort

PGIM Fixed Income poaches Blackstone exec for private ABF effort
The firm is building a dedicated asset-based finance platform

Apollo poaches BlackRock’s head of APAC private credit
The new hire will start at the end of June to lead Apollo’s hybrid private capital efforts in the Asia Pacific region.  

Blackstone hires Goldman alum to head European private credit origination
Dominic Ashcroft previously served as head of leveraged finance for EMEA at Goldman Sachs

Andalusian Credit hires CFO replacement from Hercules Capital
The firm also made a hire to help source deals in the entertainment and media sector

Aurelius Finance hires originator for North of England, UK
The newly created role will originate, structure and execute complex secured-debt deals in the United Kingdom

Moody’s names global head of private credit after Ana Arsov departure
Ana Arsov, who most recently held the position, has left the firm

AIMCo private markets head departs as New York office shutters
The New York office, open for just a year, was established last February to accelerate the growth of the institutional investor’s private credit portfolio and source investments

Former Fortress Partner joins Star Mountain
The new managing director Cohan joins the investment team and will be based on the west coast  

Cresset sells private credit portfolio to StepStone, spins out private investing biz
Cresset’s head of private credit and other members of that team are not joining StepStone and will not be part of the private investing spinout 

Moelis hires from Jefferies for private funds global head
Moelis & Company has nabbed Matt Wesley from Jefferies to lead the private funds advisory business

17Capital hires MD from Barclays to grow NorthAm presence
NAV specialist 17Capital has hired Ari Landsberg as managing director for investments in North America

Antares hires Olga Kosters to head credit secondaries
Antares Capital has hired Olga Kosters to head its credit secondaries business

Oaktree expands asset-based finance team with hires from Atalaya and Goldman
Oaktree Capital Management has increased staff for its asset-backed finance group

Coller Capital sets up Singapore office and hires Peter Wu
Coller Capital set up a Singapore office and made a new hire, in a push to expand in the Asia Pacific

Goldman’s head of private credit’s Olafson jumps to BDT & MSD
BDT & MSD Partners has hired Greg Olafson, formerly global head of private credit at Goldman Sachs’ asset management arm

Goldman Sachs launches capital solutions group for banking clients
Goldman Sachs is combining its financing, origination, structuring and risk management solution activities in global banking, and also named Vivek Bantwal as co-head of global private credit

Ares adds alternative credit co-head in promotion
Ares Management has promoted Kevin Alexander to co-head of alternative credit alongside co-heads Keith Ashton and Joel Holsinger

ICG hires Sixth Street alum Grandjean for pan-European private credit
ICG has hired Pierre Grandjean, who most recently was at Sixth Street in specialty lending, to join its European direct lending team, Senior Debt Partners

Steven Cohen’s Point 72 taps Blackstone veteran to build private credit strategy
Point72 has hired Blackstone's Todd Hirsch as head of private capital to build a new investment strategy focused on private credit