Dechert hires Fried Frank private credit lawyer
Dechert has hired a private credit and funds formation expert as a partner in the firm's financial services practice group

Private credit veteran returns to Barings
Barings is rebuilding its private credit team with the return of a veteran private credit alumni as a managing director in its global private finance group

Fidelity U-turns on European direct lending strategy as it ditches origination in favour of third-party partnerships
Fidelity International is cutting its direct lending division in Europe, and will instead partner with third parties to offer private credit solutions going forward

BlackRock expands investment grade private credit team
BlackRock has hired a senior executive from Pacific Life to lead the firm’s investment grade private placement platform

Bain Capital hires North American head of special situations from Brookfield
Boston-headquartered Bain Capital has hired a partner and head of special situations in North America, as well as head of corporate special situations in Europe

Investec Bank launches private credit management team
London-headquartered Investec Bank is growing its direct lending platform with the launch of a new private credit management team

Colbeck Capital hires new head of originations
Middle market manager Colbeck Capital Management has hired a new managing director and head of originations

Man Group hires new senior managing director for private credit business
Man Group has hired a New York-based senior managing director to lead the firm's client engagement and strategic efforts in private credit and direct lending

Golub hires from MetLife for new insurance solutions team
Golub Capital has launched a new insurance solutions team, as the firm continues its multi-year plan to build out its investor partners group

Blue Owl brings sovereign wealth fund deputy CIO onboard
Private credit specialist Blue Owl Capital has become the latest direct lender to expand in Australia with a major hire

Antares hires CSAM managing director
Antares Capital has hired a new managing director and global head of product strategy and development from CSAM

Cheyne returns to SRT market with eye-catching hire
Cheyne Capital has re-entered the significant/synthetic risk transfer (SRT) market, bringing on an industry veteran to act as portfolio manager

Schroders Capital adds two senior members to private debt and credit alternatives platform
Schroders has made two senior-level hires following last fall's consolidation of its debt and alternative credit strategies onto a single platform

Paul Hastings hires Shearman & Sterling lawyer as partner in London
Paul Hastings has hired a new partner and restructuring and special situations attorney, the latest in a string of European restructuring hires for the firm  

BlackRock reshuffles European fixed income group leadership
BlackRock is rearranging its European fundamental fixed income group with a new senior-level promotion, as veteran Michael Krautzberger plans his departure

Viking's head of credit leaves the hedge fund amid organizational changes
The head of credit at Viking Global Investors, has left the Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund amid organizational changes, according to an investor letter

DWS head of direct lending departs
Marcus Herbig, head of direct lending at DWS, has left the firm, according to people familiar with the matter

Evolution hires new managing director from JP Morgan
Evolution Credit Partners has added a managing director on the investment team, helping grow the Boston-headquartered firm's working capital finance and leveraged finance businesses

Muzinich hires head of alternative credit solutions and strategy
Muzinich has hired Rehan Virani in the newly-created role of head of alternative credit solutions and strategy as the New York and London-headquartered credit specialist continues to expand its private credit and CLO strategies

Hayfin adds managing director in private credit from BlackRock
London-based Michaela Campbell and will be responsible for leading the private credit team’s portfolio monitoring and risk profile

Akin hires Paul Hastings lawyer for private credit practice
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld continues to expand its special situations and private credit practice with the hire of a new partner in the group

Houlihan Lokey adds new credit MD
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey released news yesterday of a new managing director hired to the firm’s Financial Sponsors Group 

Muni shop expands into leveraged finance with slew of senior hires
Boutique investment bank Middlegate Securities has announced the formation and launch of Middlegate Global Credit, a new leveraged finance division

Monroe Capital expands in Middle East with new hire and Abu Dhabi office
Monroe Capital has hired Waleed Noor as managing director and head of Middle East distribution, as private credit funds continue to target LPs in the region

BlackRock names new head of private credit for India
BlackRock's Maheshwar Nataraj gets a promotion as Dhruva Agarwal departs.