BTIG founds European fixed income credit division and adds four traders
The London-based division will be led by Michael Carley, who BTIG hired last year as a fixed income managing director in New York

Proskauer promotes eight to partner in credit
Law firm Proskauer has promoted 15 lawyers to partners in its London, New York and Boston offices – including eight who work in credit

Mayer Brown adds leveraged finance partner in Frankfurt
Mayer Brown has appointed Bernina Butt to its banking and finance practice as partner

Credit CIO Finch leaves GLG
Simon Finch has parted ways with Man GLG, according to market sources, ending an 18-month stay at the firm where he served as chief investment officer for credit

NNIP's private debt head moves to private equity job
The team leader for direct lending, loan portfolio financing and non-performing loan securitisations at NN Investment Partners has moved to a senior private equity job at AnaCap Financial Partners

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

Credit funds at a glance
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Kames names replacement as CEO steps down after six years
The UK fund manager has appointed its chief investment officer as interim CEO 

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

Axa IM appoints head of European loans
Axa Investment Managers has promoted a senior portfolio manager to head of European loans

Dechert adds funds partner in Dublin office
Dechert adds official from Maples Group 

Schroders appoints head of sustainable credit
The hire, Schroders anticipates, will "deliver the very best in ESG credit investment solutions for clients"

Deutsche Bank reshuffles European capital markets business
Deutsche Bank has reshuffled its European capital markets business, dividing both its leveraged finance and debt capital markets units by origination and syndication

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

Muzinich seeks Nordic expansion with hire from Legg Mason
The firm has added a newly created role of head of Nordics to develop the firm’s presence in the region across both institutional and wholesale  private and public credit products

Axa IM promotes global head of loans and private debt following Levilain departure
Axa Investment Managers has promoted a new global head of leveraged loans and private debt to fill the vacancy left by Jean-Philippe Levilain, who has left to join CBAM

Nordea AM portfolio manager joins Capital Four
Capital Four Management has appointed Nordea Asset Management portfolio manager Stine Milling Pilegaard as a director in its Copenhagen office

Points up front: Loan deal with 23 takes Griezmann to Barcelona
Soccer financing firm 23 Capital has been adding credit experts to its team and now has a CLO specialist captaining its capital markets effort, with former Guggenheim Securities co-head of ABS/CLO syndication Sreesha Vaman joining last month. The squad already features credit portfolio managers Sam Filer (ex-BMS Finance), David O’Connor (Mizuho) and Ardeshir Sorabjee (Deutsche Bank).

Credit funds at a glance
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

ICG brings in managing director for client-facing role spanning Austria and Germany
ICG has appointed Julia Beinker as managing director to expand the firm’s client base in Austria and Germany

Cambridge University appoints CIO
The University of Cambridge has named a CIO who previously served at instutituions such as the BBC and Virgin  

BlueMountain buyout to bring CLO equity shift, funding pledge and Feldstein payout
BlueMountain Capital Management’s co-founder Andrew Feldstein looks set to receive a substantial pay-out in common shares of Assured Guaranty, which has agreed to buy the manager for around $160 million and has outlined a three-year plan for its CLOs

Mediobanca builds loan and CLO trading team with hire
Mediobanca has made a hire as it looks to grow the loan and CLO trading business in London it established last year 

Goldman Sachs creates sustainable finance group
Goldman Sachs has launched a sustainable finance group, to deliver sustainable growth solutions to the bank’s clients, according to documents seen by Creditflux.  

Dutch development bank creates ESG and impact standing committee
The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) has created a standing committee for impact and environmental, social and governance investing