Ropes & Gray announces 33 promotions including finance and hedge fund professionals
Law firm Ropes & Gray has promoted 33 lawyers to counsel of the firm, with the attorneys representing a range of practice groups including finance, investment management, hedge funds and private investment funds

Willis Towers Watson fund exchange hires new US head in New York
Willis Towers Watson’s Asset Management Exchange (AMX), an institutional asset management marketplace, has appointed a new US head

Oak Hill appoints sole head of European credit as ex-partner takes on new role
One of Oak Hill Advisors’ most senior staffers has stepped into a senior advisory role

CEO of Blackstone's hedge fund solution platform steps aside
Blackstone has announced that J Tomilson Hill, president and chief executive officer of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), will be transitioning to a new role as chairman of BAAM

PineBridge appoints high-ranking State Street official as its COO
Global asset manager PineBridge Investments has appointed of Michael Karpik as chief operating officer, according to a statement by the firm

Pacific Life rebrands asset management division and appoints CEO
Pacific Life has announced the rebrand of its asset management business to Pacific Global Asset Management and has appointed Kevin Byrne as chief executive officer

Fund placement specialist returns to Firstavenue as partner
Derek Dietrich rejoins FIRSTavenue as partner, after leaving the firm to start his own placement business 

Former KKR credit strategies head joins Angel Island
Lynette Vanderwarker, who had previously been leading the credit strageies group at KKR, has been appointed chief strategy officer at Angel Island Capital Management

Alcentra hires former BlackRock US loan and CLO chief
Alcentra has announced the appointment of Leland Hart as managing director and head of US loans and high yield

ICG names its first US-based non-executive director
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has announced the appointment of Amy Schioldager as a non-executive director, with effect from 25 January

Investment grade loans specialist joins MUFG in New York
Robert Danziger has joined MUFG to focus on US investment grade loans, according to an announcement by the bank

Angelo Gordon names two new co-CIOs
Angelo Gordon has appointed two new co-chief investment officers, according to a letter seen by Creditflux

ArrowMark's Shaiman to take top role at LSTA
ArrowMark Partners’ Lee Shaiman has been appointed executive director of the LSTA, succeeding Bram Smith

Calpers executive set to leave the pension fund to rejoin Franklin Templeton
Wylie Tollette is leaving his role at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers) to return to Franklin Templeton Investments, with his last day at the pension fund set for 5 January

GSAM loan portfolio manager joins fund giant for high yield role
A long-time loan PM will turn his attention to investing in high yield bonds for a firm with $4.5 trillion under management

KKR promotes recent hire to its European credit business
KKR has revealed a list of promotions across its private credit strategies. They include the promotion of Matthieu Boulanger – who joined KKR only mere three months ago – to partner

California manager drafts in former KKR vice president as CFO
A west coast firm has hired KKR's former vice president of finance. He will step into the role of chief financial officer as well as chief compliance officer

Former IR head at Minnesota alternatives firm re-emerges at Castlelake
An investor relations director who worked at an alternatives manager until April has resurfaced at another alts firm in Minneapolis, Creditflux has learned

CSAM closes unit it launched to take minority stakes in hedge fund managers
Credit Suisse Asset Management is unwinding Anteil Capital Partners, the private equity unit it set up to take minority stakes in hedge fund firms, according to a market source

Wells Fargo rewards CLO veteran with another promotion
Wells Fargo has appointed Mary Katherine DuBose as head of debt capital markets effective immediately

Carlyle's co-founders step down as new leadership team is unveiled
The group names two Co-CEOs and a Co-CIO – but claims its three co-founders will continue to be actively engaged at Carlyle

CVC hires Nomura's head of credit structuring for senior CLO role
CVC has hired a global head of CLO origination to join its New York office

ICG hires to its US marketing team
A few months after hiring a managing director for the western region of the US, ICG now hires for the southern states

Partner leaves Ares's credit group after almost 20 years at the firm
A former fund and CLO portfolio manager, who had spent the last couple of years working in a business development role, has left Ares's Los Angeles offices    

Seasoned credit specialist swaps River Birch for Guggenheim Securities
Guggenheim Securities has poached Jim Seery from credit fund manager River Birch Capital