CLO-savvy insurance company hires two for top credit investment roles
An insurance company, which has made a name for itself in supporting CLO managers with risk retention capital, has made a pair of big hires to its credit investment business

Former Credit Suisse managing director joins Blueprint as partner
Blueprint Capital Advisors has added John McAvoy as a partner to its team in New York

Job opportunity with Z Capital
Z Capital Credit Partners is seeking a credit associate to join its New York team

GoldenTree partner joins Alcentra as co-chief investment officer in London
Vijay Rajguru, a partner at GoldenTree Asset Management, is joining Alcentra as its co-chief investment officer.

Magnetar poaches former KKR private credit specialist
Alternative asset manager Magnetar Capital has hired private credit specialist Erik Falk from private equity firm Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co

MetLife portfolio manager leaves for AllianzGI in New York
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has poached portfolio manager Mona Mahajan from rival MetLife Investment Management

Marketing specialist earns promotion at Muzinich with new global role
Muzinich has promoted Josh Hughes to head of global distribution 

ING shuffles the pack as US loans veteran takes on new role in London
It’s all change over at ING with several of the bank’s senior loan specialists embarking on major relocations

Investor relations specialist lands at Angelo Gordon
Angelo Gordon has bolstered its investment relations team by hiring a seasoned prfessional with a history of working at structured credit fund managers

Hartford-based Newfleet adds head of business development to its team
Newfleet Asset Management has brought in William Irvine as a senior managing director and head of its institutional business development platform

Creditflux parent rebrands as Acuris
Creditflux’s parent company gained a new name last month, with Mergermarket Group relaunching as Acuris

BlueMountain hires fund distribution specialist from Paulson
BlueMountain Capital Management has poached Claudio Macchetto from Paulson and assigned him to the newly created position of head of platform distribution

Macquarie rehires sales specialist for brokerage role in New York
Macquarie Capital has announced that it has rehired loan sales specialist John Florio for its credit business in New York

20-year Citi veteran earns promotion to head of European credit trading
Citi’s global head of distressed debt has been promoted to head of credit trading for Europe, the middle east and Africa, officials at the bank have confirmed

Energy credit head takes on bigger role at GSO in New York
Dwight Scott has been promoted to president of GSO Capital Partners in New York, according to Bloomberg

Carlyle poaches credit specialist from HPS in New York
Carlyle Group is continuing to pump resources into credit with the firm announcing that it has hired a head of credit opportunities based in New York

Deutsche Bank hires two to its loans team in New York
After strengthening its high yield team in New York, Deutsche Bank has turned its attention to its loans business

FRN specialist returns to Mizuho after leaving Deutsche Bank
Mizuho says that Traci Creange has re-joined its fixed income team as head of US floating rate note credit trading

BlueMountain appoints director of research in New York
Alternative credit specialist BlueMountain Capital Management has announced that Michael Mouboussin is joining the firm in the newly-created role of director of research in New York

Alcentra promotes three after US loan head Lemberg retires
Alcentra has announced that one of the loan market’s best known figures, Bill Lemberg, is retiring

ICG adds loan trader to its US credit team in New York
A credit trader has recently joined ICG to work within the firm's US credit fund management team

Crestline hires as its fund financing business takes off
Crestline Investors has announced that it has completed $450 million in transactions for a niche strategy, which revolves around providing financing solutions to mature private equity-style funds

Deutsche Bank names head of US loan trading in New York
Deutsche Bank has appointed a head of US par loan trading in New York, according to Reuters

Past returns: early risk retainers
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported on JP Morgan shutting down its special situations prop trading desk in London