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  

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

Senior figure rejoins Credit Suisse to head European capital markets
The bank is looking to build out its key European platforms - and has hired an official who left just last summer 

Deutsche Bank hires emerging market credit trader
Deutsche Bank has added to its credit team in London by hiring a trader of emerging market cash debt and CDS

Mizuho appoints US and European credit trading heads in leadership shake-up
The hires include a newly created CLO role, head of credit trading, and head of special situations and illiquid trading 

Permira adds hire to start credit opportunities business
Permira Debt Managers is building out a unit in London to invest in special situations and credit opportunities and has hired a distressed and high yield specialist to help establish the business

Credit Suisse adds special situations trading head among raft of hires
Credit Suisse has continued to build momentum in its credit business with the hire of a managing director to head special situations and loan trading with its Europe, Middle East and Africa credit products business, following on from nine others across its London and New York credit business

Oak Hill reshuffles leadership in Europe
Oak Hill Advisors has appointed three long-serving members of its investment and business development teams to lead the European office

New manager Resco lands ex-credit head to found advisory board
Resco Asset Management, a London based asset manager set up last year, has appointed the first of an anticipated three advisory board members

Former BlackRock portfolio manager lands at start-up credit firm Tresidor
Tresidor Investment Management – the new credit manager led by BlackRock’s former head of European credit Michael Phelps and ex-Goldman Sachs synthetic CDO head Edgar Senior – has added a credit portfolio manager to its team ahead of its maiden fund launch

JP Morgan makes big hire to its global credit trading desk
An experienced banker who has covered CLOs, CSOs, loan TRS and credit derivatives, has joined JP Morgan after leaving BNP Paribas 

Muzinich poaches Neuberger Berman MD for top fund distribution role
Muzinich has hired a global head of distribution, according to an announcement today, picking up the role previously held by Joshua Hughes, who left for CIFC Asset Management in May

Former London Stock Exchange CEO joins CQS
CQS has moved into 2019 under a new leadership structure with Xavier Rolet being appointed chief executive officer.

I liked it when banks could hold risk and actually had inventory to shift
Louis Gargour, CIO of LNG Capital, takes our credit quiz

BNP Paribas Asset Management hires multi-strategy products head
BNP Paribas Asset Management has created a new position within its fixed income division

Ex-Citi CDO trading chief joins Jefferies as head of European fixed income
Jefferies has appointed a former Citi European credit and pre-crisis CDO trading head to lead its European fixed income business

Fixed income heads join forces to launch macro credit fund manager in London
Resco Asset Management, a new asset manager based in London, has launched and set about marketing its debut fund: Resco Macro Credit Fund

Experienced SRT specialist parts ways with Apollo
A big name in the significant risk transfer (SRT) market has left Apollo Global Management in London

ArrowMark builds in London with big SRT hire
ArrowMark is one of the biggest investors in the SRT market, but unusually it conducts most of its business out of the US. It has now added to its presence in London with an experienced official joining its SRT business

September: credit funds at a glance
White Oak Global Advisors held a $2.1 billion final close on a new direct lending fund, while Phil Raciti's move from CVC Credit Partners to Halcyon Capital Management was one of the biggest moves in the credit industry

Cairn adds to its SRT investment team in London
Cairn Capital has appointed Chris Cottrell as senior investment analyst

Protiviti hires ex-structured credit specialist to head European lender due diligence
Consulting firm Protiviti has hired a former structured credit specialist as head of European lender due diligence and risk management

High profile figure in SRT market leaves Nomura in London
A well known figure in the significant risk transfer (SRT) space has parted company with Nomura in London, sources say.