FS hires ex-JP Morgan AM official to lead business development
FS Investments has appointed an experienced official to drive the firm’s growth

BlueBay names new CIO
BlueBay Asset Management has replaced its chief investment officer, with the incumbent moving internally to take on a newly created position as head of multi-asset credit

KKR promotes three European credit specialists to managing directors
KKR has promoted several members of its team to managing directors - including a former US CLO portfolio manager

Lothian pension fund appoints CEO
Lothian Pension Fund has appointed a new chief executive officer, effective from February 2019, to replace Clare Scott, who is leaving at the end of 2018  

Railpen hires former Amundi Pioneer credit head from Tesco pension scheme
RPMI Railpen (Railpen) has appointed an investment director within the private markets team, effective from 26 November  

Danish pension fund's CEO steps down
Christian Hyldahl, the CEO of Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension (ATP), has given his resignation to the pension fund’s chairman of the board Torben Andersen.  

Investcorp adds ex-Anteil officials to run manager buy-out business
The new strategy will focus on acquiring up to 25% stakes in mid-sized alternative asset managers

Recent CLO debutant Vista brings in GSO official to lead credit team
Vista Credit Partners has hired a former GSO official to lead its credit team

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

You don’t need a 15% default rate to make money in credit
Jeanne Manischewitz, head of North American credit at York Capital Management, takes our credit quiz

UBS AM hires PM to infra debt team as it nears final stages of fundraising
UBS Asset Management has recruited portfolio manager Viktor Kozel to its real estate and private markets business. Speficially, he will work within the infrastructure debt team as the firm goes about fundraising for Archmore Infrastructure Debt Platform II  

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

BlueMountain hires ex-Deutsche levloan and high yield analyst
The new hire will support portfolio managers responsible for the firm's investments in CLOs

Ullico makes two senior hires for its new fixed income platform
Ullico, an insurance and financial services company, has appointed two senior professionals for its newly-created fixed income investment platform, UIA Investment Management (UIA IM)  

Akin Gump bolsters financial restructuring debt team with four partners
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has bolstered its financial restructuring and global debt finance team with a new Connecticut office and the addition of four partners

IFM sets up office in Switzerland and appoints country head
IFM Investors, the Melbourne headquartered institutional investment manager with AUD113 billion ($80.1bn) of assets under management, has opened a new office in Zurich

Crescent hires former NewStar official as managing director
Crescent Capital Group has appointed NewStar Financial's former capital markets head as a managing director, the firm has announced

Ullico sets up fixed-income investment platform
Ullico has launched a US fixed income management firm, UIA Investment Management (UIA-IM), in a bid to expand its range of services and client base by including a broader range of institutional clients.  

Eaton Vance adds former Janus Henderson official as credit portfolio manager
Dónal Kinsella joins as institutional portfolio manager for the firm’s corporate credit strategies

Serone expands structured credit team as former GoldenTree official joins
London-based Serone Capital Management has added to its team with the hire of a structured products specialist

Pension fund Velliv hires chief strategist
Velliv (formerly known as Nordea Life & Pension) has appointed Henrik Henriksen as chief strategist, which is a new role within the organisation  

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

Man Numeric launches credit platform and appoints co-heads of credit
Man Numeric, the quantitative investment business of Man Group, has launched a new credit unit and appointed two officials to lead the business

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

UK pension fund adds portfolio manager for alternative credit
Pension Protection Fund, the south-London based pension fund, has appointed a portfolio manager to its credit team. He joins from consultancy firm Mercer