SSGA appoints former Unigestion director in top business development role
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation, has hired Miles O’Connor as head of institutional for EMEA.

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

Rothschild's Yeates joins Investcorp to head European credit funds business
Credit veteran Phil Yeates has joined Investcorp Credit Management as a managing director and head of its European credit funds business, according to an announcement this morning

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

Multi-affiliate fund management firm names senior hire in Melbourne
Australasia-focused Channel Capital, a multi-affiliate house of boutique funds management business, has named a senior hire to lead its newest Australian office

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

Amundi's credit subsidiary promotes head of fixed income
Paris-based BFT Investment Managers, the credit and fixed income subsidiary of Amundi, has announced a new managing director

State Street appoints managing director in newly created Asia-focused role
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation, has announced the appointment of Betty Ng as managing director

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

NN IP hires former GE official to head corporate loans business
A Dutch asset manager has strengthened its alternative credit team

Man Group taps former Lazard professional for marketing role in Hong Kong
Investment management firm Man Group has appointed a new managing director within its institutional sales team in Hong Kong, the company announced on 13 December

Bank appoints head of European loan trading in London
A loans trader has been promoted to lead a bank's Europe-wide loan trading effort

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

La Française appoints head of fixed income
The French asset manager has drafted in Maud Minuit as its head of fixed income, according to an announcement

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

Credit fund manager assumes Brown Shipley role following move to London
Brown Shipley has hired a senior credit fund manager who previously worked at Assenagon Asset Manager’s Munich office, a spokesperson confirms

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