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

Natixis looks to strengthen euro CLO platform as head of origination departs
The head of European CLOs and loan fund financing at Natixis is stepping away from the industry. But this has not deterred Natixis, which is implementing plans for growth in CLOs

Macquarie hire signals push into European credit fund financing
Macquarie has signalled a push into credit fund financing in Europe by hiring a senior official involved in this activity 

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

Cheyne hires former BlueBay official Robertson to lead new credit unit
Cheyne is targeting below investment grade credit and has hired the former global head of leveraged finance at BlueBay to lead a newly-assembled team of three

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

SEB appoints head of loan syndication in London
SEB has made another change to its loans divison

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

SEB promotes leveraged finance official in Frankfurt
SEB says that leveraged finance specialist Stuart Hewer has been appointed as its new head of acquisition finance

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

Ares brings in leveraged finance specialist Higgins as partner in credit group
The former global head of long-only credit strategies at BlueBay Asset Management has resurfaced at Ares Management in London

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

Bank of Ireland promotes loan syndications head after recent departure
Bank of Ireland has promoted an 11-year veteran after losing its head of leveraged acquisition finance to Bridgepoint recently

Citi adds to high yield sales team in London
Citi has announced that it has hired high yield sales specialist Richard Caldwell in London

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

Capital raising specialist First Avenue launches Korea office
First Avenue, a capital introduction firm with a big focus on private credit, has announced that it has opened an office in Seoul.

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

Credit fund manager snaps up BlueMountain's CEO for Europe
BlueMountain has announced leadership changes following the departure of Nicholas Pappas - with sources informing Creditflux that he has signed up with another large fund manager as head of credit

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

JP Morgan loses another leveraged finance specialist to the buy side
Reuters is reporting that a levfin specialist is leaving JP Morgan in London to take up a managing director-level role at a large global credit hedge fund manager

BNP Paribas moves quickly to restaff London high yield trading business
BNP Paribas has moved quickly to restaff its European high yield trading desk, making two new senior hires for the business last week