Direct lenders flock to Munich as German deal flow picks up
German private debt is attracting a growing number of fund managers. Market sources say that deal flow through the first half of the year was at 65% of 2017’s total and had surpassed the number of private debt deals executed by funds in each of the previous five years

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

Cheyne hires ex-BlueBay official to its new loans business in London
Cheyne Capital Management has finalised the formation of its strategic value credit business with Richard Cazenove joining as partner and senior portfolio manager after leaving BlueBay Asset Management earlier this year

Hamilton Lane hires business development official in Munich as it seeks DACH expansion
Hamilton Lane has appointed Martina Schliemann as principal and head of business development in the DACH region, in a bid to expand its presence in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Family office CIO and ex-Kimura official launch new private debt firm
The chief investment officer of single-family office and an official who previously worked at Kimura Capital have joined forces to launch an asset management business

CVC Credit hires managing director to private debt team in London
CVC Credit Partners has strengthened its European private debt team with a hire from ESO Capital

Hermes appoints head of direct lending in London
Hermes Investment Management has a new head of direct lending. The experienced official now reports into Hermes's head of private debt and CLOs, Patrick Marshall

Star names join Barclays as it pushes into CLOs

Partner in TPG's direct lending business leaves his role
Phil Fretwell has left his role as partner TPG Specialty Lending Europe, Creditflux’s sister publication Debtwire has learned

Alcentra strengthens European direct lending team with hires
Alcentra has strengthened its European direct lending team with Sarah Madore, Maria Garcia Diego and Joanna Layton joining the firm's London-based lending unit.

CVC poaches Pemberton's head of investor relations
Global credit manager CVC Credit has appointed Mike Anderson as head of Investor Relations

Pemberton appoints head of business development
European direct lender Pemberton has expanded its senior leadership team with the appointment of Antoine Josserand as head of business development

Alcentra hires co-heads of US direct lending
Alcentra has moved into the US direct lending space - and has appointed Suhail Shaikh and Peter Glaser as managing directors and co-heads of its US direct lending business

Wells Fargo AM names head for new European private debt arm
Wells Fargo Asset Management has launched its European private debt arm and named Brian Van Elslander as head of private strategies, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux.

Hermes hires portfolio managers for asset-based lending and Euro ABS
London-headquartered Hermes Investment Management has strengthened its fixed income team and Stephane Michel and Andrew Lennox as portfolio managers, the firm announced today

Global law firm adds Luxembourg fund specialist as partner
Luxembourg fund specialist Augustin de Longeaux joins Simmons & Simmons as partner. He will initially focus on US clients with respect to capital raising and distribution in Europe

Golding poaches BlueBay's Das to head private debt
Golding Capital Partners has expanded its private debt capabilities, hiring former BlueBay partner Abhik Das as private debt head and Florian Hofer as investment manager

Seven credit and banking lawyers named at legal giants in UK, US and Germany
Global law firms including Baker McKenzie and Dentons have named new senior lawyers in a move to expand their banking, capital markets and corporate capabilities

Former CEO of Ares Europe takes investment advisory role at Triton
The professional, who has also served at LCM Partners, has joined Triton as an investment advisory committee member

Och-Ziff's head of European private credit set to join Carlyle
Carlyle Group has made a high profile hire to its credit team in London

Wells Fargo AM looks to build out European private debt arm
Wells Fargo Asset Management is seeking to build out its global presence in the private debt industry by strengthening its European private debt business with a new senior hire, Creditflux has learned 

Global law firm appoints credit fund specialist as partner in London
Global law firm Macfarlanes has appointed fund specialist Samuel Brooks to partner within the firm’s investment management team

Madrid bank hires credit specialist from Spanish direct lender
Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey has appointed Ignacio Blaso as managing director in capital markets

London specialist lender names head of underwriting
Iron Bridge Finance, a property development direct lender, has announced the appointment of Gareth Ward as head of underwriting