Oddo appoints ex-Kartesia official to build private debt platform
Oddo BHF Asset Management, the Franco-German asset manager, has hired the former head of Germany, Austria and Switzerland at private debt fund Kartesia Advisor, to help launch its own private debt platform

PE firm hires direct lending specialist from GSO
Private equity firm AE Industrial Partners has appointed an experienced structured credit official as it looks to expand its structured credit offerings

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

Allianz GI boosts alternatives platform with new Asian private credit unit
Allianz Global Investors has launched an Asian private credit unit and has made two hires to spearhead the effort,

REYL bolsters structured finance group with managing director hire
REYL, the Swiss bank, has strengthened its structured finance group by hiring a managing director in the corporate advisory and structuring team

BC Partners lists new North American direct lending business
BC Credit Partners has listed US direct lending business Mount Logan Capital on Canada's NEO Stock Exchange. 

Callidus names former Apollo and Fifth Street official Dalton as interim CEO
The Toronto-based firm has named Patrick Dalton as interim chief executive officer, following the medical leave of absence taken by its current CEO

White & Case promotes seven debt specialists to partner
The law firm has promoted several debt specialists to partners around the world

Varagon opens Chicago office to focus on healthcare and hires three
Varagon Capital Partners has built out its platform with the opening of a Chicago office to focus on healthcare finance opportunities, hiring a team of three to lead the healthcare effort

BT pension fund appoints CEO
BT Pension Scheme Management, which has exposure to credit strategies run by Apollo, Ares and Hermes, has now appointed a CEO  

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

Alaska fund appoints CIO
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC), the $65 billion sovereign wealth fund, has promoted an official to chief investment officer.

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

CPPIB hires high profile European credit portfolio manager in London
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has hired an experienced PM who previously worked on CLOs and private credit at Apollo

HarbourVest adds managing director to growing US private credit team
HarbourVest Partners has bolstered its private credit team with the addition of Karen Simeone, who joins as managing director

Private credit specialist rejoins Ares in Los Angeles
Ares Capital Management has appointed managing director Michael Zugay to its private credit team in Los Angeles 

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

Benefit Street Partners taps Monroe and BlackRock for private debt origination hires
Benefit Street Partners has made two senior appointments to its private debt origination team

Crayhill bolsters private credit team with managing director hire
Crayhill Capital Management has strengthened its asset-based private credit team with the appointment of a managing director in New York

Pimco adds two former Tennenbaum officials as portfolio managers
Fixed income specialist Pimco has poached former Tennenbaum Capital Partner officials Geoffrey Jones and Gabriel Goldstein

Stifel builds out leveraged finance team with big hire
The new unit will focus on origination, underwriting, and syndication of leveraged loans and high-yield securities

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