Connecticut-based middle market lender names vice president
Balance Point Capital has named Adam Sauerteig as vice president and Grant Groher as senior associate, according to a statement yesterday

First Avenue principal joins Pantheon in London
Pantheon has hired London-based Justin Mallis from global placement agent First Avenue Partners

Charlotte direct lender taps former BAML specialist for chief risk officer role
Capitala Group has hired Peter Sherman as chief risk officer, the North Carolina-based direct lender has announced

Onex investment official earns promotion with move to fund development unit
Long-time Onex employee Tate Abols has been promoted from principal to managing director as part of a new role at the firm

Real estate lending gains €700 million in six months for Paris-based direct lender
French alternative investments manager Acofi Gestion has raised €700 million of AUM for commercial real estate lending since July 2017

Tree Line promotes MD to partner amid expansion of direct lending platform
Tree Line has promoted private credit specialist Frank Cupido to partner

KKR bids farewell to European private credit specialist in London
A direct lender has left KKR Credit after almost two years working in the firm’s European private credit team in London

THL Credit assigns new role to senior portfolio manager Murphy
Alternative credit manager THL Credit Advisors has promoted managing director Brian Murphy to head of capital markets

Muzinich hires managing director to UK mid market credit business
Muzinich has hired that John Clifford as managing director in its UK office, according to an announcement

BNPP AM establishes two new private debt strategies
BNP Paribas Asset Management establishes two new private debt strategies: European Infra Debt and European Real Estate Debt

Direct lender Madison announces new CEO
Chicago-based Madison Capital Funding, a subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company, has announced a CEO successor to step into the role mid-2018

Tennenbaum opens new Atlanta office and makes two senior hires
Tennenbaum Capital Partners (TCP) opens new Atlanta office following the strong demand for direct lending 

Former ICG credit head Kershaw takes advisory role at distressed debt firm
Dagmar Kent Kershaw, the former head of Intermediate Capital Group's credit fund businessin Europe and Australia, has landed an advisory role at a $7 billion distressed debt manager

Hayfin launches new PE fund strategy headed by former Aberdeen specialist
European credit platform Hayfin Capital Management has launched a new private equity funds strategy, Creditflux has learned

Private credit body ACC scales up activities in Asia-Pacific with new committee
The Alternative Credit Council has announced plans to step up its activities in Asia-Pacific – and has formed a new APAC committee chaired by BlackRock and Adamas executives

Pemberton moves into supply chain finance after hiring senior portfolio manager
London-based Pemberton has announced the expansion of its senior management team with the appointment of Phil Ashdown, formerly of Tungsten Corporation, as a partner

Chicago credit manager names new managing director and announces new hires
Maranon Capital has announced three hires and several promotions – including Laura Albrecht's promotion to managing director and partner

Direct lending firm and former MD square off in alleged computer hacking row
A co-founder of a New York direct lending hedge fund firm has accused the company of hacking into his personal computer network, according to court documents seen by Creditflux

Co-founder of shuttered firm resurfaces at New York direct lender
A former senior executive from Torrey Pointe has resurfaced at Victory Park Capital in New York

TPG's Questa joins London-based direct lender as managing director
Stefano Questa, formerly managing director at TPG, has joined European credit platform Hayfin Capital 

European CLO pioneer Wallace set to leave Maltese bank
A loan portfolio manager – who was behind a pioneering European 2.0 CLO – has left MeDirect Bank

TPG hires to its direct lending team in London
The European direct originations platform of TPG Sixth Street Partners, TPG Speciality Lending Europe, has hired Taddeo Vender as director, according to LinkedIn

Middle-market lender LBC promotes seven
Middle-market direct lender LBC Credit Partners has announced the promotions of seven team members

Carlyle's head of origination for credit earns promotion to partner
Carlyle Group has announced 58 senior promotions across all its global offices: eight to partner, 19 to managing director and 31 to principal/director

BNP Paribas adds experienced fund financing specialist to its Paris offices
BNP Paribas has hired an experienced professional to its fund financing team. The new recruit will cover loan funds