Apera hires investor relations director
Apera Asset Management says it has brought in Jodie Tilley to lead its investor relations effort in London

MUFG welcomes two senior originators to new US direct lending team
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has made two senior appointments to its new direct lending business

Macquarie taps former Alcentra official to lead global private credit and asset finance
Macquarie Asset Management has appointed former Alcentra European direct lending head to lead its global private credit and asset finacne business

Credit funds at a glance (August 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

JP Morgan AM names head of private credit secondaries
The firm says the hire reflects “significant demand for secondaries strategies from clients across the globe, reflecting the need for greater liquidity to take advantage of opportunities as private debt markets mature"

US direct lender plots expansion into broadly syndicated loan CLOs
The US CLO manager universe looks set to expand further with sources indicating a US middle market direct lender is exploring launching a BSL CLO platform

Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit  

CLO official takes top role as Onex announces new credit leadership
Onex Credit Partners has announced a new leadership structure with two co-heads of credit replacing the CEO that left late last year. One of the promotions is an experienced CLO official 

Private fund All Seas builds momentum with third investment
All Seas Capital – the direct lender launched by former KKR executives in 2019 – has signed its third direct lending investment

Onex points to "variety of personal and market" reasons as it addresses CLO exodus
Onex Credit Partners has responded to questions about the stream of professionals that have left in the last few months

Silver Point hires CPP official to private credit business
Silver Point Capital has hired to its private credit team

Antares looks to support underrepresented groups with $1 million entrepreneur programme
Antares is granting $1 million of its own capital to entrepreneurs who are part of diverse and historically underrepresented groups

Schroders appoints private credit solutions head
Schroders has apppointed a former Federated Hermes official as head of private credit solutions 

Vida hires managing director for private credit team
Vida Capital has made a senior appointment responsible for “driving strategic business partnerships to support the company’s sourcing, direct lending, esoterics and private credit transactions"

Pemberton finds direct lending edge in NAV financing
NAV financing for private equity sponsors is gaining popularity, with Pemberton Asset Management the latest manager getting in on the act

Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 
   

Franklin Templeton buys Alcentra in $700 million deal
Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy BNY Mellon’s $38 billion credit unit Alcentra, which will see Alcentra combined with Franklin Templeton’s US credit manager Benefit Street Partners

Antares hires bank's US CLO structuring head
Antares Capital has hired an experienced figure to structure its own CLOs and work on other financings. This follows Redding Ridge making a similar hire this month

Blackstone names senior Anchorage official as head of Asia Pacific origination
Blackstone Credit has hired a senior official from Anchorage to work lead Asia Pacific origination out of Sydney 

Eagle Point hires for defensive income strategy team
Eagle Point Capital Management has hired an associate, responsible for assisting the defensive income strategy senior investment team

Fidelity International makes senior direct lending hires in private credit push
Fidelity International has been staffing up in European direct lending, with 12 additions to the private credit team that was established a year ago

Credit funds at a glance (May 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

Pemberton hires Allianz GI official to lead new Munich office
Pemberton has opened its second German office in Munich and has appointed a former Allianz Global Investors official to lead 

Proskauer hires private credit partner as it expands in Chicago
Proskauer has appointed the first partner in the firm’s Chicago office

Churchill hires Antares official to lead new Los Angeles office
Churchill Asset Management has hired a managing director in origination, responsible for leading the new Los Angeles office