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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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