It's All Relative: CQS, Capital Four and Tikehau look for CLO breakthrough as debutant premiums drop
The number of US CLO issuers in 2021 could be about to reach 106 with Capital Four, CQS and Tikehau looking to price debut deals, with price talk set at ambitious levels

Citadel promotes credit head to co-CIO
Citadel has promoted its global credit head to co-chief investment officer

Fidelity appoints former CVC official as global head of private assets solutions
Fidelity has hired from CVC to a newly created role of global head of private assets solutions, following the expansion of its private credit businesses earlier this year

Credit Suisse beefs up European CLO trading with buy side hire
Credit Suisse has run secondary CLO trading – US and European – out of New York for the past few years. But now it has hired a London-based trader

ICG opens Dubai office with senior hire
The firm has hired a senior official from LGT to lead the expansion

Citi's former correlation trading star takes on new risk head role
Citi's former head of credit correlation trading has taken on a new role in the bank, becoming head of in-business market risk for global markets

Tikehau snags ex-Investcorp CLO veteran to bolster global structured credit business
Tikehau Capital has hired the former head of Investcorp's US credit business to a newly created role of partner and chairman of its global structured credit strategies

Credit funds at a glance (November 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Market seeks new ways to find talent after hectic year
There are growing calls for more people to work in the CLO industry after a record-shattering 2021, with 999 CLO transactions having priced globally worth $447.17 billion, as Creditflux goes to press

Hayfin creates head of ESG role in London
Hayfin Capital Management says it has hired a head of ESG. This is a newly-created role, but Hayfin says it has “well-established environmental, social and governance capabilities”

Muzinch hires ex-Ostrum official to launch US and European CLO platform
Muzinich has hired an ex-head of global performing credit at Bardin Hill as a portfolio manager to launch a global CLO platform,

Alcentra appoints liquid credit PM as head of responsible investing
Alcentra has built out a dedicated responsible investing team and has appointed its liquid credit portfolio manager to the newly created role of head of responsible investing

CIFC adds analyst to London team
CIFC Asset Management has hired Antonio Gurrea as a senior investment analyst in London.

KKR announces new co-CEOs as Kravis and Roberts step down
KKR has announced the appointment of its second ever pair of co-chief executive officers, effective immediately, replacing co-founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts

Credit funds at a glance (October 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Points up front: CLO award-winners love bowing out at the top
Reaching the summit of their profession gives CLO officials the compulsion to move on to pastures new, as evidenced by the Creditflux Manager Awards

"I’m passionate about broader representation within investment teams"
CIP's Leila Donnachy takes our credit quiz 

CIFC European CLO head leaves on eve of deal pricing
CIFC Asset Management's European chief investment officer has left the firm resulting in two senior US officials plugging the gap on a short-term basis 

Natixis poaches structured credit sales official from NatWest in London
Natixis has bolstered its European structured credit sales team

Mediobanca hires CLO trader
A former Bank of America CLO strategist has joined Mediobanca as a CLO and ABS trader

Alcentra makes leadership changes as European CLO head Rainbow goes part-time
Alcentra has announced changes to its leadership team with co-chief investment officer of liquid credit Graham Rainbow deciding to take on a part-time role at the firm

"The CLO industry can be a little clubby… it feels like there are few advocates"
Pension Danmark's David Altenhofen taks our credit quiz 

Points up front: Swapping bylines for a role on the buy side
Creditflux has specialised in CLO coverage for over a decade now and generally we’ve had a clear run at the market because few of our peers appreciate how the CLO machine works. The exception to that has been highly-respected Bloomberg journalist Sarah Husband

Natixis adds to European CLO structuring build out with hire
Natixis has bolstered its European CLO structuring team in London with a hire for structured credit syndication