PGIM's euro credit research head joins former colleague at Angelo Gordon
PGIM’s head of European credit research has joined Angelo Gordon

Cairn appoints CEO from Oceanwood as Campbell steps down
Cairn Capital has hired a new chief executive officer, who will take over from co-founder Paul Campbell

Spire brings in structured credit specialist from WyeTree
Spire Partners has hired a junior portfolio manager from WyeTree Asset Management with a view to expanding its structured credit investments

BlueMountain buyout to bring CLO equity shift, funding pledge and Feldstein payout
BlueMountain Capital Management’s co-founder Andrew Feldstein looks set to receive a substantial pay-out in common shares of Assured Guaranty, which has agreed to buy the manager for around $160 million and has outlined a three-year plan for its CLOs

Mediobanca builds loan and CLO trading team with hire
Mediobanca has made a hire as it looks to grow the loan and CLO trading business in London it established last year 

BlueBay hires CLO portfolio manager from Citi's trading desk
BlueBay Asset Management has hired Alex Navin as a portfolio manager on its structured credit team

Credit funds at a glance

CIFC announces four analyst hires in London
CIFC Asset Management says that it has completed phase one of its build-out of a European credit team

Another BlackRock official lands at new manager Tresidor
Tresidor was founded by CIO Michael Phelps, formerly the head of European fundamental credit at BlackRock 

Direct lender hires head of credit as it closes in on European mid market CLO
BeSpoke Capital has made a big hire as part of a reorganisation of the direct lender’s business

They said it: "We all suffer from the world views of millennials"
Headhunter Dale Shorey tells attendees at the Creditflux CLO Symposium about the difficulties of recruiting at the junior level

Mizuho appoints US and European credit trading heads in leadership shake-up
The hires include a newly created CLO role, head of credit trading, and head of special situations and illiquid trading 

Deutsche Bank bolsters CLO origination desk in London
Deutsche Bank has added to its CLO origination desk in London, a spokesperson has confirmed

Ostrum appoints structured credit head as it looks to issue US CLOs
The market has found a plethora of CLO managers looking to expand in Europe, but Ostrum Asset Management has gone the other way by hiring an experienced US CLO portfolio manager

Citi names sales head with global structured credit remit
Citi has promoted Rajiv Amlani to global head of special products solution sales, in which he will be responsible for non-flow structured credit and securitised trading business

Ex-Goldman Sachs official joins Napier Park as inaugural European CLO nears
The firm has hired an ex-Goldman Sachs official to its European credit team

EQT hires portfolio manager to pave the way for European CLO launch
EQT has taken a big step towards launching a CLO management platform with market sources indicating that the firm has hired a head of senior debt

Ashurst promotes structured products lawyer as one of 21 new partners
Ashurst has promoted to partner a London-based lawyer who specialises in derivatives and debt capital markets

Two CLO investors leave GSO in London
Two experienced CLO investors have parted ways with GSO Capital Partners in the last few weeks

Oak Hill reshuffles leadership in Europe
Oak Hill Advisors has appointed three long-serving members of its investment and business development teams to lead the European office

Credit funds at a glance

A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Ashurst hires counsel with structured products experience
Ashurst has appointed a counsel in its global markets practice in Paris

Mizuho appoints Cairn co-CIO as global markets head in London
The announcement follows the departure of the bank's incumbent head of global markets

Latham & Watkins adds structured finance partner in London
Latham & Watkins has hired a Cadwalader partner to its London office 

CLOs are not like CDOs, says Barclays, but warns of loan quality impact
CLOs are far removed from the kinds of structured products that contributed to the 2008/09 global financial crisis, Barclays has argued in a wide-ranging research piece this week