European CLO trading head leaves BNP for new credit fund manager
An experienced European structured credit trader is joining a recently launched long-short credit fund manager 

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

Novicap names new CEO in leadership shuffle as it sets targets for credit division
Novicap, a fintech company offering working capital optimisation solutions to SMEs and mid-market corporates, has shuffled its leadership structure and set a €1 billion cumulative volume target for its credit division by the end of this year

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

Top macro credit PM will fly solo with fund launch
A new credit investment firm could soon be in the offing, following the departure of Alberto Gallo from Algebris Investments in April, suggest market sources

Points up front: Italian international tackles banking after rugby
In his latest column, on page 21, Thomas Majewski draws similarities between the CLO market and a youth soccer game. Turns out there might also be parallels between investment banking and rugby

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 

M&G eyes European CLO comeback with new sustainability agenda
Another 1.0 CLO manager - and a giant of the fund management industry - is set to make its grand return to CLO management after 14 years away from the market

Ex-Accunia CLO specialist lands at Danish firm to build structured finance platform
An ex-Accunia chief investment officer and CLO specialist has landed at Danish commercial real estate firm CBRE

JP Morgan splits global head of institutional structuring role as it promotes three
JP Morgan has rejigged part of its credit structuring business with a set of promotions for officials who have covered SRTs, CLOs and CSOs as part of cross-asset roles

Credit Suisse replaces two outgoing European CLO structurers
Two European CLO structurers at Credit Suisse have parted ways with the bank, moving to Barclays and BofA 

US CLO manager plots re-expansion into Europe after 16 years
A European 1.0 CLO manager looks set to return to the business 

Winton hires quant credit specialist as PM
Winton, a London-headquartered asset management firm that specialises in quantitative strategies, has hired an experienced trader to focus on credit alpha capture

Chorus reaches crescendo with big SRT hire
Chorus Capital says it has hired an experienced significant risk transfer official to its investment team and executive committee in London

Alantra hires two senior officials to private debt team
Alantra has hired two senior officials to its private debt team from BeSpoke and Seaport 

Prytania CLO and ABS investor lands at pension fund
A CLO and ABS tranche investor has left Prytania Asset Management and landed in the investment arm of a pension fund

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

Flexible approach is designed to deliver competitive performance
Nuveen’s Symphony CLOs benefit from teams who are active across a range of credit and bond funds

Portfolio manager leaves Hayfin after one year
A London-based official in Hayfin Capital Management's private credit team has left the firm 

Pemberton adds to credit build out with NAV financing hire
Pemberton Asset Management has confirmed an appointment to lead a new net asset value financing strategy in what marks the firm’s third new business line in five months

Diameter moves into Europe with top credit trading hire
Diameter Capital is expanding in Europe with a big sell-side hire

CLO lawyer joins Schulte Roth & Zabel as partner in London
Schulte Roth & Zabel has hired a CLO expert as partner in its London office 

Federated Hermes hires official with restructuring experience to direct lending team
Federated Hermes says it has hired Christoph Lausecker as a director in its private debt team

CBAM: star power, friends in insurance, and doing things 'my way'
"And now the end is here, and so I face that final curtain... I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and every highway, And more, much more
I did it, I did it my way". Sinatra could easily have been thinking of CBAM when he penned these lyrics. We look back at how a group of experienced CLO officials came together to launch a mega player in the CLO business in no time at all 

NatWest names head of high yield syndicate and lev loans
Natwest has poached Crédit Agricole's head of high yield syndicate for a newly-created role as head of high yield syndicate and leveraged loans