NatWest CLO plans take hit as head of CLO structuring leaves
NatWest Markets’ goal of expanding its European CLO business has suffered a blow with its head of CLO structuring leaving the bank

BlueBay hires Germany/Austria institutional sales official in new role
BlueBay Asset Management has tapped a former bfinance official as head of institutional sales Germany and Austria, a newly created job

Tech firm tempts credit investors with supply chain finance offer
Novicap, a fintech company focused on invoice financing, is looking to debt capital market participants — such as credit and structured credit funds, asset managers, pension companies and insurers — as it seeks to raise third-party funding for its credit platform

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

Citi hires Euro CLO structurer from Credit Suisse
Citi has bolstered its European CLO structuring team with the appointment of former Credit Suisse official

Meag hires experienced credit specialist for top fixed income job
€328 billion asset manager Meag has appointed a head of active fixed income in Munich to oversee a range of assets including credit

Blackstone CLO origination head relocates to London
Blackstone’s global head of capital formation liquid credit has relocated from New York to London

Carlyle hires head of credit investor relations in New York
Carlyle Group has hired an ex-Pretium official to lead investor relations for its credit platform

Barclays makes changes to European CLO team as origination head takes on bigger role
Barclays' leading European CLO origination team is understood to have undertaken a leadership shuffle with the bank's European CLO origination head taking on a larger role

European PM departs as Investcorp shakes up CLO management approach
A European loan portfolio manager and trader has parted ways with Investcorp Credit Management amid a shake-up in how the firm manages its CLOs

CLO PM set to leave PGIM ahead of move to London-based manager
A London-based mid-sized CLO manager has hired an official from PGIM 

BNP Paribas hires senior European CLO trader from asset manager
BNP Paribas has expanded its CLO trading team 

CLO life experiences part II: "Inequalities based on ethnic backgrounds have rarely been on the agenda"
A high ranking official in the CLO market tells us about being overlooked at the expense of others with similar track records 

Fairwater eyes tranches and options as prospects ‘multiply’
Fairwater Capital is looking to capitalise on rising credit volatility by crafting a strategy that makes full use of the growing number of products in the credit derivatives industry

Points up front: The flattest term curve - work anniversary rewards
If you think CLO term curves are flat with a handful of basis points between three and five-year triple A CLOs, then you haven’t seen anything yet

WhiteStar finally makes it to Europe
US CLO manager WhiteStar Asset Management opened an office in London last month in what officials describe as the culmination of a plan that has been many years in the making

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

CLO life experiences part I: "We have not reflected the communities we serve"
In the first in a three-part series, Creditflux spoke with senior people of colour in the CLO industry about their experiences. This provides perspective on how the CLO market has evolved and must continue to do so. In today's edition, Citi's Brian Bejile shares his views.  

Capital Four hires in private debt team
Capital Four has hired a director in the private debt structuring and origination team

Investec names assistant PM on new direct lending fund
Investec has named an assistant portfolio manager for the bank’s new direct lending fund Investec's Private Debt Fund I

Permira's credit CIO Kyriakoudis to retire by end of year
Permira Credit’s former chief investment officer Thomas Kyriakoudis will retire from the firm at the end of the year to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities

US CLO specialist opens London office for European expansion
A Dallas-headquartered firm has hired from Standard Life Aberdeen to lead a European business

Head of US sales parts ways with Arcmont
Arcmont Asset Management’s head of US sales is said to have parted ways with the firm

Carlyle senior credit investor joins fintech firm as CFO
An experienced credit investment professional at the Carlyle Group has moved to become chief financial officer at fintech company NoviCap

BlueBay confirms hire in structured credit and CLO management team
The new appointment will focus on investing in US and European structured credit securities across the capital structure