Finding the hidden value in success
Learning from one’s mistakes is often cited as key to professional development. However, widening this perspective and paying attention to things that go well can further improve performance

Raising a glass to women in CLOs
Creditflux’s inaugural Women In CLOs event took place in New York last month, with a wine tasting forming the perfect backdrop to an evening of networking

Junior debt set to be more attractive, but...
Clearly there are more eyes on the CLO market than ever. But some speakers at the CLO Investor Summit were warning of masquerading managers, free-riders, borrower weapons and zombies

GSO co-founder plans new credit business
GSO Capital Partners co-founder Tripp Smith is launching his own credit management firm, according to a report by Bloomberg

Atlanticomnium adds co-manager to credit opportunities team
Atlanticomnium, an investment advisor for several of GAM Investments' bond funds, has appointed a co-manager of GAM credit opportunities strategies

BNP Paribas Asset Management hires multi-strategy products head
BNP Paribas Asset Management has created a new position within its fixed income division

BlueBay names new CIO
BlueBay Asset Management has replaced its chief investment officer, with the incumbent moving internally to take on a newly created position as head of multi-asset credit

Accunia reshuffles CLO team as Grasso steps down
Accunia Fondsmægslerselskab has undertaken a management reshuffle as a CLO portfolio manager steps down

KKR promotes three European credit specialists to managing directors
KKR has promoted several members of its team to managing directors - including a former US CLO portfolio manager

M&G structured credit PM takes on bigger fixed income origination role
The structured credit portfolio manager, who is based in Europe, changes focus to sourcing investment opportunities across all areas of fixed income

Lothian pension fund appoints CEO
Lothian Pension Fund has appointed a new chief executive officer, effective from February 2019, to replace Clare Scott, who is leaving at the end of 2018  

Railpen hires former Amundi Pioneer credit head from Tesco pension scheme
RPMI Railpen (Railpen) has appointed an investment director within the private markets team, effective from 26 November  

Hermes brings in senior emerging market debt PM
Hermes Investment Management has appointed a former Jupiter Asset Management official as a senior emerging market debt portfolio manager

Danish pension fund's CEO steps down
Christian Hyldahl, the CEO of Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension (ATP), has given his resignation to the pension fund’s chairman of the board Torben Andersen.  

Ex-Citi CDO trading chief joins Jefferies as head of European fixed income
Jefferies has appointed a former Citi European credit and pre-crisis CDO trading head to lead its European fixed income business

Oddo appoints ex-Kartesia official to build private debt platform
Oddo BHF Asset Management, the Franco-German asset manager, has hired the former head of Germany, Austria and Switzerland at private debt fund Kartesia Advisor, to help launch its own private debt platform

Simmons & Simmons adds partner to lead its CLO practice in London
Simmons & Simmons has appointment structured credit specialist James Grand as a partner to lead its CLO practice

JP Morgan hires former Apollo official to its European CLO team
An experienced structured credit official, who had recently been concentrating on SRTs, is seto to join JP Morgan's European CLO team

UBS AM hires PM to infra debt team as it nears final stages of fundraising
UBS Asset Management has recruited portfolio manager Viktor Kozel to its real estate and private markets business. Speficially, he will work within the infrastructure debt team as the firm goes about fundraising for Archmore Infrastructure Debt Platform II  

Dechert boosts CLO capabilities as partner joins its London office
Dechert has strengthened its CLO practice in London with Cameron Mitcham joining from Allen & Overy, according to an announcement today

Fixed income heads join forces to launch macro credit fund manager in London
Resco Asset Management, a new asset manager based in London, has launched and set about marketing its debut fund: Resco Macro Credit Fund

REYL bolsters structured finance group with managing director hire
REYL, the Swiss bank, has strengthened its structured finance group by hiring a managing director in the corporate advisory and structuring team

Ellington hires London-based loan PM to build European CLO platform
The US-headquartered manager has hired a London-based portfolio manager specialising in European corporate credit with a view to building a European CLO platform, according to a person familiar with the matter

Akin Gump bolsters financial restructuring debt team with four partners
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has bolstered its financial restructuring and global debt finance team with a new Connecticut office and the addition of four partners

IFM sets up office in Switzerland and appoints country head
IFM Investors, the Melbourne headquartered institutional investment manager with AUD113 billion ($80.1bn) of assets under management, has opened a new office in Zurich