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

Tunstall appoints head of debt strategies
Tunstall Real Estate Asset Management, the alternative manager and real estate lender, has hired David White to serve as head of debt strategies  

Eaton Vance adds former Janus Henderson official as credit portfolio manager
Dónal Kinsella joins as institutional portfolio manager for the firm’s corporate credit strategies

Serone expands structured credit team as former GoldenTree official joins
London-based Serone Capital Management has added to its team with the hire of a structured products specialist

Former BlackRock PM joins Mirabaud for emerging market credit role
Mirabaud Asset Management has bolstered its emerging market debt team with the appointment of former BlackRock official Puneet Singh

Pension fund Velliv hires chief strategist
Velliv (formerly known as Nordea Life & Pension) has appointed Henrik Henriksen as chief strategist, which is a new role within the organisation  

Experienced SRT specialist parts ways with Apollo
A big name in the significant risk transfer (SRT) market has left Apollo Global Management in London

GoldenTree adds partner to its structured credit team in London
GoldenTree Asset Management has made a big hire to its London office with a structured credit specialist joining as partner

BT pension fund appoints CEO
BT Pension Scheme Management, which has exposure to credit strategies run by Apollo, Ares and Hermes, has now appointed a CEO  

Halcyon rebrands to Bardin Hill, names new CEO and sells minority stakes to TSSP and Dyal
Halcyon Capital Management has rebranded its platform to Bardin Hill Investment Partners and has announced a new leadership structure following the retirement of John Bader who served as chief executive officer