CIFC confirms Robinson's arrival as CIO for Europe
CIFC Asset Management has this morning confirmed that Dan Robinson has joined the firm to lead it European business

ArrowMark builds in London with big SRT hire
ArrowMark is one of the biggest investors in the SRT market, but unusually it conducts most of its business out of the US. It has now added to its presence in London with an experienced official joining its SRT business

White & Case bolsters CLO practice in London
White & Case has expanded its CLO and securitisation practice with the appointment of a CLO specialist 

BlueBay hires experienced portfolio manager to join new structured credit team
Fixed income specialist BlueBay Asset Management has bolstered its new structured credit business with an experienced hire

UK pension fund adds portfolio manager for alternative credit
Pension Protection Fund, the south-London based pension fund, has appointed a portfolio manager to its credit team. He joins from consultancy firm Mercer

Pension fund hires portfolio manager to oversee loan and CLO investments
PensionDanmark has hired a senior portfolio manager to oversee its credit investments

Direct lenders flock to Munich as German deal flow picks up
German private debt is attracting a growing number of fund managers. Market sources say that deal flow through the first half of the year was at 65% of 2017’s total and had surpassed the number of private debt deals executed by funds in each of the previous five years

Points up front: structuring is in his blood
Very few people can claim they were born to structure CLOs, but perhaps GreensLedge’s new recruit Peter Melichar is the exception

September: credit funds at a glance
White Oak Global Advisors held a $2.1 billion final close on a new direct lending fund, while Phil Raciti's move from CVC Credit Partners to Halcyon Capital Management was one of the biggest moves in the credit industry

HSBC Global hires two high yield portfolio managers in London
HSBC Global Asset Management has hired two experienced portfolio managers to join its fixed income team

GAM appoints former DWS official as global head of trading
Zurich-headquartered GAM Investments has appointed an ex-DWS trading head to the newly created role 

Invesco adds two fixed income ETF portfolio managers in London
Invesco has bolstered its European ETF fixed income team with two hires in London

Cairn makes ESG and senior credit research appointments
Cairn Capital has signalled its commitment to environmental, social and governance with the appointment of a head of ESG

Seasoned European CLO structurer lands at GreensLedge
An experienced CLO structurer has landed at GreensLedge in London, where he takes up a role as managing director

Cairn adds to its SRT investment team in London
Cairn Capital has appointed Chris Cottrell as senior investment analyst

Loan trader reunites with former ECM colleagues at Muzinich
Muzinich & Co has poached European high yield specialist Paul Suter

BlackRock names head of US CLO business, reports Reuters
BlackRock has appointed Owen Butler to lead its US CLO business, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters

Cheyne hires ex-BlueBay official to its new loans business in London
Cheyne Capital Management has finalised the formation of its strategic value credit business with Richard Cazenove joining as partner and senior portfolio manager after leaving BlueBay Asset Management earlier this year

Loomis Sayles senior loan PM in London set to retire
Loomis Sayles has announced that senior loan portfolio manager Kevin Perry will retire in March 2019

Hamilton Lane hires business development official in Munich as it seeks DACH expansion
Hamilton Lane has appointed Martina Schliemann as principal and head of business development in the DACH region, in a bid to expand its presence in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Reed Smith adds former NatWest structured finance specialist to its team
Law firm Reed Smith has added structured finance specialist David Barton as counsel in its London office

RiverRock makes big hire as it looks to expand European loan offering
Market sources say that an experienced capital-raiser, who previously worked at Cheyne Capital, has landed at RiverRock as it embarks on a new fund launch

Family office CIO and ex-Kimura official launch new private debt firm
The chief investment officer of single-family office and an official who previously worked at Kimura Capital have joined forces to launch an asset management business

Protiviti hires ex-structured credit specialist to head European lender due diligence
Consulting firm Protiviti has hired a former structured credit specialist as head of European lender due diligence and risk management

Orchard hires former UBS credit index options and tranches global head
Orchard Global Asset Management has hired an ex-UBS senior correlation trader as a portfolio manager in London