BNP Paribas hires global credit strategy head
BNP Paribas has appointed a global head of credit strategy and desk analysts.

Hermes appoints head of direct lending in London
Hermes Investment Management has a new head of direct lending. The experienced official now reports into Hermes's head of private debt and CLOs, Patrick Marshall

BNP Paribas hires experienced structured credit trader in London
BNP Paribas has hired structured credit trading specialist James Moi to its business in London  

High profile figure in SRT market leaves Nomura in London
A well known figure in the significant risk transfer (SRT) space has parted company with Nomura in London, sources say.

Star names join Barclays as it pushes into CLOs

Newly launched Kyma appoints two senior investment analysts
Kyma Capital, co-founded by former GSO Capital Partners executive Akshay Shah earlier this year, has added two investment analysts in London

BlueBay adds strategist to its emerging market team in London
BlueBay Asset Management has appointed Gautam Kalani to its emerging markets debt team, in a newly created role of emerging market FX strategist

Pearl Diver launches new CLO funds and expands into US with New York office
CLO equity investor Pearl Diver Capital is in full-on expansion mode with the launch of new funds and the opening of its US office in New York

European loan portfolio manager parts ways with CQS
A European leveraged loan portfolio manager at London-based CQS  has left the firm, Creditflux has learned

Partner in TPG's direct lending business leaves his role
Phil Fretwell has left his role as partner TPG Specialty Lending Europe, Creditflux’s sister publication Debtwire has learned

Alcentra strengthens European direct lending team with hires
Alcentra has strengthened its European direct lending team with Sarah Madore, Maria Garcia Diego and Joanna Layton joining the firm's London-based lending unit.

Carlyle bolsters credit opportunities team with two senior hires
Carlyle has announced the appointment of Taj Sidhu and Philip Moore in the firm's credit opportunities team

CVC poaches Pemberton's head of investor relations
Global credit manager CVC Credit has appointed Mike Anderson as head of Investor Relations

European CLO PM rumoured to be joining CIFC from large asset manager
CIFC Asset Management looks to have made a major breakthrough in its bid to establish a European credit business with the $17 billion asset manager rumoured to be hiring the head of European performing credit at a large global credit firm

Pemberton appoints head of business development
European direct lender Pemberton has expanded its senior leadership team with the appointment of Antoine Josserand as head of business development

Schroders appoints credit specialist to fixed income team
Schroders has appointed a former BlackRock credit specialist as an investment director focused on Schroders' credit strategies

Tikehau poaches Commerzbank leveraged loan trader
Tikehau Capital has appointed a secondary loan trader in its London-based CLO and leveraged loan fund team

Investcorp brings in European credit portfolio manager from Rothschild
Investcorp has appointed Dominic Courtman as portfolio manager and director of its European Credit Management business (ICM EU)

BlackRock poaches CLO tranche portfolio manager from London-based firm
BlackRock has hired a CLO investment specialist in London

Alcentra appoints Rajguru as global chief investment officer as Hatfield retires
Alcentra has appointed Vijay Rajguru as global chief investment officer effective 2 July 2018, a spokesperson for the company has confirmed to Creditflux, following Paul Hatfield's decision to retire from the firm at the end of the year

Värde appoints business development and investor relations head in London
Global alternative investment firm Värde Partners has appointed Shannon Gallagher as head of business development and investor relations for EMEA

Global head of credit correlation leaves JP Morgan to launch new hedge fund
Market sources say that a high profile figure, known to have been responsible for unwinding JP Morgan's 'London whale' positions, has left the bank to start his own hedge fund

Alcentra hires co-heads of US direct lending
Alcentra has moved into the US direct lending space - and has appointed Suhail Shaikh and Peter Glaser as managing directors and co-heads of its US direct lending business

Lynx appoints former Swedish pension fund alternatives head as partner
Swedish hedge fund manager Lynx Asset Management has appointed Martin Källström as partner and member of its management team

Kartesia hires Jefferies' former head of CLO trading in London
Kartesia, best known for investing in middle market companies in Europe, has brought in the former head of European CLO and CDO trading at Jefferies, Sharif Anbar-Colas