JP Morgan AM strengthens fixed income team with several new appointments
Karine Mercado, Rohan Duggal and Claire Cullen join the investment team at JP Morgan Asset Management  

Ashurst promotes five debt specialists to partner
Global law firm Ashurst has announced the promotion of 24 to partnership - including Kerion Ball, James Knight, Laura Ho, Tara Waters and Caroline Smart

Stamford Associates' head of fixed income joins European credit manager
The head of fixed income at Stamford Associates, Timothy Smith, has moved to the buy side

LGIM chief executive officer Zinkula steps down
Legal & General Invesment’s (LGIM) chief executive officer Mark Zinkula will step down from his position in August this year following his retirement

Portfolio manager central to European CLO expansion to leave Neuberger
One of the key figures behind the launch of Neuberger Berman’s European CLO business is set to leave the firm

US manager plans debut 2.0 European CLO, six years after selling 1.0 deals
A large US CLO manager is warehousing its first 2.0 CLO in Europe

Aviva establishes real assets platform and sells real estate multi-manager business
London-based Aviva Investors has established a new £37 billion real assets platform, which aims to integrate real estate, infrastructure, structured finance and its private debt business

Credit Agricole hires head of US credit trading and head of ABS syndicate
Credit Agricole has strengthened its US credit platform by hiring Anatoly Nakum as head of credit trading for the Americas, and Beth Starr as head of ABS syndicate for the same region

BlueBay hires former Henderson credit head
Fixed income specialist BlueBay Asset Management has appointed former Henderson credit head Stephen Thariyan to a newly created role of co-head of developed markets

PDM strengthens CLO structuring team with former Och-Ziff official
Permira Debt Managers has strengthened its CLO structuring team and hired former Och-Ziff’s Pierre Driant, Creditflux has learned

CVC hires credit sourcing specialist as managing director
 CVC Credit has hired Josefa Llinares as managing director, responsible for sourcing credit opportunities across the platform

DWS looks to bring new faces to budding CLO management platform
DWS is intending to become the latest investment firm to build a European CLO management platform

Neptune hires former Axa IM global fixed income head Zemek
London-based Neptune Investment Management has hired the former global head of fixed income at Axa Investment Managers Theodora Zemek

CIFC lands in Europe with new office and top marketing hire
CIFC has further strengthened its European presence in the credit market, opening a new London office and appointing Muzinich’s Joshua Hughes to head its European marketing

Invesco hires former Schroders PM to fixed income team
Invesco has appointed former Schroder’s Tom Sartain as senior portfolio manager within its fixed income team

Angelo Gordon brings in European CLO portfolio manager to establish new business
Angelo Gordon has made a breakthrough in its bid to establish a European CLO business

Hermes hires portfolio managers for asset-based lending and Euro ABS
London-headquartered Hermes Investment Management has strengthened its fixed income team and Stephane Michel and Andrew Lennox as portfolio managers, the firm announced today

European loans specialist joins Fair Oaks and reunites with former colleague
Fair Oaks Capital’s expansion into CLO management has taken another step forward

Global law firm adds Luxembourg fund specialist as partner
Luxembourg fund specialist Augustin de Longeaux joins Simmons & Simmons as partner. He will initially focus on US clients with respect to capital raising and distribution in Europe

Pictet appoints head of emerging maket debt following resignation
Pictet Asset Management has appointed Mary-Therese Barton as head of emerging market debt following the resignation of Simon Lue-Long, Pictet’s former head of EM debt. 

King Street loses out as European loan specialist has change of heart
Market sources say that King Street Capital Management came tantalisingly close to bringing in a senior official to help establish its European CLO business

We are not structured finance investors – we are corporate credit specialists
Fair Oaks' Miguel Ramos-Fuentenebro takes our credit quiz

Ex-Barclays EMEA leveraged finance head takes top role at Natixis
The former head of EMEA leveraged finance at Barclays has joined Natixis as head of investment banking for the Americas

US firms to continue CLO charge in Europe despite risk retention still applying
Europe is expected to welcome an influx of new CLO managers this year, despite the continent being subjected to CLO risk retention

Future returns: we've (not) got a case of the blues
Regular readers may notice a slight change to this, the 201st issue of Creditflux...