Och-Ziff's head of European private credit set to join Carlyle
Carlyle Group has made a high profile hire to its credit team in London

AMP promotes three within infrastructure debt after fundraising success
Global investment manager AMP Capital has promoted three within its UK and US infrastructure debt team, which it says reflects the record growth of its business

Wells Fargo AM looks to build out European private debt arm
Wells Fargo Asset Management is seeking to build out its global presence in the private debt industry by strengthening its European private debt business with a new senior hire, Creditflux has learned 

Search for a new CIO is on as Fidelity International's fixed income head retires
Fidelity International’s fixed income chief investment officer Charles “Chuck” McKenzie is set to retire after four-and-a-half years with the firm

Global law firm appoints credit fund specialist as partner in London
Global law firm Macfarlanes has appointed fund specialist Samuel Brooks to partner within the firm’s investment management team

Amundi appoints fixed income head in Munich
Paris-headquartered asset manager Amundi has appointed Tugrul Kolad as head of fixed income Germany, a spokesperson confirms

ICG names new non-executive director in London
ICG has announced a new hire to its London office: a director with significant experience in the asset management space, including a stint as chair at SVG Capital

Boutique US CLO manager hires from KKR as part of expansion into Europe
Credit Value Partners, the US CLO and credit fund manager owned by New York Life Investments, has hired Brian McNamara from KKR Credit Partners

SSGA appoints global head of institutional group
State Street Global Advisors has appointed former APAC head Lochiel Crafter as head of its Global Institutional Group. James MacNevin will now take over Crafter's former role 

Madrid bank hires credit specialist from Spanish direct lender
Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey has appointed Ignacio Blaso as managing director in capital markets

KKR appoints new independent director
KKR has appointed French technology entrepreneur Xavier Niel to the Board of Directors of KKR Management

Law firm Reed Smith hires finance funds partner from rival firm
Bronwen Jones, formerly of law firm Macfarlanes, has joined Reed Smith’s financial industry group in London as a partner

London specialist lender names head of underwriting
Iron Bridge Finance, a property development direct lender, has announced the appointment of Gareth Ward as head of underwriting

Man GLG appoints credit portfolio manager
London-headquartered fund manager Man GLG has promoted Andrew Freestone to credit portfolio manager

Tetragon shuts down distressed debt fund amid claims of fundraising struggles
Tetragon Financial Group is shuttering one of its subsidiary’s funds amid claims of troubles with fundraising

MFS hires former BlackRock fixed income portfolio manager
London-based MFS Investment Managmeent has appointed former BlackRock’s Owen Murfin as an institutional portfolio manager

Fair Oaks expands into European loans with major hire
Fair Oaks Capital – one of the largest CLO equity investors in the market – has hired a well-known figure in the CLO industry to build a European corporate loan business

BlueMountain hires former Pine River credit specialist
BlueMountain Capital Management has hired credit specialist Colin Teichholtz as global governments and agency mortgage-backed securities head

First Avenue principal joins Pantheon in London
Pantheon has hired London-based Justin Mallis from global placement agent First Avenue Partners

Real estate lending gains €700 million in six months for Paris-based direct lender
French alternative investments manager Acofi Gestion has raised €700 million of AUM for commercial real estate lending since July 2017

Goldman distressed debt specialist to join HPS in London
London-based Frederick Morris is leaving Goldman Sachs and moving to HPS Investment Partners, Creditflux has learned

Swiss banking group appoints structured finance head from Goldman Sachs
Geneva-based banking group REYL & Cie has tapped Ante Razmilovic to lead the REYL’s new structured finance business

KKR bids farewell to European private credit specialist in London
A direct lender has left KKR Credit after almost two years working in the firm’s European private credit team in London

Investec AM announces leadership succession plan
Investec Asset Management has announced its leadership succession plans following the retirement of Investec Group's chief executive officer and managing director

Fulcrum hires director for newly created alternatives group
Fulcrum Asset Management hires Mark Horne as director within its newly created alternative strategies team, the firm announced yesterday