HSBC banker joins Jefferies as European co-head of leveraged finance
Jefferies has made a big hire to its loans business in London, Creditflux has learned

JP Morgan AM continues ETF expansion with three new hires
Following three senior hires to its ETF business last year, JP Morgan has shown its commitment to its ETFs business with three more hires

Spire adds former Highland CLO PM to its team in London
Corporate loan specialist John McAuliffe has joined Spire Partners as a senior credit analyst

TPG hires to its direct lending team in London
The European direct originations platform of TPG Sixth Street Partners, TPG Speciality Lending Europe, has hired Taddeo Vender as director, according to LinkedIn

Pacific Life rebrands asset management division and appoints CEO
Pacific Life has announced the rebrand of its asset management business to Pacific Global Asset Management and has appointed Kevin Byrne as chief executive officer

Carlyle's head of origination for credit earns promotion to partner
Carlyle Group has announced 58 senior promotions across all its global offices: eight to partner, 19 to managing director and 31 to principal/director

BNP Paribas adds experienced fund financing specialist to its Paris offices
BNP Paribas has hired an experienced professional to its fund financing team. The new recruit will cover loan funds

Former Morgan Stanley European loan trading head resurfaces on buy side
A Madrid-based manager has hired a senior loan specialist as it launches a new credit fund

Oak Hill promotes three to partner
Oak Hill Advisors has promoted three managing directors to the position of partner, according to market sources

SSGA appoints former Unigestion director in top business development role
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation, has hired Miles O’Connor as head of institutional for EMEA.

European loan specialist leaves Partners Group
A European corporate loan specialist, who covered both CLOs and direct lending funds, has parted company with Partners Group, a spokesperson for the company confirms

Liontrust forms new credit team as high yield PM and Kames pair join the pride
Liontrust Asset Management has hired Donald Phillips to join its new global fixed income team, according to a company statement

Rothschild's Yeates joins Investcorp to head European credit funds business
Credit veteran Phil Yeates has joined Investcorp Credit Management as a managing director and head of its European credit funds business, according to an announcement this morning

LGIM hires three to private credit team
Legal and General Investment Management Real Assets (LGIM) has announced three senior hires to its private credit business 

Searchlight hires former head of opportunistic European credit at Apollo
Apollo Global Management's former head of European opportunistic credit Ralf Ackermann has been hired as partner at private investment firm Searchlight Capital Partners

Former Octopus credit manager inks deal to join bridging lender
London bridging lender Octane Capital has hired Graham Macaulay from Octopus Property

UK manager hires two to lead British Business Bank-sponsored debt funds
UK-based Maven Capital Partners has announced the appointment of Steve Lewis and Jonathan Lowe as investment directors to lead two debt fund teams

Direct lending leverage takes off
HPS, NXT and Crescent target mid market with leverage in Q4. By Grace Jennings-Edquist

Citi promotes European CLO head and co-head of credit correlation trading
Citi – a market leader in CLO origination and bespokes – has promoted officials responsible for these businesses.

Amundi's credit subsidiary promotes head of fixed income
Paris-based BFT Investment Managers, the credit and fixed income subsidiary of Amundi, has announced a new managing director

Northern Trust hires alternatives sales manager in London
Chicago-based Northern Trust has announced a new London-based hire, who will be tasked with spearheading sales across the alternatives fund sectors in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

Financial advisory firm taps former Capita professional to lead new funds unit
Financial advisory services firm Highvern Trustees has announced plans to launch a new funds business, and has hired a former Capita Asset Services professional to lead it

NN IP hires former GE official to head corporate loans business
A Dutch asset manager has strengthened its alternative credit team

UK pension scheme hires head of credit
A UK pension scheme with £29.6 billion of assets has hired a new head of credit, who will help grow the fund's investment grade capabilities

Bank appoints head of European loan trading in London
A loans trader has been promoted to lead a bank's Europe-wide loan trading effort