After 10 years away, Permira makes plans for return to CLO management
PDM is best known as a direct lender and investor in CLO tranches – but its first foray into credit was as a CLO manager. The firm is now reviving that business. 

Creditflux parent rebrands as Acuris
Creditflux’s parent company gained a new name last month, with Mergermarket Group relaunching as Acuris

Points up front: the biggest leaving do of the year
Key players from across the CLO industry gathered to bid farewell to Alcentra’s Hiram Hamilton, who is swapping London for New York. 

German direct lending will grow for two decades
Patrimonium’s Daniel Heine takes our credit quiz

Cheyne hires former BlueBay official Robertson to lead new credit unit
Cheyne is targeting below investment grade credit and has hired the former global head of leveraged finance at BlueBay to lead a newly-assembled team of three

Pemberton promotes new hire to fill UK origination gap, reports Debtwire
Debtwire has reported that a loan origination partner has left London-based direct lending manager Pemberton and plans to join a family office within the next few months

CDPQ joins the private credit rush with senior hire in New York
O Canada - you're quickly becoming home of the private credit market. We list the key people flows over the last two years as pension funds in North America become ingrained in private credit

ABS trader joins Barclays in London
Market sources say that Barclays has added an ABS trader to its team in London

Fast-growing private credit firm Northleaf brings in senior advisor
Northleaf Capital Partners has announced that Robert Weiss has joined as a senior advisor for its private credit team

SEB appoints head of loan syndication in London
SEB has made another change to its loans divison

20-year Citi veteran earns promotion to head of European credit trading
Citi’s global head of distressed debt has been promoted to head of credit trading for Europe, the middle east and Africa, officials at the bank have confirmed

Saba to close London office, reports Reuters
$1.7 billion hedge fund manager Saba Capital Management is closing down its offices in London

SEB promotes leveraged finance official in Frankfurt
SEB says that leveraged finance specialist Stuart Hewer has been appointed as its new head of acquisition finance

Imperial adds structured credit talent to London and New York offices
Imperial Capital has added to its structured products business in London and New York

Ares brings in leveraged finance specialist Higgins as partner in credit group
The former global head of long-only credit strategies at BlueBay Asset Management has resurfaced at Ares Management in London

BNP Paribas hires to its ABS syndicate team in London
Credit sales specialist reunites with former colleagues ahead of a move to BNP Paribas

Bank of Ireland promotes loan syndications head after recent departure
Bank of Ireland has promoted an 11-year veteran after losing its head of leveraged acquisition finance to Bridgepoint recently

PGIM hires credit trader for its European high yield business
PGIM is understood to have hired a credit trader from a leading sell-side firm for its high yield debt business in London

BlackRock hires experienced analyst from Onex Credit
BlackRock has hired an experienced credit analyst in London, officials at the company confirm

JP Morgan Asset Management hires distressed credit trading duo
Two JP Morgan distressed credit specialists who left a year ago for a rumoured move to the buy side have turned up on the buy side – back at JP Morgan

Direct lender Kartesia hires from JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs
Direct lender Kartesia has announced that it has hired two associates in London and an analyst for its office in Brussels

Citi adds to high yield sales team in London
Citi has announced that it has hired high yield sales specialist Richard Caldwell in London

Avenue loses another key European credit portfolio manager
An experienced credit PM has left Avenue to join a $2.3 billion fund manager in a new role