Cairn hires former Magnetar official for PM role on credit opps fund
Cairn Capital has announced that it has hired former Magnetar Capital official Brandon Kufrin as a portfolio manager

Bridgepoint makes high profile hire for push into credit
Private equity firm Bridgepoint has hired a long-serving head of acquisition finance, Debtwire reports

Direct lender Pemberton hires former RBS debt syndicate head
European direct lending specialist Pemberton has announced that it has hired former RBS gobal debt syndicate head Eric Capp as a partner

Natixis hires experienced official to lead European structured credit sales
Natixis has appointed a new head of structured credit distribution for Europe, sources say

JP Morgan loses another leveraged finance specialist to the buy side
Reuters is reporting that a levfin specialist is leaving JP Morgan in London to take up a managing director-level role at a large global credit hedge fund manager

Advisor Marlborough hires ex-Lloyds private debt specialist
Debt advisor Marlborough Partners has announced that it has hired Aubrey Simpson-Orlebar, the former head of Lloyds Bank’s debt private placements team

BNP Paribas moves quickly to restaff London high yield trading business
BNP Paribas has moved quickly to restaff its European high yield trading desk, making two new senior hires for the business last week

Direct lenders look to spread their wings and cross the Atlantic
Middle-market lending is becoming a global business amid talks of JVs

Points up front
Natixis's Hernan Quipildor's secret talent and why those looking to launch a hedge fund business should pick their company name wisely  

BNP Paribas trader joins Aberdeen as head of loans
Aberdeen Asset Management has hired a global head of loans in London, according to a Bloomberg report

Leading CLO market-maker completes big hire in London
An experienced structured credit investor has landed at a bank, which is considered to have one of the leading CLO trading desks in the business

Beechbrook heads up north to open Manchester office
Direct lender Beechbrook Capital has opened up a new office in Manchester, according to an announcement this morning

Former ICG credit head Kershaw takes non-executive role on Aberdeen fund
Well-known credit specialist Dagmar Kent Kershaw has taken up a position as a non-executive director at Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust

ICG hires Avenue Capital’s Lockhead for direct lending role
Intermediate Capital Group has announced that it has hired Avenue Capital’s Peter Lockhead for its direct lending business in Europe

Bain makes double hire to its London office
Bain Capital Credit has raided two hedge fund managers for loans and distressed debt talent

Muzinich hires from BlackRock to bolster its direct lending team
Muzinich has made another hire to its offices in Frankfurt with the firm announcing that Markus Taubert will be joining from BlackRock in July

Imperial brings in emerging market veteran to its London offices
Imperial Capital says that it has hired John Gibbens to work in its emerging markets sales and trading division in London

JP Morgan credit specialist set to join large credit manager in London
An experienced banker is leaving the leveraged finance desk at JP Morgan ahead of a move to the buy side. He is set to be involved with his new employer's upcoming direct lending fund