Apollo appoints head of leadership development and diversity
Apollo Global Management is taking steps to improve diversity at its leadership level

Credit funds at a glance (August 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

GSO names additional portfolio manager for three listed credit funds
GSO Capital Partners has added Robert Post as a portfolio manager to three listed credit funds, effective 1 August

Credit funds at a glance (July 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

SocGen promotes cross-asset solutions specialist
Societe Generale has named a global head of economics, cross-asset and quant research

Sculptor CEO Shafir to step down with CIO taking dual role
Sculptor Capital Management has announced that its chief investment officer will take also take on the role of chief executive officer, effective 1 April 2021

Credit funds at a glance (June 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Tikehau appoints head of capital market strategies
Tikehau Capital has appointed a head of capital market strategies effective today,  responsible for overseeing the firm’s €3.8 billion bond, equity and flexible investment strategies

Batleon expands credit team with PM hire
Asset manager Bantleon has hired a credit portfolio manager and desk analyst, as the organisation looks to strengthen its bond portfolio management team

Davidson Kempner hires ex-Barclays convertibles research head
DavidsonKempner, the investment management firm, has hired the former head of European and Asian convertibles research at Barclays to manage convertible bonds in its London office

BTIG hires strategist to cover US and European financials
Nandana Shenoy has joined BTIG in New York to work as a strategist covering US and European financials, according to an announcement by the brokerage

Mizuho names raft of European fixed income hires
Mizuho has signalled a push to bolster its European fixed income business with the Japanese bank announcing a raft of hires including jobs in structured credit, emerging market credit and credit sales

BlueBay adds hire from Schroders to bolster Swiss sales force
BlueBay Asset Management has added a hire from Schroders to deepen the firm’s presence in Switzerland

Schroders appoints deputy head for credit business
Schroders has hired to the newly-created position of deputy head of credit

JP Morgan's head of European high yield trading leaves for $32 billion asset manager
JP Morgan's head of European high yield trading has left the firm and landed at global credit manager with a large CLO business

BTIG founds European fixed income credit division and adds four traders
The London-based division will be led by Michael Carley, who BTIG hired last year as a fixed income managing director in New York

Credit CIO Finch leaves GLG
Simon Finch has parted ways with Man GLG, according to market sources, ending an 18-month stay at the firm where he served as chief investment officer for credit

NNIP's private debt head moves to private equity job
The team leader for direct lending, loan portfolio financing and non-performing loan securitisations at NN Investment Partners has moved to a senior private equity job at AnaCap Financial Partners

Managers have leeway even after triggering key person event, finds Ropes & Gray
Almost all credit managers offer protection to investors that key employees will continue to manage the fund’s assets throughout its life, with 95% credit funds containing such "key person clauses". But that does not mean managers have their hands completely tied

Mediobanca hires former credit derivatives trading head
Mediobanca has hired an experienced credit trader to its office in Milan

Franklin Templeton reorganises long-short credit fund team
Asset manager Franklin Templeton Investments will make changes to the portfolio managers for the Franklin K2 Long Short Credit funds, effective from October

Dechert adds funds partner in Dublin office
Dechert adds official from Maples Group 

Swiss manager expands credit capabilities with hire
Asset manager GAM Investments has appointed a credit specialist in a bid to strengthen its global income team  

Schroders appoints head of sustainable credit
The hire, Schroders anticipates, will "deliver the very best in ESG credit investment solutions for clients"

Deutsche Bank reshuffles European capital markets business
Deutsche Bank has reshuffled its European capital markets business, dividing both its leveraged finance and debt capital markets units by origination and syndication