Värde promotes three credit specialists to partner
Värde Partners has promoted Jim Dunbar, Aneek Mamik and Carlos Sanz Esteve to partner

Credit funds at a glance (January 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

NatWest hires head of Emea leveraged credit sales
NatWest has tapped Nomura for a head of leveraged credit sales position after its head of credit sales left for Jefferies in September 

Amundi replaces European loan head and appoints deputy
Amundi has shaken up the hierarchy of its loan business with a personnel shuffle at the top

BNP Paribas bolsters credit business with European strategy head hire
BNP Paribas is looking to strategy to help drive growth in its credit business and has hired a head of European credit strategy from UBS 

Hayfin hires senior business development officials from BlackRock and Atalaya
Hayfin Capital Management has hired two New York-based managing directors to its business development team

Hayfin creates head of ESG role in London
Hayfin Capital Management says it has hired a head of ESG. This is a newly-created role, but Hayfin says it has “well-established environmental, social and governance capabilities”

Brookfield hires industry veteran as public securities CIO
Brookfield Asset Management has hired a long-serving credit and equity market professional as chief investment officer for its public securities group

KKR announces new co-CEOs as Kravis and Roberts step down
KKR has announced the appointment of its second ever pair of co-chief executive officers, effective immediately, replacing co-founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts

Co-head of Blackstone's GP stake-buying business to join Angelo Gordon
Angelo Gordon has snapped up a big name from Blackstone

"The CLO industry can be a little clubby… it feels like there are few advocates"
Pension Danmark's David Altenhofen taks our credit quiz 

Intriva adds to asset management build up with senior hire
Intriva Capital, a mid-market lender and alternative investment firm, has hired a senior asset manager from HIG Capital

"Alongside larger private equity funds, loan volumes will continue to grow"
Spire's Phil Bennett-Britton takes our credit quiz

Former DWS official claims company over-stated ESG progress: WSJ
DWS Group’s environmental, social and governance investment claims are in the spotlight after its former sustainability officer claimed the firm over-stated its ESG efforts, according to the Wall Street Journal

Key CLO official earns promotion to managing director at Z Capital
Z Capital Group has promoted two members of its investment team in New York, including a central figure on its CLO management platform

Senior research analyst joins Onex from another US CLO issuer
Onex Credit Partners has hired senior research analyst with 11 years' industry experience 

Alcentra hires London-based executive director in liquid loans and high yield team
Alcentra has hired a senior analyst in the firm's liquid loans and high yield team 

Diversity database shines light on credit firms not stepping up
Private credit managers are significantly lagging behind their industry counterparts when it comes to hiring under-represented groups, including front office, distribution and investment committee roles, according to data from Diversity­Metrics, a new data-driven platform launched by executive search firm Jensen Partners

BlueBay hires Germany/Austria institutional sales official in new role
BlueBay Asset Management has tapped a former bfinance official as head of institutional sales Germany and Austria, a newly created job

Tech firm tempts credit investors with supply chain finance offer
Novicap, a fintech company focused on invoice financing, is looking to debt capital market participants — such as credit and structured credit funds, asset managers, pension companies and insurers — as it seeks to raise third-party funding for its credit platform

"Don’t buy loans for the floating rate component alone"
Loomis Sayles' Matt Eagan takes our credit quiz

Meag hires experienced credit specialist for top fixed income job
€328 billion asset manager Meag has appointed a head of active fixed income in Munich to oversee a range of assets including credit

CLO PM set to leave PGIM ahead of move to London-based manager
A London-based mid-sized CLO manager has hired an official from PGIM 

Points up front: The flattest term curve - work anniversary rewards
If you think CLO term curves are flat with a handful of basis points between three and five-year triple A CLOs, then you haven’t seen anything yet

Natixis IM hires CEO with incumbent Raby set to depart
Natixis Investment Managers has hired Generali's chief investment officer to lead the firm from 12 April