Cowen brings together credit and equity for its sales and trading platform
Cowen has announced two senior appointments as part of its effort to align its credit and equity trading platforms

UBS O'Connor professional resurfaces in business development role at Context
Hedge fund manager UBS O'Connor has lost Arun Gowda to Context Capital Partners, a seeding firm focused on alternative investment strategies

BlueMountain hires former Pine River credit specialist
BlueMountain Capital Management has hired credit specialist Colin Teichholtz as global governments and agency mortgage-backed securities head

GSAM loses another co-portfolio manager on $4 billion high yield fund
A former managing director has left Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) just months after one of his co-portfolio managers departed the firm, US SEC filings indicate

JP Morgan AM establishes high yield municipal bond platform
JP Morgan AM has appointed a managing director and head of high yield municipal bond strategies to establish a high yield municipal bond platform

MFS fixed income veteran gives up PM duties on $1.45 billion of funds
A fixed income specialist at MFS Investment Management is relinquishing portfolio management duties on four closed-end debt funds with collective assets of about $1.45 billion

Apollo reorganises its global credit platform
Sources say Apollo Global Management has reshaped its credit business by merging certain divisions and promoting several staffers in New York. Separately, sources say a high-ranking credit head has left the firm

AB names fixed income co-heads and replaces Ashish Shah on two funds
Following the departure of Ashish Shah, who was AB's head of fixed income and chief investment officer, Will Smith has been appointed co-manager on two bond funds. Meanwhile, the firm has named two co-heads of fixed income

20-year Credit Suisse veteran joins BlackRock in New York
BlackRock has hired Brent Patry, the former vice chairman of Credit Suisse's acquisition and leveraged finance division

GSAM poaches AB’s Ashish Shah as global corporate credit head
Goldman Sachs Asset Management's fixed income team has hired Ashish Shah as partner and head of global corporate credit, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

Bill Barr steps down from Och-Ziff board as firm's new CEO is named
Och-Ziff has named a new chief executive officer to succeed Dan Och, with the firm announcing today that former Credit Suisse executive Robert Shafir will step into the position

New York fixed income specialist hires two marketing officials
Fixed income specialist Ryan Labs Asset Management, a member of the Sun Life Investment Management group, has made two senior hires to its marketing and client strategy team

Former Hartford ETF chief joins Chicago manager as head of funds
Northern Trust Asset Management has named Darek Wojnar, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) professional from Hartford Funds, as its head of funds and managed accounts

Ropes & Gray announces 33 promotions including finance and hedge fund professionals
Law firm Ropes & Gray has promoted 33 lawyers to counsel of the firm, with the attorneys representing a range of practice groups including finance, investment management, hedge funds and private investment funds

Brigade co-founder to leave the firm
Brigade Capital Management's co-founder Pat Kelly is leaving the firm, according to market sources

Willis Towers Watson fund exchange hires new US head in New York
Willis Towers Watson’s Asset Management Exchange (AMX), an institutional asset management marketplace, has appointed a new US head

Lord Abbett names successor after managing partner announces retirement
Lord Abbett’s managing partner Daria Foster has announced her intention to retire – and now the New Jersey-based firm has confirmed a successor

Oak Hill appoints sole head of European credit as ex-partner takes on new role
One of Oak Hill Advisors’ most senior staffers has stepped into a senior advisory role

CEO of Blackstone's hedge fund solution platform steps aside
Blackstone has announced that J Tomilson Hill, president and chief executive officer of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), will be transitioning to a new role as chairman of BAAM

BTIG bolsters New York credit team with four hires
Global financial services firm BTIG has announced several hires to strengthen its fixed income credit team, with the professionals joining from UBS, Seaport, Jefferies and Stifel

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

PineBridge appoints high-ranking State Street official as its COO
Global asset manager PineBridge Investments has appointed of Michael Karpik as chief operating officer, according to a statement by the firm

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

Fund placement specialist returns to Firstavenue as partner
Derek Dietrich rejoins FIRSTavenue as partner, after leaving the firm to start his own placement business 

Former KKR credit strategies head joins Angel Island
Lynette Vanderwarker, who had previously been leading the credit strageies group at KKR, has been appointed chief strategy officer at Angel Island Capital Management