TwentyFour expands into US with head of US credit appointment in New York
TwentyFour Asset Management has appointed David Norris as head of US credit to lead the firm’s expansion into the US

Stifel builds out leveraged finance team with big hire
The new unit will focus on origination, underwriting, and syndication of leveraged loans and high-yield securities

King & Spalding adds debt specialist as partner in its Chicago office
Global law firm King & Spalding has appointed Amy Peters as partner in its corporate, finance and investments practice group

Nomura hires EMEA flow credit trading head following departures
Nomura has hired John Gousias to head its flow credit trading business in Europe, the middle east and Africa

Partners Group promotes Layton to co-CEO as Rubeli steps down
Partners Group has announced that David Layton, partner and head of private equity, will succeed Christoph Rubeli as the firm’s co-chief executive officer, effective 1 January 2019

Wells Fargo AM chief Norris to retire
Wells Fargo Asset Management's Anthony Norris - managing director, chief investment officer and senior portfolio manager - is set to retire from the fund management industry in October

Barclays hires another senior EM trader as Turkey continues to roil markets
Barclays has made an experienced hire to its EM credit trading team in London

BNP Paribas hires to its loan sales team in London
BNP Paribas has added to its loans sales team in London with an experienced hire

TD builds out European credit trading arm with key hire
The Canadian-based investment bank has strengthened its European credit trading business with a senior credit trading official 

BNP Paribas hires global credit strategy head
BNP Paribas has appointed a global head of credit strategy and desk analysts.

BlueMountain hires PM to lead private infrastructure unit
BlueMountain Capital Management has hired Scott Troeller to lead its private infrastructure unit  

Proskauer expands asset management practice with partner in Washington
International law firm Proskauer has expanded its global asset management practice with the appointment of William Tuttle, who joins as partner in the corporate practice

Star names join Barclays as it pushes into CLOs

They said it: My friend (not a fan of the president) said she would erect a statue of Trump if there was any further Volcker rule rollback
A US lawyer tells us that President Donald Trump is gaining admirers in the credit industry.

Points up front: Cooperman takes advice from Kenny Rogers
Last month news emerged that Omega Advisors founder Leon Cooperman was converting his multi-billion dollar hedge fund into a family office.It wasn’t fatigue or performance issues driving the 75-year-old to retirement (Omega’s flagship fund is said to have delivered double-digit returns in 2017), but rather American country singer Kenny Rogers.  

BNP Paribas reorganises US credit business and appoints leveraged finance head
BNP Paribas has integrated its existing US primary and secondary credit units under a single new entity known as global credit markets Americas

Mill Hill poaches former Citi structured credit specialist
New York-headquartered Mill Hill Capital has appointed Nick Pepe as head of business development and investor relations

Houlihan Lokey expands global private funds group with Carlyle official
Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey has expanded its global private funds group with the appointment of Zade Zalatimo, former senior executive officer of Carlyle MENA

BlueMountain appoints four portfolio managers
New York-based BlueMountain Capital Management has hired four portfolio managers to bolster its global governments and agency mortgages strategy 

Carlyle bolsters credit opportunities team with two senior hires
Carlyle has announced the appointment of Taj Sidhu and Philip Moore in the firm's credit opportunities team

Mayer Brown appoints private credit specialist as partner in Chicago office
Global law firm Mayer Brown has appointed private credit specialist Beth Vogel as partner in the firm’s banking and finance practice

European CLO PM rumoured to be joining CIFC from large asset manager
CIFC Asset Management looks to have made a major breakthrough in its bid to establish a European credit business with the $17 billion asset manager rumoured to be hiring the head of European performing credit at a large global credit firm

Schroders appoints credit specialist to fixed income team
Schroders has appointed a former BlackRock credit specialist as an investment director focused on Schroders' credit strategies

Investcorp brings in European credit portfolio manager from Rothschild
Investcorp has appointed Dominic Courtman as portfolio manager and director of its European Credit Management business (ICM EU)

Alcentra appoints Rajguru as global chief investment officer as Hatfield retires
Alcentra has appointed Vijay Rajguru as global chief investment officer effective 2 July 2018, a spokesperson for the company has confirmed to Creditflux, following Paul Hatfield's decision to retire from the firm at the end of the year