Convertibles specialist moves into CLO management with Apollo support
Convertible bonds specialist Advent Capital Management is moving into US CLO management with support from Apollo Global Management  

Novicap names new CEO in leadership shuffle as it sets targets for credit division
Novicap, a fintech company offering working capital optimisation solutions to SMEs and mid-market corporates, has shuffled its leadership structure and set a €1 billion cumulative volume target for its credit division by the end of this year

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

Points up front: Italian international tackles banking after rugby
In his latest column, on page 21, Thomas Majewski draws similarities between the CLO market and a youth soccer game. Turns out there might also be parallels between investment banking and rugby

Winton hires quant credit specialist as PM
Winton, a London-headquartered asset management firm that specialises in quantitative strategies, has hired an experienced trader to focus on credit alpha capture

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

Blackstone lands big name as bank's synthetic structured credit talisman joins buyside
Blackstone has hired a well known figure from the synthetic structured credit market, with a prominent name in CSOs joining the firm after 18 years working on the sell-side 

Capital Four hires senior US credit trader
Capital Four has hired a senior credit trader in its New York office

NatWest names head of high yield syndicate and lev loans
Natwest has poached Crédit Agricole's head of high yield syndicate for a newly-created role as head of high yield syndicate and leveraged loans

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

"Rules require 5% risk retention, but for first loss CRS that is not enough"
PGGM's Mascha Canio takes our credit quiz 

Corum Butler hires experienced high yield portfolio manager
Corum Butler has added to its team of five bond fund portfolio managers with a Paris-based hire

RBC names head of high yield trading and e-strategy for leveraged finance
RBC Capital Markets has promoted a high yield trader and head of leveraged finance digital strategy to the position

Willis Towers Watson promotes manager research specialist to global credit head
Willis Towers Watson has named a global head of credit for manager research

BlueBay opens Madrid office with sales director relocating to lead team
BlueBay's new office will be located within parent company Royal Bank of Canada’s Madrid office

Oak Hill hires head of ESG in New York
Oak Hill Advisors has hired its first head of ESG and sustainability 

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

Booster mandates leave unvaccinated further in the cold
US credit asset managers are starting to make coronavirus vaccination boosters part of their recruitment policy requirements, sources say.

They said it: "The third term is Jinping’s legacy..."
... He does not care about near-term growth."

Points up front: A true rock star lawyer
When corporations proclaim they are looking to recruit ‘rock stars’ (as is common these days), this usually means they are seeking highly proficient candidates for a desk job

Apollo hires ex-JP Morgan CLO co-head to lead new Apac credit business
Apollo Global Management has hired three from Commonwealth Bank to lead the fim’s Asia Pacific credit business

Robeco adds Asia fixed income head and builds team ahead of strategy launch
Robeco has made a senior hire with a focus on credit and sustainability as it moves staff from Rotterdam in preparation to launch a new fixed income strategy

Natixis hires head of leverage finance syndication in New York
Natixis has hired a managing director to head up its leveraged finance syndication

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

TwentyFour promotes US credit head to partner
TwentyFour Asset Management has promoted its head of US credit to partner, effective in the early part of this year