Vistina builds out team and opens London base after Moody’s hire
EXCLUSIVE: After hiring Moody’s executive and ratings expert Jeanine Arnold, private credit advisory firm Vistina is expanding its European footprint

Houlihan hires HarbourVest MD in GP-led secondaries push 
Dan Buffery joins the investment bank to help lead the firm’s North American GP-led secondaries advisory business

Silver Point hires Goldman MD for private credit origination
Michael Cote previously served as a managing director in Goldman Sachs’s leveraged finance business

Cahill’s private credit co-head joins Paul Hastings in New York
Peter Williams, who also has experience as a managing director at KKR, now joins Paul Hasting’s global finance platform

King & Spalding adds former Proskauer partner in fund finance biz build out
The law firm has recruited Ron Franklin, who previously served as co-head of the corporate & fund finance group at Proskauer Rose

Mercer appoints head of North American private debt
The investment consultant also named a head of North American infrastructure and head of Americas real estate

Golub shakes up leadership with co-CEOs, co-Presidents appointments
The alternative credit manager will have three co-presidents after promoting Spyro Alexopoulos and hiring two new executives

JPMorgan hires Morgan Stanley executive to lead global secondaries practice
William Boyle previously served as Morgan Stanley’s global head of private capital advisory; new hire bolsters JP Morgan’s recently formed private capital advisory unit

Barings hires former Northleaf MD to expand capital solutions platform
CJ Wei has joined Barings as a managing director for capital solutions and a portfolio manager for specialty asset-based finance

Northleaf private ABF managing director exits
CJ Wei, who focused on asset-based finance at the Canadian private markets firm, departs for a new role

Blackstone to launch new private multi-asset products for affluent individuals
The new products, expected to come in the following months, will offer exposure to multiple private market asset strategies at once

Citi announces debt capital markets co-heads, including a hire from BofA
The new co-heads will fill the open spot left by head of global debt capital markets Rich Zogheb, who is retiring after 40 years in the industry

Moelis taps Barclays alum to lead private credit secondaries
Kyle Reidy previously served as global head of structured credit origination at Barclays.  

Pemberton reorganizes, appoints new private credit leaders
The firm’s chief credit officer is leaving at the end of March, the company said

SocGen creates insurance solutions group, hires MD
EXCLUSIVE: Bradley Schneider most recently served as head of private credit at Cresset

Muzinich names new co-head of US private debt in flurry of senior hires
Jens Ernberg has joined Muzinich from Camberline Capital Management, along with Matthew Bandini and Rocco DelGuercio

McDermott promotes partner in fund finance business buildout
The newly combined law firm McDermott Will & Schulte wants to focus more on lender-side counsel as net-asset-value lending market expands

Barings BDC taps new CEO for the new year
Thomas McDonnell, who has spent two decades at the firm, will step in as CEO for the listed business-development company

Sixth Street Specialty Lending starts CEO transition
The BDC’s current CEO Joshua Easterly will step down from his position at the end of the year but continue his role as co-CIO of the greater Sixth Street platform

Ex-AIMCo private credit veteran Scudellari reappears at ICG
David Scudellari previously exited the Canadian pension giant amid an organizational shakeup

Värde appoints head of ABF, hires ex-KKR MD
The appointments come as the firm looks to expand in the asset-based finance sub-sector of private credit

Ex-Muzinich co-head of US private debt joins Colbeck
The new hire adds to Colbeck Capital Management’s capabilities across the US middle market

Third Point adds three MDs from Apogem
The new private credit team members will help source middle market direct lending deals

Hayfin hires two MDs for product and sales
The two managing directors will join the firm’s partner solutions group that focuses on creating new products and reaching new investors

Carlyle nabs head of direct lending origination from Golub
EXCLUSIVE: The firm also hired a second managing director focused on originations as it re-staffs its direct lending franchise