Direct lender Frontwell adds three hires to new team
FrontWell Capital Partners, the newly launched mid-market lender founded by ex-Apollo veteran Patrick Dalton, has added three hires to its team

Brevan Howard raids ExodusPoint for credit derivative specialists
Brevan Howard has hired credit derivative specialists from ExodusPoint Capital Management with a view to expanding in credit options

Sculptor promotes two after European credit head leaves for Pimco
Sculptor Capital Management has filled the void left by Mathieu Clavel, its former head of European and Asian corporate credit in Europe and Asia, by promoting two senior figures in its credit business

Churchill appoints former Carlyle official to lead investor relations
Churchill Asset Management has appointed a former Carlyle Group official as a senior managing director and head of investor relations

Hayfin appoints global business development head
Hayfin Capital Management has hired a new global head of business development from Avenue Capital in New York

Wriedt buys minority stake in direct lender Scio and joins as strategic advisor
Oliver Wriedt, the former chief executive officer at DFG Investment Advisers, has bought a minority stake in European credit asset manager Scio Capital

Post hires head of sales and marketing in Los Angeles
Post Advisory Group has hired Eileen Mancera as managing director and head of sales and marketing

Palm Lane launches credit relative value fund with $200 million after PM hires
Palm Lane Capital has raised about $200 million for a global credit relative value hedge fund, which went live on 1 September

Marathon hires high yield senior portfolio manager from JP Morgan AM
Marathon Asset Management has hired a senior high yield portfolio manager in New York to help develop the firm's long-only high yield business

Alcentra appoints DeSimone as CEO
Alcentra has appointed Johnathan DeSimone as chief executive officer following David Forbes-Nixon’s decision to step down and take an investment role at the firm

Credit funds at a glance (September 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Credit Suisse shakes up leveraged finance with origination and restructuring co-heads
Credit Suisse has made a number of senior promotions in its leveraged finance team, appointing two new global co-heads of leveraged finance origination and restructuring

BlueMountain's Feldstein set to leave firm as Assured wins $300 million CLO mandate
Andrew Feldstein is set to exit from Assured Guaranty and its subsidiary BlueMountain Capital Management, where he has served as chief investment officer and chief executive officer

HIG hires principal to New York direct lending team
WhiteHorse Capital, the direct lending affiliate of HIG Capital, has hired a principal in its New York office

Apollo appoints head of leadership development and diversity
Apollo Global Management is taking steps to improve diversity at its leadership level

Ex-Morgan Stanley CLO head joins blockchain firm to "change world of finance"
A former Morgan Stanley veteran has resurfaced at Figure, a San Francisco-based firm bringing blockchain technology to financial markets

Credit funds at a glance (August 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

GSO names additional portfolio manager for three listed credit funds
GSO Capital Partners has added Robert Post as a portfolio manager to three listed credit funds, effective 1 August

DoubleLine adds co-portfolio manager to bond fund
DoubleLine Capital has added founder Ken Shinoda as co-portfolio manager of the DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund

Z Capital adds to credit team with Garrison official
Z Capital Group has hired a former Garrison Investment Group official as a director and member of the firm’s credit investment team

Covid could trigger 'mega trend' into private debt, says Blackstone's Gray
The coronavirus pandemic could spark a 'mega trend' of investors into alternatives in private credit, Blackstone's president and chief operating officer said on the firm's second quarter earnings call on Thursday

LibreMax's former corporate credit head sets up distressed debt firm
The former head of orporate credit at LibreMax Capital is preparing to launch a new distressed debt firm after securing an anchor investment

Onex keeps up recruitment drive as it hires high yield credit head
Onex Credit has made more additions to its team in New York, adding a head of high yield credit and a portfolio manager in opportunistic credit

Owl Rock names heads of credit and non-tech underwriting
Owl Rock Capital Partners has promoted two officials - one to a newly created role as head of credit and the other to head of non-tech underwriting

First Eagle expands in asset-based lending with two senior hires
First Eagle Investment Management is expanding into asset-based lending and has hired two industry veterans to lead the business