Axa IM brings together real assets and structured finance in reorganisation
Axa Investment Managers is set to split its platform in two with an 'alternatives' business and a 'core' division  

Ares hires head of ESG from Partners Group
Ares Management Corporation has appointed a head for its environmental, social and governance (ESG) practice, effective from April  

Vida promotes marketing specialist to CIO
Vida Capital Management has appointed a new president and chief investment officer, effective 1 March

Eldridge promotes structured products head
Eldridge Industries has promoted its structured products head to principal

Kissick and make up: Ares replaces board member
Ares Management has appointe a replacement to its board of directors as retired Ares co-founder John Kissick steps down

Citi reallocates credit index trading as veteran moves to buy side
A senior Citi credit official has expanded his remit following the departure of a veteran credit index trader

Portfolio manager returns to BlueCrest after four years
The former head of BlueCrest Capital Management's US multi-strategy credit group has returned four years after his departure from the firm

BTIG hires strategist to cover US and European financials
Nandana Shenoy has joined BTIG in New York to work as a strategist covering US and European financials, according to an announcement by the brokerage

Carlyle appoints regional head of credit opps fund
Carlyle Group has hired a managing director to serve as North American head of its credit opps fund

CLO giant casts eye on CSOs with plans to hire credit derivatives trader
An asset manager with almost $40 billion in CLO investments is looking to hire a credit derivatives trader in Newark in a role which would include coverage of index tranches and CSOs

Jefferies shelves structured synthetic plans as key man departs
Jefferies has put on ice its plans to build out a synthetic CDO origination, structuring and trading unit, having parted ways with the veteran specialist tasked with driving the venture

CIFC pushes into US high yield with three senior hires from Millennium
CIFC Asset Management is expanding its high yield investment business and has hired three officials from Millenium Management  

BlueBay hires senior credit trader in the US
BlueBay Asset Management has appointed a senior credit trader in the US

Morgan Stanley IM hires from Carlyle again as it makes direct lending "strategic priority"
The new hire rejoins former colleague Jeff Levin, who Morgan Stanley Investment Management added in February last year to establish a direct lending business as a "strategic priority"

Change at top for Citi correlation trading as head assumes chief risk officer job
A long-serving managing director at Citi has taken sole charge of correlation trading, after the previous head of credit correlation moved to a newly created role

Apollo CLO and CSO specialists earn promotion to partner
Apollo Global Management has promoted two members of its global structured credit team, according to market sources

Eaton's private credit co-head departs after 10 years
The co-head of private credit at placement agent Eaton Partners has left to join an all-women investment firm focused on commercial real estate debt 

Park Square promotes four after departure of direct lending head
Park Square has announced four promotions to partner, which comes a couple of months after its head of direct lending Howard Sharp parted ways with the firm, as previously reported by Debtwire

Golub makes its way into Europe with big direct lending hire in London
Golub Capital has ticked off one of its big targets for 2020 – establishing a European direct lending business – with market sources indicating that the firm has hired a senior official from Guggenheim in London

Assured Guaranty Corp hires CLO specialist to co-lead structured finance group
A former CLO specialist from Mizuho will join the firm as senior managing director 

Texas pension appoints CIO
Teacher Retirement System of Texas has appointed a new chief investment officer, effective from January 2020  

MidOcean Credit co-founder leaves to head PE firm's credit expansion
Multi-strategy private equity firm Siguler Guff has poached a co-founder of MidOcean Credit Partners to lead the expansion of its credit platform

JP Morgan AM moves CFO to head up private credit
The chief financial officer of JP Morgan Asset Management has switched to a newly created role as head of private credit

Hong Kong manager bolsters team ahead of Asian private credit fund launch
Sammasan Capital has appointed former GE Capital colleague to its team as partner, as the Hong Kong-based firm prepares to launch its first Asian private credit opportunities fund