Crayhill hires Och-Ziff private credit specialist
Private credit specialist Crayhill Capital Management has appointed former Och-Ziff’s Sloan Sutta as managing director, the firm announced 

BAML assigns high-ranking position to Barclays leveraged finance head
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has poached Barclays leveraged finance head Jill Schwartz and assigned her the role of executive vice chairman of global corporate and investment banking, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

Mayer Brown expands credit fund capabilities with New York partner
Global law firm Mayer Brown has boosted its credit fund formation practice with the appointment for Aubry Smith

Capital Dynamics hires senior business development MD
Capital Dynamics has appointed Elizabeth Phillip as managing director and head of North American business development

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

Crestline Denali announces new structure following CEO departure
Crestline Denali has announced its new organisational structure, following the retirement of its chief executive officer David Killion

GSO managing director set to join Platinum to build new credit unit
Platinum Equity has appointed Michael Fabiano to build out a new credit unit to complement the firm’s existing equity platform. He will join in January 2019 and will be based in New York

Barings adds BDC specialist Jonathan Bock to its team
Barings anticipates that Bock will serve as chief financial officer to its earlier announced stock purchase of publicly traded BDC Triangle Capital Corporation 

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 

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

Orrick adds direct lending specialist as partner
Global law firm Orrick has expanded its finance practice with the appointment of Vincenzo Paparo

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

Global head of credit correlation leaves JP Morgan to launch new hedge fund
Market sources say that a high profile figure, known to have been responsible for unwinding JP Morgan's 'London whale' positions, has left the bank to start his own hedge fund

Alcentra hires co-heads of US direct lending
Alcentra has moved into the US direct lending space - and has appointed Suhail Shaikh and Peter Glaser as managing directors and co-heads of its US direct lending business

Oaktree nominees appointed to Ranger Direct Lending Fund board
Oaktree Capital Management has announced that its two nominees for the Ranger Direct Lending Fund (RDLF) board - Dominik Dolenec and Greg Share – have been voted to the board at Ranger's annual general meeting yesterday.

Ranger board chairman resigns with direct lending fund liquidation on the cards
Three board members, including chairman Christopher Waldron, have stepped down from the Ranger Direct Lending Fund

Former BlueMountain portfolio manager resurfaces at KKR
A credit specialist who left BlueMountain in 2017 has resurfaced at KKR Credit as a director in its New York office, Creditflux has learned

Goldman poaches Credit Suisse credit structuring specialist
Goldman Sachs has hired credit structuring specialist Omar Waly as a credit structuring executive director

Katten Muchin Rosenman poaches securitisation partner in New York
Katten Muchin Rosenman has appointed a former Linklater's partner as structured finance and securitisation partner 

Barrow Hanley hires two analysts for new US loan strategy
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss has further expanded its newly-formed bank loan strategy team, hiring credit analysts Michael Trahan and James Silcock 

Capital Dynamics expands new private credit team with three hires
Capital Dynamics has strengthened the private credit unit which it launched nine months ago 

Credit Agricole hires head of US credit trading and head of ABS syndicate
Credit Agricole has strengthened its US credit platform by hiring Anatoly Nakum as head of credit trading for the Americas, and Beth Starr as head of ABS syndicate for the same region

Capitala opens New York office and hires Czech's former head of loans
Charlotte-based middle-market lender Capitala Group has opened it sixth US office – this time in New York office – and has appointed former Czech Asset Management’s Kelly Stotler as director.