Blackstone opens up new horizons with CIO hire for multi-manager business
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management has launched a new platform named Blackstone Horizon and hired a hedge fund veteran as chief investment officer

Credit funds at a glance (March 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

MUFG hires leveraged syndicate and high yield trading heads in New York
MUFG has bolstered its leverage finance team with two senior hires from RBC Capital Markets and Goldman Sachs 

Blackstone hires Carlyle co-head of illiquid credit as senior managing director
The New York-headquartered manager has hired a Carlyle official as a senior managing director in its opportunistic investing platform, Blackstone Tactical Opportunities. And Carlyle has subsequently promoted two officials on its team

Credit funds at a glance (February 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

They said it: "I am extraordinarily proud of the firm I have helped build"
Apollo chief executive officer Leon Black announces he is stepping down.

We need to remove CLO misinformation from the market
Vibrant's Kashyap Arora takes our credit quiz

CIFC makes senior hire to business development team
CIFC Asset Management is scaling up its business development team after hiring a managing director in its investor solutions group

Apollo names successor CEO as Black steps down
The announcement that Leon Black will step down from leading the firm comes on the heels of law firm Dechert’s independent review of his working relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Alcentra co-CIO for liquid credit set to leave this month
A high profile figure in the US CLO business is leaving Alcentra

Credit funds at a glance (January 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Mariner spin-out hires private debt specialist as CIO
Newmarket, which focuses on environmental and social themes, has appointed a CIO from a consultancy firm

US and European CLO PMs earn promotion as Carlyle's Pace takes on new role
Carlyle Group’s global head of liquid credit has decided to take on a new role as vice chair of global credit, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux, which will involve investing capital across the Carlyle platform

WTW to tackle lack of diversity across investment industry
Progress on diversity across the investment industry is “disappointingly slow”, according to research from Willis Towers Watson

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

Apollo appoints head of credit valuations from sell-side
Apollo has appointed a head of credit valuations, as its previous head of credit valuations has transitioned internally to cover private equity valuations

DFG appoints CEO and makes several promotions including new co-CIO
A Partners Group official has been appointed chief executive officer of DFG Investment Advisers in New York as the firm makes several leadership promotions

Alcentra hires Mulshine as head of US distribution
Alcentra has hired a new head of US distribution from Lazard

Loomis Sayles promotes deputy CIO to top job
Loomis Sayles has named a replacement chief investment officer, following the retirement of incumbent CIO Jae Park

Antares names loan head successor following retirement
Peter Nolan, head of loan syndicate, sales and trading at Antares Capital is set to retire from the $27 billion firm

Värde names deputy CEO and several promotions
The transitional appointments follow George Hicks, co-founder and co-CEO, saying in July last year he would move to an executive chair role by the end of 2021

Z Capital hires from DFG and CVC
Z Capital Group has added loan specialists from CVC Credit Partners and DFG Investment Group in New York

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

Voya loan co-head Norman set to retire
Dan Norman is set to leave Voya Investment Management, where he co-heads the senior loan team, at the end of the year

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