Law firm appoints partner to co-chair debt finance practice
Law firm Foley Hoag has added Thomas Draper as a Boston-based partner and co-chair of its debt finance practice

Partners Group poaches former Guggenheim official to private debt team
Partners Group has added to its US private debt team

Clifford Chance bolsters private funds practice with New York partner
Law firm Clifford Chance has bolstered its US private funds practice with the appointment of Victor Levy, who rejoins the firm as partner. 

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 

Star names join Barclays as it pushes into CLOs

Nuveen adds industry veteran Fleischhacker to private credit unit
TIAA subsidiary Nuveen has hired Jean Fleischhacker as a private credit asset class specialist within its alternative investments distribution team

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

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 

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

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

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

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.

Global law firm adds Luxembourg fund specialist as partner
Luxembourg fund specialist Augustin de Longeaux joins Simmons & Simmons as partner. He will initially focus on US clients with respect to capital raising and distribution in Europe

Canadian pension fund appoints head of credit
Toronto-headquartered Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has appointed John Graham as head of credit investments, effective 1 June 2018

Antares promotes loan specialist Lyne and ex-JP Morgan CLO chief Mathew
Private credit giant Antares Capital has announced that founding partner Timothy Lyne has been appointed senior managing director and co-head of sponsor coverage while Vivek Mathew has been promoted to head asset management and funding

Mayer Brown adds private credit partner in Chicago
Jaime Gatenio joins global law firm as banking and finance partner in its global private credit group

CLO and direct lending specialist hires former GAM director
A Boston-based alternative credit manager has named Christopher Todisco as a new director on the business development team in New York

Freshfields CLO lawyer hired by rival firm in New York
Ryan Suda, who has joined Mayer Brown as a partner, advises financial institutions, asset managers, private equity funds and hedge funds in structured finance transactions and other complex financings

Direct lender taps talent from Gallatin, GSAM and Abbott for senior roles
Owl Rock Capital Partners has welcomed three new senior hires, including a chief compliance officer and two managing directors

A credit market in constant flux
Since Creditflux's launch in 2001, we've reported on CLO evolution, trendy new products, regulatory U-turns, and, of course, crashes. Which, we wonder, is coming next?

Monroe hires vice president in investor relations team
Chicago-based direct lender Monroe has appointed Ryan Flanders as a vice president in its New York office