RBC names head of high yield trading and e-strategy for leveraged finance
RBC Capital Markets has promoted a high yield trader and head of leveraged finance digital strategy to the position

CarVal funds establish mortgage conduit
Carval Investors has, through its funds, established a mortgage conduit known as Mill City Loans

LibreMax hires to CLO team in New York
A former RBC Capital Markets CLO and ABS trader joins LibreMax in New York

Churchill appoints CLO management head amid string of senior promotions
Churchill Asset Management has made a string of senior promotions including naming Kelli Marti as senior managing director and head of CLO management

Leucadia AM takes non-controlling stake in Hildene
Hildene Capital Management has entered a strategic relationship with Jefferies affiliate Leucadia Asset Management

Churchill names Wells Fargo official to newly created head of fund finance role
Churchill Asset Management has created the new role of head of fund finance to help it utilise leverage strategically across its fund strategies

GoldenTree hires Goldman Sachs official as head of private credit origination
GoldenTree Asset Management has hired Goldman Sachs official as partner and head of private credit origination

Marathon promotes CLO specialist to managing director
Marathon Asset Management has a promoted CLO specialist to managing director, in a role which encompasses the management of all non-credit elements of the firm’s CLO business

Large US CLO issuer plans expansion into Europe
An experienced US CLO manager is hiring with a view to building out a European CLO team

Willis Towers Watson promotes manager research specialist to global credit head
Willis Towers Watson has named a global head of credit for manager research

Man names co-heads for new SRT business
Man Group has appointed two Elanus Capital officials as co-heads of its new credit risk sharing strategy, which will sit in its $3.5 billion private market business

Oak Hill hires head of ESG in New York
Oak Hill Advisors has hired its first head of ESG and sustainability 

Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Booster mandates leave unvaccinated further in the cold
US credit asset managers are starting to make coronavirus vaccination boosters part of their recruitment policy requirements, sources say.

They said it: "The third term is Jinping’s legacy..."
... He does not care about near-term growth."

Barclays seeks head of SRT risk
Barclays is looking to hire a head of SRT risk for its wholesale credit portfolio, having established a credit risk transfer programme under the Colonnade branding 

Former Wells Fargo CLO researcher joins Credit Suisse in New York
A former CLO and ABS researcher at Wells Fargo has joined Credit Suisse as a CLO trading desk strategist in New York 

NEPC adds CLO specialist to research team in Boston
The ex-Gapstow official will focus on public and liquid strategies in NEPC's credit and multi-asset group

LSTA adds US CLO specialists Comer and Russell to its board
AGL's Wynne Comer and Morgan Stanley's Rachel Russell are two of four new members of the LSTA's board, replacing four members who have served multiple terms

DBRS Morningstar appoints Moody's CLO veteran and ex-Credit Suisse official to board
A former Moody’s CLO and structured credit specialist and ex-Credit Suisse ABS supremo have taken up roles as independent, non-executive board members at DBRS Morningstar

CLO portfolio manager leaves MidOcean
An important figure in MidOCean's CLO business has left the firm. MidOcean has big hiring plans, but is in a CLO issuance drought having not priced a new deal since November 2019

Former Goldman CLO syndication head joins MidOcean in business development role
MidOcean Partners has hired a former CLO and ABS syndication head at Goldman Sachs as managing director 

Natixis hires head of leverage finance syndication in New York
Natixis has hired a managing director to head up its leveraged finance syndication

Värde promotes three credit specialists to partner
Värde Partners has promoted Jim Dunbar, Aneek Mamik and Carlos Sanz Esteve to partner

TwentyFour promotes US credit head to partner
TwentyFour Asset Management has promoted its head of US credit to partner, effective in the early part of this year