Muzinich adds ex-CIO of boutique amid raft of credit hires
Muzinich has made five hires to its corporate credit business 

Vontobel names fixed income trading head amid four senior hires
Vontobel Asset Management has appointed four senior hires to its team including a newly created role of head of fixed income trading

CSAM names new CEO and splits from wealth management arm
Credit Suisse has moved to overhaul its asset management business and replaced its chief executive officer amid fallout from the collapse of supply chain funds group Greensill Capital

Head of alternative credit among Pimco's new managing director cohort
Pimco has promoted seven to managing director including its head of alternative credit and private strategies

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

MUFG makes three big hires to bolster US private equity sponsor and direct lending coverage
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has hired from Antares, RBC and Regions Bank 

Lombard hires PM for new special situations strategy
Lombard Odier has hired an ex-Sandell Asset Management official to launch a strategy that targets special situations and event-driven opportunities

Manulife appoints co-heads of junior private credit from Hancock affiliate
Manulife Investment Management has named co-heads of junior credit for private markets

Barclays' head of middle market CLOs leaves bank
Barclays' middle market CLO head has parted ways with the bank

MidOcean redistributes lead CLO PM responsibilities following departure
MidOcean has moved to cover gaps left by the exit of Jim Wiant, who was responsible for CLO strategies as well as its long-only, opportunistic credit customised strategies

Former MKP CLO tranche investor lands at big US credit manager
A well-known CLO investor who previously worked at MKP and Goldman Sachs has landed at a firm that issues and invests in CLOs

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

CLO guys shouldn't feel quite as self-important as us Welsh... But you are in a pretty amazing spot
CLO portfolio managers should be emboldened by recent events to push for ESG strategies 

Most experienced CLO trading head in the business leaves Wells Fargo
The longest-serving CLO trading head in the business, who is said to have registered a profit in each of his 20 years trading, has parted ways with Wells Fargo in the last few days

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 

Citi CLO trader set to join rival as co-head of global CLO trading in New York
A CLO trader is leaving Citi after 10 years to take up the top trading job at a bank, which has tended to specialise in trading triple A-rated paper 

Ex-Highland official launches private credit placement agent firm for niche strategies
The former partner and chief executive officer at global placement agent FirstAvenue Americas, has launched his own placement agent named Briarcliffe Credit Partners

Issuer goes from debutant to zero in one year as PM leaves and CIFC swoops for sole CLO
A US CLO manager has gone from debuting in 2019 to having no CLOs under management as CIFC takes over its one deal

Ex-Pretium analyst steps up to senior PM as Schroders expands in US CLOs
Schroders says it has hired an experienced CLO analyst to serve as senior portfolio manager

Eagle Point hires business development director from CQS
Eagle Point Credit Management has hired a director of business developement

Structured finance and CLO partner departs SRZ after 17 years to join DLA Piper
DLA Piper has hired a partner in its structured finance practice in New York

Voya puts forward two key people for US CLOs after Norman's retirement
Voya has named two replacement key persons on at least six of its US CLOs, following the retirement of co-group head of senior loans Dan Norman on 31 December

High yield giant hires experienced PM for stunning return to CLOs after 17 years
A  US mutual fund manager has hired an experienced portfolio manager to build a CLO and loan management business. It last entered the CLO primary market in 2004 

Former Wells Fargo CLO head joins insurer as head of credit investments
A US insurer has made its second big CLO hire in a matter of weeks with a well-known figure joining as head of credit investments, to oversee CLO, ABS (excluding CMBS) and corporate credit portfolios 

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