Monroe adds investor relations specialist from DWS
Monroe Capital has hired in its marketing and investor relations team

Deutsche Bank commits to US CLOs with first 2021 deal set to price and plans to hire
Deutsche Bank is taking the loss of two officials from its US CLO business in its stride with a spokesperson for the bank telling Creditflux that it expects to price a deal next week and there are plans to hire this year

Natixis poaches New York-based CLO sales specialist from Deutsche Bank
Natixis has hired a CLO sales specialist in New York in a move which reunites two former Credit Suisse officials 

Black Diamond structured credit BD head joins impact investment firm
Black Diamond Capital Management's head of structured credit business development has parted ways with the firm after nearly four years, according to market sources. He is set to join start-up impact investment firm Lafayette Square as managing director and head of capital markets

Head of US CLO syndication leaves Deutsche Bank
A CLO specialist with 17 years' experience at Deutsche Bank has left 

Points up front: Navigating lockdown easel-y with brush in hand
The various periods of lockdown over the past 12 months have provided time for credit professionals to tap into their creative side, and Schroders’ head of securitised credit Michelle Russell-Dowe has taken full advantage

Points up front: Brahms for the brain
We often use this column to highlight charitable initiatives undertaken by members of the CLO community, but charity starts at home and we’d like to point you towards an initiative conducted by Richard Burrell, partner of our own Tanvi Gupta

"We have to think about the influence of social media like Reddit"
Schroders' Michelle Russell-Dowe takes our credit quiz

Angelo Gordon CLO deputy portfolio manager departs
Angelo Gordon has lost a deputy portfolio manager from its CLO management team

Fidelity launches US direct lending business and hires team head from PNC
Fidelity Investments is launching a direct lending platform and has hired a senior PNC official to lead the new business from Chicago

Former Credit Suisse CDO head returns to KKR
KKR has hired two managing directors to its global private credit team, with one its former structured credit fund manager

Senior CLO investor lands at Orix’s Signal Peak
Signal Peak, the leveraged credit team of Orix Advisers, has hired a CLO investor to its team in New York

Angelo Gordon makes two senior hires to structured credit team
Angelo Gordon has added two managing directors to its structured credit team in New York

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