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

US and European CLO portfolio managers set to leave Onex
A pair of experienced CLO portfolio managers are leaving Onex at the end of the year. Sources say Onex remains committed to the CLO business, having issued three deals globally since May

Churchill hires CLO portfolio manager from Crestline
Churchill Asset Management has hired a CLO portfolio manager from Crestline Denali Capital

Direct lender Frontwell adds three hires to new team
FrontWell Capital Partners, the newly launched mid-market lender founded by ex-Apollo veteran Patrick Dalton, has added three hires to its team

Brevan Howard raids ExodusPoint for credit derivative specialists
Brevan Howard has hired credit derivative specialists from ExodusPoint Capital Management with a view to expanding in credit options

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

Churchill appoints former Carlyle official to lead investor relations
Churchill Asset Management has appointed a former Carlyle Group official as a senior managing director and head of investor relations

LibreMax CLO head Moffitt joins Investcorp as US credit head as Feeley resigns
Investcorp has appointed ex-LibreMax CLO head David Moffitt as new co-head of US credit management following the departure of Jim Feeley

Hayfin appoints global business development head
Hayfin Capital Management has hired a new global head of business development from Avenue Capital in New York

Wriedt buys minority stake in direct lender Scio and joins as strategic advisor
Oliver Wriedt, the former chief executive officer at DFG Investment Advisers, has bought a minority stake in European credit asset manager Scio Capital

Post hires head of sales and marketing in Los Angeles
Post Advisory Group has hired Eileen Mancera as managing director and head of sales and marketing

Palm Lane launches credit relative value fund with $200 million after PM hires
Palm Lane Capital has raised about $200 million for a global credit relative value hedge fund, which went live on 1 September

Marathon hires high yield senior portfolio manager from JP Morgan AM
Marathon Asset Management has hired a senior high yield portfolio manager in New York to help develop the firm's long-only high yield business

This doesn’t look like Kansas anymore: Palmer Square opts for unusual road to Europe
Palmer Square Capital Management is taking a novel approach to European CLO management with the head portfolio manager for its deals being stationed at its headquarters in Kansas City

Alcentra appoints DeSimone as CEO
Alcentra has appointed Johnathan DeSimone as chief executive officer following David Forbes-Nixon’s decision to step down and take an investment role at the firm

Guernsey puts Highland wrangles out to pasture
A royal court’s dismissal of proceedings in Guernsey could spell the beginning of the end in Highland Capital Management’s legal action against former employee Josh Terry

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

They said it: "We’re going to change the world of finance"
Big ambitions in blockchain

Points up front: From drafting CLO docs to writing crime thrillers
Nicola Bashforth, a popular figure in the CLO business, announced last month that she had left the industry to return to Lancashire in England and try her hand at writing novels

Nassau hires business development head from Seix
Nassau Financial Group has hired a former Seix Advisors managing director as head of business development for its asset management platform Nassau Asset Management in Darien, Connecticut

Credit Suisse shakes up leveraged finance with origination and restructuring co-heads
Credit Suisse has made a number of senior promotions in its leveraged finance team, appointing two new global co-heads of leveraged finance origination and restructuring

Highland case against ex-PM Terry dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
The island of Guernsey is famous for its high tidal range and dairy produce. But it is not the right place for Highland Capital Management to churn legal action over CLOs against former employee Joshua Terry - so says a royal court, dismissing litigation the company filed there in 2018

Deutsche Bank hires in syndication as it looks to bounce back in CLOs
Deutsche Bank has re-affirmed its commitment to CLO issuance with Colin Parkhill joining later this year as head of European ABS and CLO syndication in London, and the bank lining up several mandates

BlueMountain's Feldstein set to leave firm as Assured wins $300 million CLO mandate
Andrew Feldstein is set to exit from Assured Guaranty and its subsidiary BlueMountain Capital Management, where he has served as chief investment officer and chief executive officer

HIG hires principal to New York direct lending team
WhiteHorse Capital, the direct lending affiliate of HIG Capital, has hired a principal in its New York office