GSO to rebrand as Blackstone Credit
GSO Capital Partners, the credit management arm of the Blackstone Group, is set to rebrand itself as Blackstone Credit

York suggests replacement key person on CLOs after partner leaves
York Capital Management has proposed a replacement for a key person in its CLO documents, following the departure of a partner 

US CLO PM leaves asset manager after 20 years
A managing director and CLO portfolio manager has departed the firm following a 20-year tenure

Wriedt’s boutique vehicle eyes rent-to-own strategy
Long-time CLO specialist Oliver Wriedt is pursuing opportunities across a range of sectors as part of his new business, which seeks to make minority equity investments in boutique asset managers

Wells Fargo opens search for head of ABS/CLO strategy
Wells Fargo is on the hunt for a strategist to lead its ABS and CLO strategy team, according to a job advertisement seen by Creditflux 

WTW to tackle lack of diversity across investment industry
Progress on diversity across the investment industry is “disappointingly slow”, according to research from Willis Towers Watson

Points up front: (Direct) lending a helping hand in an emergency
Global lockdowns this year may have forced us to confine ourselves to our homes, but for BlackRock’s co-head of US direct lending they opened a window of opportunity

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

BofA sees fruits of its labour after rebuilding macro credit and index businesses
Bank of America is among the dealers that is revelling in the re-emergence of relative value credit trading this year with the bank's index tranche and index trading volumes up roughly 85% and 70% this year

Fintech provider Allvue Systems appoints CEO
Allvue Systems, a provider of investment technology solutions to fund managers and investors in private debt, private equity and alternative assets including loans and CLOs, has named Mark Heimbouch as chief executive officer

Medalist CIO moves to fintech company in New York
Structured credit specialist Medalist Partners has parted ways with chief investment officer Brian Herr, who has taken up a role with a fintech company

Apollo appoints head of credit valuations from sell-side
Apollo has appointed a head of credit valuations, as its previous head of credit valuations has transitioned internally to cover private equity valuations

Pemberton hires from Alcentra in bid to boost North American investor base
Pemberton has appointed a former Alcentra official to the newly created role as managing director for North American business development, as it seeks to expand its US and Canadian investor base

Flat Rock hires ex-DFG managing director Rimmen
Flat Rock Global has hired Laurent Rimmen as managing director in New York, the firm has announced

DFG appoints CEO and makes several promotions including new co-CIO
A Partners Group official has been appointed chief executive officer of DFG Investment Advisers in New York as the firm makes several leadership promotions

Onex claims three new US CLO equity investors
Onex Credit Partners has confirmed the pricing of a US CLO earlier this week, which it says resulted in three new equity investors to its platform

NXT CEO to retire next year
The chairman and chief executive officer of NXT Capital, Robert Radway, is retiring late next year

Wells Fargo parts ways with star CLO research team
Wells Fargo is parting ways with its star CLO research team led by managing director David Preston

Thoma Bravo brings in ex-Goldman veteran to spearhead credit division
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has appointed an ex-Goldman Sachs official veteran to spearhead the firm’s credit division

BlackRock co-head of direct lending set to depart
The co-head of direct lending at BlackRock and Tennenbaum Capital Partner’s special situations unit is set to leave the firm by the end of the year

Former Ares partners put ESG and tech at centre of new CLO business
Three former Ares Management partners have established a CLO business with plans to launch a first US CLO early next year

Alcentra hires Mulshine as head of US distribution
Alcentra has hired a new head of US distribution from Lazard

Loomis Sayles promotes deputy CIO to top job
Loomis Sayles has named a replacement chief investment officer, following the retirement of incumbent CIO Jae Park

Pimco pre-markets comeback US CLO with new PM at helm
Pimco is returning to CLO management after a 13-year absence with a recently-appointed official expected to oversee the deal

Antares names loan head successor following retirement
Peter Nolan, head of loan syndicate, sales and trading at Antares Capital is set to retire from the $27 billion firm