Imperial appoints head of structured credit and special situations
Imperial Capital has appointed Mark Green as head of special situations and structured credit, according to an announcement by the firm

Ares hires head of credit trading
Ares Management has appointed a head of credit trading in a newly created role

CSAM adds to CLO investment team in New York
Credit Suisse Asset Management has been building out its CLO investing team in New York, according to market sources

Allianz GI names CEO and head of investments as Utermann steps down
Allianz Global Investors has named Tobias Pross as chief executive officer and Deborah Zurkow as global head of investments, following the resignation of Andreas Utermann

Credit Suisse makes leadership changes after creating head of private credit role
Credit Suisse has reshuffled its senior leadership and introduced a new private credit role

Past returns: Bond king’s exit ends CLO refis
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported on a market absorbing the consequences of ‘bond king’ Bill Gross leaving Pimco, the firm he co-founded.

Points up front: Talking his book (which is available on Amazon)
For listed asset managers, an earnings call is generally not the right forum to market or advertise upcoming funds. But it might be exactly the right place to try and sell your book.

Tikehau builds private debt secondary platform with senior hire
Tikehau Capital has bolstered its private debt capabilities with the launch of a new secondaries platform

Senior structured credit official leaves GoldenTree
A senior portfolio manager has parted ways with GoldenTree Asset Management, it has emerged

Carlyle hires to New York credit opportunities team
Carlyle has appointed a former Guggenheim official to its credit opportunities team in New York

Callan adds private credit specialist in Chicago
Investment consultant Callan has appointed a private credit specialist to its alternatives group from Blueprint Capital 

Full house for second Women in CLOs networking event, with 2020 expansion planned
Creditflux welcomed 150 women from across the CLO industry on Tuesday night for the second Women in CLOs wine tasting event in New York

Ropes & Gray names leveraged finance partners in New York
Law firm Ropes & Gray has named 16 new partners across its offices – including several credit-related promotions

Partners Group hires private debt business development head from Bardin Hill
Partners Group has signalled its intention to ramp up its private debt platform with a newly created role 

FisherBroyles hires derivatives and regulations specialist as partner
FisherBroyles, an Atlanta headquartered law firm, has hired derivatives and securities specialist Julian Hammar as a partner in its New York and Washington, DC offices

CVP resigns as manager from two US CLOs
Credit Value Partners has resigned as manager of two of its US CLOs, according to a notice on the Irish Stock Exchange. The move comes amid an overhaul at CVP in which the manager's loan platform has been absorbed into its affiliate Mackay Shields and its distressed platform spun off

Proskauer promotes eight to partner in credit
Law firm Proskauer has promoted 15 lawyers to partners in its London, New York and Boston offices – including eight who work in credit

CLO syndication head exits BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas' head of US CLO syndication has parted ways with the bank, according to market sources, ending an eight-year stay at the firm

AB launches US CLO business after hiring from Sculptor
AB is building on its middle market CLO business by launching a broadly syndicated loan CLO platform, according to a company announcement. AB's majority owner, Axa Equitable, will fund the new product offering, according to AB, which presumably means that it will invest in the equity of forthcoming AB CLOs

Macquarie appoints ex-UBS official to build new asset-based finance business
Macquarie Capital is building a asset-based finance platform has appointed ex-UBS official to lead the new group

CVC adds Alcentra official to investor relations team in London
CVC Credit Partners has appointed a managing director in its investor relations team from Alcentra 

BlueMountain starts new chapter as co-founder leaves and it winds down hedge fund
There are sweeping changes taking place at BlueMountain Capital Management, with the firm announcing that co-founder Stephen Siderow is leaving and that it is winding down its flagship hedge fund, BlueMountain Credit Alternatives Fund

Ropes & Gray adds two global finance partners in New York
The law firm has poached two partners from Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Managers have leeway even after triggering key person event, finds Ropes & Gray
Almost all credit managers offer protection to investors that key employees will continue to manage the fund’s assets throughout its life, with 95% credit funds containing such "key person clauses". But that does not mean managers have their hands completely tied