Former Canyon partner and CLO PM takes on independent director roles
Dominique Mielle has taken on a role as an independent director on the board of Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation, a mortgage reit listed on the New York Stock Exchange

Credit Suisse adds to its US CLO team
Credit Suisse has made two hires to its CLO team in recent months - in sales and origination

You don’t need a 15% default rate to make money in credit
Jeanne Manischewitz, head of North American credit at York Capital Management, takes our credit quiz

UBS AM hires PM to infra debt team as it nears final stages of fundraising
UBS Asset Management has recruited portfolio manager Viktor Kozel to its real estate and private markets business. Speficially, he will work within the infrastructure debt team as the firm goes about fundraising for Archmore Infrastructure Debt Platform II  

Creditflux to build on Women in CLOs initiative in 2019
The CLO market experienced a new kind of networking yesterday as almost 100 women met for the inaugural Creditflux Women in CLOs Wine Tasting. More of these events are set to be announced for 2019  

Hayfin brings in head of structured credit from New York-based fund manager
Sources say that Hayfin has made a major hire in New York as it looks to build up its CLO investment capabilities

PE firm hires direct lending specialist from GSO
Private equity firm AE Industrial Partners has appointed an experienced structured credit official as it looks to expand its structured credit offerings

BlueMountain hires ex-Deutsche levloan and high yield analyst
The new hire will support portfolio managers responsible for the firm's investments in CLOs

Ullico makes two senior hires for its new fixed income platform
Ullico, an insurance and financial services company, has appointed two senior professionals for its newly-created fixed income investment platform, UIA Investment Management (UIA IM)  

Ellington hires London-based loan PM to build European CLO platform
The US-headquartered manager has hired a London-based portfolio manager specialising in European corporate credit with a view to building a European CLO platform, according to a person familiar with the matter

BC Partners lists new North American direct lending business
BC Credit Partners has listed US direct lending business Mount Logan Capital on Canada's NEO Stock Exchange. 

Callidus names former Apollo and Fifth Street official Dalton as interim CEO
The Toronto-based firm has named Patrick Dalton as interim chief executive officer, following the medical leave of absence taken by its current CEO

Akin Gump bolsters financial restructuring debt team with four partners
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has bolstered its financial restructuring and global debt finance team with a new Connecticut office and the addition of four partners

Crescent hires former NewStar official as managing director
Crescent Capital Group has appointed NewStar Financial's former capital markets head as a managing director, the firm has announced

Ullico sets up fixed-income investment platform
Ullico has launched a US fixed income management firm, UIA Investment Management (UIA-IM), in a bid to expand its range of services and client base by including a broader range of institutional clients.  

Eaton Vance adds former Janus Henderson official as credit portfolio manager
Dónal Kinsella joins as institutional portfolio manager for the firm’s corporate credit strategies

White & Case promotes seven debt specialists to partner
The law firm has promoted several debt specialists to partners around the world

GoldenTree adds partner to its structured credit team in London
GoldenTree Asset Management has made a big hire to its London office with a structured credit specialist joining as partner

CVC portfolio manager O'Meara takes on bigger role overseeing US CLO unit
CVC Credit has given Kevin O’Meara responsibility for overseeing its US CLO platform following the departure of Philip Raciti last month

Varagon opens Chicago office to focus on healthcare and hires three
Varagon Capital Partners has built out its platform with the opening of a Chicago office to focus on healthcare finance opportunities, hiring a team of three to lead the healthcare effort

Man Numeric launches credit platform and appoints co-heads of credit
Man Numeric, the quantitative investment business of Man Group, has launched a new credit unit and appointed two officials to lead the business

Halcyon rebrands to Bardin Hill, names new CEO and sells minority stakes to TSSP and Dyal
Halcyon Capital Management has rebranded its platform to Bardin Hill Investment Partners and has announced a new leadership structure following the retirement of John Bader who served as chief executive officer

ArrowMark builds in London with big SRT hire
ArrowMark is one of the biggest investors in the SRT market, but unusually it conducts most of its business out of the US. It has now added to its presence in London with an experienced official joining its SRT business

Former Barclays CLO head resurfaces at Guggenheim
Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking arm of Guggenheim Partners, has appointed a former Barclays senior CLO official to its structured products origination group

Synthetic structured credit specialist lands at Millennium
Millennium Management has hired an experienced name in synthetic structured credit, bringing in a portfolio manager who had served as a partner at a credit hedge fund operator in New York