Natixis appoints Gilbert as US CLO banking head
Natixis has appointed Chris Gilbert as head of US CLO banking and David Williams as head of US global structured credit solutions

Barrow Hanley hires two analysts for new US loan strategy
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss has further expanded its newly-formed bank loan strategy team, hiring credit analysts Michael Trahan and James Silcock 

Eleven years on and trups CDOs are still the best investment in credit
Hildene's Brett Jefferson takes our credit quiz

US manager plans debut 2.0 European CLO, six years after selling 1.0 deals
A large US CLO manager is warehousing its first 2.0 CLO in Europe

Large insurer eyes CLO investments
Liberty Mutual Investments is looking to hire a CLO investment specialist to lead its budding CLO investment platform in its Boston headquarters

Capital Dynamics expands new private credit team with three hires
Capital Dynamics has strengthened the private credit unit which it launched nine months ago 

Head of CLO trading parts company with RBC
A well-known CLO trader has left RBC, where he is credited with helping to build the bank's secondary CLO business

Credit Agricole hires head of US credit trading and head of ABS syndicate
Credit Agricole has strengthened its US credit platform by hiring Anatoly Nakum as head of credit trading for the Americas, and Beth Starr as head of ABS syndicate for the same region

Capitala opens New York office and hires Czech's former head of loans
Charlotte-based middle-market lender Capitala Group has opened it sixth US office – this time in New York office – and has appointed former Czech Asset Management’s Kelly Stotler as director.

Wellfleet looks to build CLO investment business after big hire
Wellfleet Credit Partners has hired a CLO investor with a view to developing a structured product investment arm

Barrow Hanley moves into US loans after hiring PMs from Whitebox
“Now is the ideal time to add the bank loan strategy to Barrow Hanley’s menu of offerings" says Nick Losey ahead of his move to the firm

CIFC's Vaccaro takes over as sole CEO as Wriedt makes abrupt departure
Steve Vaccaro has been appointed sole chief executive officer of CIFC Asset Management following the departure of co-CEO Oliver Wriedt

CLO lawyer Solis leaves Dechert for rival firm
CLO lawyer Sean Solis has left his position as partner at Dechert to join rival firm 

Former CIFC CLO investor Klein takes senior role at private equity firm
A former CIFC senior portfolio manager and CLO tranche investor has been hired by Clarion Capital Partners

CIFC lands in Europe with new office and top marketing hire
CIFC has further strengthened its European presence in the credit market, opening a new London office and appointing Muzinich’s Joshua Hughes to head its European marketing

Citi's Clements to join Barclays as US CLO head
Barclays has hired John Clements from Citi to head its US CLO origination and syndication team

Kirkland brings in Bain lawyer as partner
Global law firm Kirkland & Ellis has added Bain Capital's in-house counsel Ranesh Ramanathan as corporate partner

Experienced anchor CLO investor Bates joins Flat Rock
Shiloh Bates, a well known control CLO equity investor, has resurfaced at Flat Rock Global

Allianz Real Estate appoints loan and asset management head
Allianz Real Estate has hired Peggy DaSilva to head its loan and asset management group for Americas

T Rowe's fixed income head Wiese to step down
T-Rowe Price Group’s fixed income head Ted Wiese is to step down from his role as at 1 May 2019.  The firm has announced that Andrew McCormick will replace him

Global law firm adds Luxembourg fund specialist as partner
Luxembourg fund specialist Augustin de Longeaux joins Simmons & Simmons as partner. He will initially focus on US clients with respect to capital raising and distribution in Europe

We are not structured finance investors – we are corporate credit specialists
Fair Oaks' Miguel Ramos-Fuentenebro takes our credit quiz

Ex-Barclays EMEA leveraged finance head takes top role at Natixis
The former head of EMEA leveraged finance at Barclays has joined Natixis as head of investment banking for the Americas

US firms to continue CLO charge in Europe despite risk retention still applying
Europe is expected to welcome an influx of new CLO managers this year, despite the continent being subjected to CLO risk retention

Future returns: we've (not) got a case of the blues
Regular readers may notice a slight change to this, the 201st issue of Creditflux...