Tracking down the credit industry’s original winners
All winning managers at the first Creditflux awards survived the crisis, under their own names – like BlackRock – or under new owners. But what happened to the people who collected the trophies?
 

Dechert adds ABS specialist as partner
Global law firm Dechert has added asset-backed securitisation specialist Matthew Hays as partner within its global finance practice

Elliott eyes US CLO business, reports Bloomberg
Elliott Management is looking to build a CLO management platform and has enlisted Brian McNamara from GoldenTree Asset Management as consultant, according to Bloomberg

Investcorp names new co-CEO
Alterative investment manager Investcorp has announced that Hazem Ben-Gacem will become co-chief executive officer, joining current co-CEO Rishi Kapoor

Canada Life appoints head of credit in London
Canada Life Investments has appointed Rick Wisentaner as head of credit with immediate effect

Canadian pension fund appoints head of credit
Toronto-headquartered Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has appointed John Graham as head of credit investments, effective 1 June 2018

Man GLG's senior PM Mawby resigns
Man GLG’s Jon Mawby has resigned as senior portfolio manager with immediate effect and will now be placed on gardening leave, Creditflux understands.

Prytania lands in the US with MD hire to New York office
London's Prytania Asset Management has hired Fahd Basir as managing director to lead its New York office

Barclays makes big hires from Natixis as it plans mid market CLO push
Barclays has hired two managing directors as it looks to establish a middle-market CLO platform in New York

Cerberus appoints former JP Morgan COO as president
New York-based Cerberus Capital Management has announced three senior leadership promotions: Matt Zames as president of Cerberus, Frank Bruno to co-chief executive officer  and Lee Millstein as president of the Cerberus global investments.   

Macquarie poaches former HSBC loan trading head
Macquarie Capital has appointed former HSBC North America loan trading head Adam Hoffman as managing director in its leveraged finance business

Dentons brings in derivatives lawyer as partner
Global law firm Dentons has added Alice Yurke as partner in its capital markets practice, the firm announced yesterday

Antares promotes loan specialist Lyne and ex-JP Morgan CLO chief Mathew
Private credit giant Antares Capital has announced that founding partner Timothy Lyne has been appointed senior managing director and co-head of sponsor coverage while Vivek Mathew has been promoted to head asset management and funding

New Mountain poaches former Partner's Group private debt vice president
New Mountain Capital has poached former Partner’s Group private debt vice president Thomas Libretto as director in New York

Carlyle hires three to credit opps team in New York
Carlyle has hired Apollo's Taylor Boswell as managing director on the credit opportunities team, along with Ben Fund and Leo Kang

Mayer Brown adds private credit partner in Chicago
Jaime Gatenio joins global law firm as banking and finance partner in its global private credit group

CLO and direct lending specialist hires former GAM director
A Boston-based alternative credit manager has named Christopher Todisco as a new director on the business development team in New York

Lazard builds out alternatives platform with new MD hire
Lazard Asset Management has named a new managing director: David Gibson, who spent two decades at DE Shaw

Freshfields CLO lawyer hired by rival firm in New York
Ryan Suda, who has joined Mayer Brown as a partner, advises financial institutions, asset managers, private equity funds and hedge funds in structured finance transactions and other complex financings

Direct lender taps talent from Gallatin, GSAM and Abbott for senior roles
Owl Rock Capital Partners has welcomed three new senior hires, including a chief compliance officer and two managing directors

Palmer Square hires COO from Scout after surpassing AUM milestone
Palmer Square Capital Management has hired Scott Betz as chief operating officer, following the firm surpassing $5 billion assets under management

Credit portfolio manager leaves event-driven fund manager
A credit opportunities portfolio manager has left event-driven investing firm Water Island Capital

Managers change on $4 billion worth of Fidelity funds ahead of PM's retirement
Veteran Fidelity portfolio manager Matthew Conti is expected to retire in December. In anticipation, several Fidelity credit funds worth a combined $4 billion are shaking up their management mix

PGIM's Juliano set for promotion to head US loan business
Brian Juliano is set to become the head of PGIM’s US loan management team upon the retirement of Joe Lemanowicz later this year

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