Columbia CLO heads hold talks with senior management over "business arrangements"
Two senior CLO portfolio managers at Columbia Management are "negotiating the terms of their business arrangement with senior management at Columbia and [its parent] Ameriprise"

Structured credit PM earns promotion as Pimco unveils new managing directors
Structured credit portfolio manager Russell Gannaway is among seven officials to have been promoted to managing director at Pimco

Three credit specialists part ways with Highland
Three officials have left Highland Capital Management in the last few weeks; a CLO trader and two experienced corporate credit researchers

AMP promotes three within infrastructure debt after fundraising success
Global investment manager AMP Capital has promoted three within its UK and US infrastructure debt team, which it says reflects the record growth of its business

EnTrustPermal makes senior hire in bid to expand aviation financing capabilities
New York-based EnTrustPermal becomes the latest asset manager to expand its aviation finance capabilities as it hires veteran aviation investor John Morabito 

Former American Capital CLO team resurfaces at Ryan Labs
A group of loan and CLO specialists that previously worked together at American Capital have reunited at Ryan Labs Asset Management.

Goldman Sachs’ co-president and COO Schwartz to retire
Goldman Sachs has announced that Harvey Schwartz, the group’s president and co-chief operating officer, is retiring and will step down effective 20 April 2018. David Solomon will now serve as sole president and COO

Rockefeller hires ex-Morgan Stanley official as its head of credit
Independent financial firm Rockefeller Capital Management has hired Michael Brakey as head of credit and banking in the firm’s wealth management business

Let's all stop obsessing about duration risk
Atlanticomnium's Anthony Smouha takes our credit quiz

Global law firm appoints credit fund specialist as partner in London
Global law firm Macfarlanes has appointed fund specialist Samuel Brooks to partner within the firm’s investment management team

Two ArrowMark direct lending MDs take their leave
Direct lending specialists Vipul Shah and Michael Novoseller have left ArrowMark Partners after three years at the firm, Creditflux has learned

Putnam hires new alternatives chief from Hutchin Hill in New York
Thomas DeAngelis has joined Putnam’s global institutional management team as director of alternatives, after less than a year at Hutchin Hill Capital in New York

Adams Street names new appointment to board of directors
Chicago-headquartered Adams Street Partners has appointed Matthew Scanlan of Angel Island Capital to its board of directors

Senior managing director parts ways with Antares
Senior managing director Chet Zara has once again parted ways with private debt manager Antares Capital, a spokesperson confirms

Ares Reit reports year-on-year dip in earnings amid leadership change
The Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation has announced a changed in leadership – and has reported mixed results for fourth quarter 2017

Boutique US CLO manager hires from KKR as part of expansion into Europe
Credit Value Partners, the US CLO and credit fund manager owned by New York Life Investments, has hired Brian McNamara from KKR Credit Partners

SSGA appoints global head of institutional group
State Street Global Advisors has appointed former APAC head Lochiel Crafter as head of its Global Institutional Group. James MacNevin will now take over Crafter's former role 

Mayer Brown appoints securitisation specialist as partner
Global law firm Mayer Brown has appointed James John Antonopoulos as partner in the firm’s Banking and Finance Practice and Structured Finance Group

KKR appoints new independent director
KKR has appointed French technology entrepreneur Xavier Niel to the Board of Directors of KKR Management

Credit specialist poaches Goldman Sach's Eric Muller in New York
Credit specialist Oak Hill Advisors has hired New York-based Eric Muller from Goldman Sachs Group, according to a market source

Connecticut-based middle market lender names vice president
Balance Point Capital has named Adam Sauerteig as vice president and Grant Groher as senior associate, according to a statement yesterday

Cowen brings together credit and equity for its sales and trading platform
Cowen has announced two senior appointments as part of its effort to align its credit and equity trading platforms

CLO manager bids farewell to distressed debt specialist in New York
A principal at Octagon Credit Investors has left the firm after four years, but the company is tight-lipped about the circumstances around the move

US loan veteran parts company with GoldenTree
US loan market veteran Fred Haddad is understood to have left GoldenTree Asset Management, the company where he served as a partner and senior portfolio manager

UBS O'Connor professional resurfaces in business development role at Context
Hedge fund manager UBS O'Connor has lost Arun Gowda to Context Capital Partners, a seeding firm focused on alternative investment strategies