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

September: credit funds at a glance
White Oak Global Advisors held a $2.1 billion final close on a new direct lending fund, while Phil Raciti's move from CVC Credit Partners to Halcyon Capital Management was one of the biggest moves in the credit industry

CLO veteran parts ways with Tetragon
A senior structured credit veteran has departed Tetragon, according to market sources

Global head of credit correlation leaves JP Morgan to launch new hedge fund
Market sources say that a high profile figure, known to have been responsible for unwinding JP Morgan's 'London whale' positions, has left the bank to start his own hedge fund

Goldman poaches Credit Suisse credit structuring specialist
Goldman Sachs has hired credit structuring specialist Omar Waly as a credit structuring executive director

Katten Muchin Rosenman poaches securitisation partner in New York
Katten Muchin Rosenman has appointed a former Linklater's partner as structured finance and securitisation partner 

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

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

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

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

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

A credit market in constant flux
Since Creditflux's launch in 2001, we've reported on CLO evolution, trendy new products, regulatory U-turns, and, of course, crashes. Which, we wonder, is coming next?

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

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

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

BlueMountain hires former Pine River credit specialist
BlueMountain Capital Management has hired credit specialist Colin Teichholtz as global governments and agency mortgage-backed securities head

Apollo reorganises its global credit platform
Sources say Apollo Global Management has reshaped its credit business by merging certain divisions and promoting several staffers in New York. Separately, sources say a high-ranking credit head has left the firm

Swiss banking group appoints structured finance head from Goldman Sachs
Geneva-based banking group REYL & Cie has tapped Ante Razmilovic to lead the REYL’s new structured finance business

Structured credit specialist swaps CSOs for CLOs as he returns to Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley has added to its CLO structuring team in New York, bringing an official who has been working on synthetic CDOs

Brigade co-founder to leave the firm
Brigade Capital Management's co-founder Pat Kelly is leaving the firm, according to market sources

CIFC taps former Citi CLO veteran to lead structured credit business
Jay Huang has joined credit manager CIFC as a managing director, senior portfolio manager and head of structured products investments in New York, Creditflux has learned

Oak Hill appoints sole head of European credit as ex-partner takes on new role
One of Oak Hill Advisors’ most senior staffers has stepped into a senior advisory role

Morgan Stanley promotes New York-based CLO specialist to managing director
The head of US CLO syndication, who has recently taken on a bigger role at Morgan Stanley, has been promoted to MD

CEO of Blackstone's hedge fund solution platform steps aside
Blackstone has announced that J Tomilson Hill, president and chief executive officer of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), will be transitioning to a new role as chairman of BAAM