Florida manager taps former Hildene marketing head in IR role
III Capital Management has hired an investor relations professional from Hildene Capital Management

Up-and-coming fund manager Revolution makes big structured credit hire
Sydney’s Revolution Asset Management has made a big hire, signalling its intent in the global structured credit markets

Fund of hedge fund operator appoints new CFO and COO
Alternative investment firm Gapstow has appointed a new chief financial officer and chief operating officer, promoting internally to fill the roles

Law firm bolsters its CLO practice after hiring from Credit Suisse
Law firm Chapman and Cutler has further strengthened its CLO and structured finance practice, bringing in a figure from Credit Suisse's new issue CLO team

Past returns: binomial expansion model was the catalyst for shorting AIG
10 years ago, Creditflux reported on AIG's approach to marking its structured credit book. The article prompted one trader to put on a large short position which profited as AIG turned to the US government for a bail-out

Citi promotes European CLO head and co-head of credit correlation trading
Citi – a market leader in CLO origination and bespokes – has promoted officials responsible for these businesses.

Credit Suisse brings in structured credit veteran to business development role
Credit Suisse has strengthened its securitised products team in New York, hiring a business development official to a team led by global structured credit head Jay Kim

Apollo's credit chief Zelter takes on new role as co-president
Credit veteran James Zelter been elevated to co-president at Apollo Global Management

Wells Fargo rewards CLO veteran with another promotion
Wells Fargo has appointed Mary Katherine DuBose as head of debt capital markets effective immediately

Los Angeles firm takes over Greenwich-based direct lending BDC
Oaktree has taken over management of its newly acquired direct lending unit, which was formerly known as Fifth Street Finance Corp

White & Case promotes three credit lawyers to partners in US and Europe
White & Case has announced the promotion of three lawyers with credit expertise to its partnership in offices across the US and Europe

Goldman's former head of structured credit trading to move to the buy side
Goldman Sachs veteran Jerry Ouderkirk is joining Pretium Partners, according to a Bloomberg report

LibreMax eyes esoteric assets as it makes major structured credit hire
Market sources say US hedge fund manager is looking beyond hedge fund structures for a new business aimed at esoteric credit assets. To lead this project, the firm has hired a big name in CLOs and structured credit

Black Diamond hires structured credit specialist from Natixis's CLO desk
Black Diamond Capital Management has hired former Natixis credit specialist Andy Phelps as a senior managing director, after working alongside him on CLO deals for years

Highland appoints co-CIO with internal promotion
Dallas-based Highland Capital Management has promoted credit research specialist Trey Parker to co-chief investment officer

Former Deutsche Bank big hitter moves to wealth manager
Deutsche Bank’s former head of sales for the Americas has re-emerged on the buy side, joining wealth management firm Alexandria Capital

Medley adds managing director to its fundraising team
A marketing official who previously worked at Oak Hill Advisors has landed at Medley Management’s San Francisco offices

Creditflux parent rebrands as Acuris
Creditflux’s parent company gained a new name last month, with Mergermarket Group relaunching as Acuris

Debtwire CMBS round-up: Credit Suisse looks to add to its US trading team
Credit Suisse is looking to further expand its secondary CMBS trading business by hiring a trader to its existing four-person trading team, according to a report on Debtwire

Ex-Swiss Re structured credit head leaves insurance company in New York
Insurer has lost structured credit specialist who served as CIO, according to well-placed sources.

BlueMountain hires fund distribution specialist from Paulson
BlueMountain Capital Management has poached Claudio Macchetto from Paulson and assigned him to the newly created position of head of platform distribution

Ex-Goldman CLO trader takes on new role at Morgan Stanley
A structured credit pro - who earlier in his career spent five years trading CLOs out of London - has landed at Morgan Stanley in a new role

20-year Citi veteran earns promotion to head of European credit trading
Citi’s global head of distressed debt has been promoted to head of credit trading for Europe, the middle east and Africa, officials at the bank have confirmed

Saba to close London office, reports Reuters
$1.7 billion hedge fund manager Saba Capital Management is closing down its offices in London

Imperial adds structured credit talent to London and New York offices
Imperial Capital has added to its structured products business in London and New York