RBC names head of high yield trading and e-strategy for leveraged finance
RBC Capital Markets has promoted a high yield trader and head of leveraged finance digital strategy to the position

They said it: "The third term is Jinping’s legacy..."
... He does not care about near-term growth."

Barclays seeks head of SRT risk
Barclays is looking to hire a head of SRT risk for its wholesale credit portfolio, having established a credit risk transfer programme under the Colonnade branding 

Points up front: Correlation between CDS and mixed martial arts
BNP Paribas clinched a big-name hire to its credit derivatives division in New York last month after poaching managing director Patrick Vickers from Credit Suisse.

Citadel promotes credit head to co-CIO
Citadel has promoted its global credit head to co-chief investment officer

Citi's former correlation trading star takes on new risk head role
Citi's former head of credit correlation trading has taken on a new role in the bank, becoming head of in-business market risk for global markets

Brookfield hires industry veteran as public securities CIO
Brookfield Asset Management has hired a long-serving credit and equity market professional as chief investment officer for its public securities group

Ashurst boosts structured finance and derivatives practice as it brings in partner
Law firm Ashurst has hired a structured finance and derivatives specialist as a partner in its global markets practice

Squarepoint takes over from CSAM as it supports star trader's new long-short credit fund
Arini, led by highly regarded former Credit Suisse trader Hamza Lemssouguer, has found support in Squarepoint Capital as it launches its first European credit fund

Barclays fills gap by hiring global macro credit trading head in New York
Banks are moving quickly to make sure they are staffed up in credit trading with Barclays bringing in an experienced trader in New York

Deutsche Bank adds credit trading head to US build out
Deutsche Bank is looking at the next phase of its US development with the hire of a credit trading head from another bank 

Bank's macro credit trading head lands buy-side job at Citadel
An experienced credit trader at a large US bank has taken on his first buy-side role 

Millennium senior tranche trader jumps to Verition
An experienced synthetic structured credit trader has left Millennium Management in New York to join Greenwich headquartered Verition Fund Management

Squarepoint draws big name options market maker to buy side
An experienced credit options trader has decided to join the systematic and quant strategies manager in a change of career from working on the sell side

Ashurst hires senior structured credit and derivatives lawyer
Law firm Ashurst has added a partner to its global markets practice in New York

Diversity database shines light on credit firms not stepping up
Private credit managers are significantly lagging behind their industry counterparts when it comes to hiring under-represented groups, including front office, distribution and investment committee roles, according to data from Diversity­Metrics, a new data-driven platform launched by executive search firm Jensen Partners

Tranche trader leaves Apollo for sell side
BNP Paribas has filled a gap in its structured credit trading group with the hire of an index tranche market maker

Brevan Howard hires senior credit PM
Brevan Howard has hired an experienced credit portfolio manager in New York

Blackstone opens up new horizons with CIO hire for multi-manager business
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management has launched a new platform named Blackstone Horizon and hired a hedge fund veteran as chief investment officer

Credit funds at a glance (March 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

CLO guys shouldn't feel quite as self-important as us Welsh... But you are in a pretty amazing spot
CLO portfolio managers should be emboldened by recent events to push for ESG strategies 

Credit funds at a glance (February 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

They said it: "I am extraordinarily proud of the firm I have helped build"
Apollo chief executive officer Leon Black announces he is stepping down.

Credit funds at a glance (January 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves