Permira's credit CIO Kyriakoudis to retire by end of year
Permira Credit’s former chief investment officer Thomas Kyriakoudis will retire from the firm at the end of the year to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities

US CLO specialist opens London office for European expansion
A Dallas-headquartered firm has hired from Standard Life Aberdeen to lead a European business

BlueBay confirms hire in structured credit and CLO management team
The new appointment will focus on investing in US and European structured credit securities across the capital structure

Senior structured credit portfolio manager tipped to join BlueBay in London
BlueBay Asset Management is close to filling a gap on its structured credit portfolio management team

Permira promotes five in credit team to MD including head of structured credit
Permira Debt Managers has promoted five members of its credit team to managing directors 

Morgan Stanley hires European CLO trader from buy side
Morgan Stanley has added to its European CLO trading team, bringing in an official who previously worked at a CLO fund manager

Points up front: Navigating lockdown easel-y with brush in hand
The various periods of lockdown over the past 12 months have provided time for credit professionals to tap into their creative side, and Schroders’ head of securitised credit Michelle Russell-Dowe has taken full advantage

Points up front: Brahms for the brain
We often use this column to highlight charitable initiatives undertaken by members of the CLO community, but charity starts at home and we’d like to point you towards an initiative conducted by Richard Burrell, partner of our own Tanvi Gupta

CLO fund portfolio manager leaves BlueBay
A structured credit portfolio manager at BlueBay Asset Management has parted ways with the firm

BlackRock fills opening on European CLO management team
BlackRock has filled a gap ithat opened up on its European CLO portfolio management team in January  

Senior CLO investor lands at Orix’s Signal Peak
Signal Peak, the leveraged credit team of Orix Advisers, has hired a CLO investor to its team in New York

CSAM names new CEO and splits from wealth management arm
Credit Suisse has moved to overhaul its asset management business and replaced its chief executive officer amid fallout from the collapse of supply chain funds group Greensill Capital

Bardin Hill sells European CLO business to HPS with head Snyder set to retire
Bardin Hill Investment Partners has sold its European CLO platform to HPS Investment Partners

MidOcean CLO PM joins European credit manager to lead US expansion
Former MidOcean Credit CLO portfolio manager Jim Wiant has joined a Copenhagen-headquartered manager to lead the firm's US expansion

European desk staffing could limit CLO repricings
.The sheer volume of European CLO resets and refinancings has left market participants questioning the market’s ability to handle the business

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 

Ex-Accunia CLO chief joins Danish multi-family office
The former chief investment officer of Accunia Credit Management has joined Scope Invesment in Copenhagen as senior portfolio manager

European direct lender explores possibility of CLO management
A European direct lender is exploring the possibility of establishing a CLO management arm, with the firm looking to hire

Tikehau confirms European CLO head appointment
Tikehau says it has appointed Christoph Zens head of its CLO business, in a fast-moving story from Monday night

Commerzbank prices CLO as it replaces Tikehau-bound official
Deutsche Bank arranged the €360.5 million deal for Commerzbank

Tikehau overcomes change in plan to land European CLO specialist
Tikehau is bringing in an experienced European loans specialist to its CLO team, but under different circumstances to those it expected a few weeks ago   

European CLO manager puts platform up for sale
European CLO merger and acquisition activity is on the rise as a boutique manager puts its CLO platform up for sale

European CLO portfolio manager jumps ship to HPS
A London-based European CLO portfolio manager has moved to HPS Investment Management

European CLO head becomes latest PM to leave asset manager after announcing retirement
A large European credit manager has had a number of departures across its CLO and direct lending businesses in recent weeks