Barings promotes PM to lead European CLO unit
Barings has promoted two members of its European CLO management team, one of which becomes the new head of its European CLO management business

Voya loan co-head Norman set to retire
Dan Norman is set to leave Voya Investment Management, where he co-heads the senior loan team, at the end of the year

CLO and loan trading head moves to development finance job
Mediobanca's loan and CLO trading head has moved to CDC Group, a development finance business owned by the UK government

European CLO and ABS trader rejoins P&G in Milan
An experienced European CLO trader has switched to the buy side with market sources indicating he has returned to P&G

US and European CLO portfolio managers set to leave Onex
A pair of experienced CLO portfolio managers are leaving Onex at the end of the year. Sources say Onex remains committed to the CLO business, having issued three deals globally since May

Credit Suisse hires euro CLO syndication and origination head from Natixis
Credit Suisse has hired a replacement head of European CLO origination and syndication following the departure of Florent Chagnard

Wriedt buys minority stake in direct lender Scio and joins as strategic advisor
Oliver Wriedt, the former chief executive officer at DFG Investment Advisers, has bought a minority stake in European credit asset manager Scio Capital

Palm Lane launches credit relative value fund with $200 million after PM hires
Palm Lane Capital has raised about $200 million for a global credit relative value hedge fund, which went live on 1 September

Head of loan and CLO trading leaves Mediobanca
Mediobanca’s head of loan and CLO trading has parted ways with the bank

Nassau confirms launch of European loan and CLO platform
Nassau Corporate Credit has launched a European loan and CLO platform with the $3.1 billion asset manager establishing a London office

Hayfin hires former Barings official to new head of fund finance role
 The new job reflects the growing number of financings Hayfin handles, sources say

Kartesia hires from BNP Paribas after launching first standalone CLO strategy
Kartesia has hired to its structured credit team having launched a first dedicated CLO strategy this year, officials at the company confirm

This doesn’t look like Kansas anymore: Palmer Square opts for unusual road to Europe
Palmer Square Capital Management is taking a novel approach to European CLO management with the head portfolio manager for its deals being stationed at its headquarters in Kansas City

Alcentra appoints DeSimone as CEO
Alcentra has appointed Johnathan DeSimone as chief executive officer following David Forbes-Nixon’s decision to step down and take an investment role at the firm

Credit funds at a glance (September 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Points up front: From drafting CLO docs to writing crime thrillers
Nicola Bashforth, a popular figure in the CLO business, announced last month that she had left the industry to return to Lancashire in England and try her hand at writing novels

Carlyle appoints European credit investor relations head
Carlyle Group has appointed an ex-Bain official as head of global credit investor relations in Europe

Highland case against ex-PM Terry dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
The island of Guernsey is famous for its high tidal range and dairy produce. But it is not the right place for Highland Capital Management to churn legal action over CLOs against former employee Joshua Terry - so says a royal court, dismissing litigation the company filed there in 2018

Deutsche Bank hires in syndication as it looks to bounce back in CLOs
Deutsche Bank has re-affirmed its commitment to CLO issuance with Colin Parkhill joining later this year as head of European ABS and CLO syndication in London, and the bank lining up several mandates

Apollo appoints head of leadership development and diversity
Apollo Global Management is taking steps to improve diversity at its leadership level

The Last Tranche with Guggenheim's Duffy: CLOs will pay more for loans than today’s index prices
Marking the long-awaited return of the Last Tranche podcast, Creditflux's Hugh Minch talks to Adrian Duffy, head of European corporate credit at Guggenheim Investments in Dublin

Credit funds at a glance (August 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

They said it: "Imagine a garden party and all of a sudden a big wasp shows up"
On Creditflux’s US CLO webinar last month, Napier Park’s head of US CLO investments Serhan Secmen described the March sell-off as a garden party

Credit Suisse's head of European CLO syndication to join Citi
Credit Suisse's head of European CLO syndication and origination is set to make a move to Citi, to partly fill the void on the bank's primary CLO desk

Ostrum's US CLO plan takes a turn after head of structured credit leaves
An experienced CLO PM has left Ostrum after just one year