Akin Gump hires European CLO partner in London
Akin Gump has hired a CLO partner to its London office

Onex promotes European CLO PM following Daly's departure
Another portfolio manager will step up to take responsibility for the Onex Credit’s CLOs following lead PM Conor Daly’s departure

CIFC fills key European CLO PM role
CIFC Asset Management has hired a European CLO portfolio manager

CLO fund appoints former ICG credit head Kershaw as chair
The board of directors of Axa's publicly listed CLO fund, Volta Finance, has appointed former ICG credit head Dagmar Kershaw as company chairman, following the retirement of Paul Meader. Former CLO structurer Yedau Ogoundele also joins as an independent board director 

Jefferies appoints head of Emea securitisation
Jefferies has appointed a former Citi official as managing director and head of Emea securitisation

Representation really matters
At our London Women in CLOs event, Creditflux’s Tanvi Gupta and Michelle D’Souza spoke about how inspiring it can be to see someone who looks like you achieve success in your industry

CEO steps down after DWS greenwashing allegations lead to police raid
A tumultuous 24 hours for DWS Group, in which police and regulators raided its office, has been compounded by the resignation of its chief executive officer Asoka Woehrmann on Wednesday morning

It’s official: we need more people working in CLOs
CLO market participants are bemoaning delays in trustee report publications sparked by US Bank’s lack of data processing resources, according to several sources

Points up front: Who is going into the Creditflux interview room?
The Creditflux CLO Symposium brought together 620 market participants from across the globe, and they had one question on their lips: what’s going on in the Creditflux interview room?

"Wholesale moves into risk areas after internal changes should sound an alarm"
The composition of CLO managers is changing, so management styles may drift  

Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 
   

Franklin Templeton buys Alcentra in $700 million deal
Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy BNY Mellon’s $38 billion credit unit Alcentra, which will see Alcentra combined with Franklin Templeton’s US credit manager Benefit Street Partners

A&O CLO team aims to raise money for global charity with 792km journey
The team is collectively aiming to run, walk, cycle or swim a total distance of 792km throughout June for the firm's global charity partner Street Child. That's the distance tens, if not hundreds of thousands of children will have made on their the journey from Kyiv to the Polish border

US CLO manager moves into Europe with Jefferies picking up arranger mandate
A US CLO manager is plotting to expand across to Europe, adding to the region's growing CLO manager base. The firm will assign its US CLO portfolio managers with global duties, while a partner in London becomes a regional PM 

Fair Oaks adds to credit, CLO and marketing team in London
Fair Oaks Capital has hired three people to its investment team and two to its marketing team

400 hires to London structured credit team
400 Capital has hired a former Citi official to its structured credit investment team in London

European CLO trading head leaves BNP for new credit fund manager
An experienced European structured credit trader is joining a recently launched long-short credit fund manager 

Fidelity International makes senior direct lending hires in private credit push
Fidelity International has been staffing up in European direct lending, with 12 additions to the private credit team that was established a year ago

Credit funds at a glance (May 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

M&G eyes European CLO comeback with new sustainability agenda
Another 1.0 CLO manager - and a giant of the fund management industry - is set to make its grand return to CLO management after 14 years away from the market

Ex-Accunia CLO specialist lands at Danish firm to build structured finance platform
An ex-Accunia chief investment officer and CLO specialist has landed at Danish commercial real estate firm CBRE

Credit Suisse replaces two outgoing European CLO structurers
Two European CLO structurers at Credit Suisse have parted ways with the bank, moving to Barclays and BofA 

US CLO manager plots re-expansion into Europe after 16 years
A European 1.0 CLO manager looks set to return to the business 

Prytania CLO and ABS investor lands at pension fund
A CLO and ABS tranche investor has left Prytania Asset Management and landed in the investment arm of a pension fund

Credit funds at a glance (April 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit