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

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

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

Covid could trigger 'mega trend' into private debt, says Blackstone's Gray
The coronavirus pandemic could spark a 'mega trend' of investors into alternatives in private credit, Blackstone's president and chief operating officer said on the firm's second quarter earnings call on Thursday

If you’re not finding black talent, you’re not trying hard enough
In the past few weeks, it has been easy to put up our billboards and tweet our condemnation of the treatment of black people. Now we need to change the way companies work

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

BlueBay pushes into US CLOs after taking on RBC's management business
BlueBay Asset Management has taken on the CLO management business of its parent company RBC, the firm announced today

Hayfin brings in structured credit big hitters in New York
Hayfin Capital Management has bolstered its structured credit division in New York

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

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

Former JP Morgan credit prop trader relaunches credit hedge fund
Palm Lane Partners is relaunching – two years after the credit hedge fund manager looked to spin out of JP Morgan Asset Management

Credit funds at a glance

A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit