Baird targets CLO arranging business
A New York brokerage with a CLO trading business is making a pitch to be the first debut arranger of the year. According to market sources, RW Baird has hired CLO origination specialist Mario Verna with a view to building out a CLO primary business. In March, Verna left Guggenheim Securities, where he served on the CLO desk as a managing director.

DFG hires experienced credit analyst in New York
DFG Investment Advisers has drafted in John Hwang as director and senior credit analyst on its leveraged credit team in New York

AGL further expands with hires from CIFC and Mizuho
AGL Credit Management, founded by former CIFC chief executive officer Peter Gleysteen, has appointed a further two officials to its New York office

CLO veteran joins Pretium's legal team
The firm has appointed a founding member of Goldman Sach’s CLO team back in 1997

Ostrum appoints structured credit head as it looks to issue US CLOs
The market has found a plethora of CLO managers looking to expand in Europe, but Ostrum Asset Management has gone the other way by hiring an experienced US CLO portfolio manager

Two senior CLO traders leave Deutsche Bank
Mizuho has poached one of these traders

AGL confirms Comer hire in New York
AGL Credit Management has today confirmed the appointment of Wynne Comer as chief operating officer. Creditflux first reported on the move last week

CLO veteran moves to the buy side for the first time after landing at CQS
CQS’s expansion in the US has received another boost with a high profile CLO trader joining the firm in New York

Citi names sales head with global structured credit remit
Citi has promoted Rajiv Amlani to global head of special products solution sales, in which he will be responsible for non-flow structured credit and securitised trading business

Former BAML CLO head Comer set to join new asset manager, sources say
It's understood that Wynne Comer is joining a new asset management company which is expected to be a repeat CLO issuer 

CLO head exits BAML for rumoured move to the buy side
The head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s CLO business has parted ways with the bank

Two CLO investors leave GSO in London
Two experienced CLO investors have parted ways with GSO Capital Partners in the last few weeks

Former CIFC co-chief executive joins DFG
DFG Investment Advisers has hired the former co-chief executive officer of CIFC Asset Management

Investcorp hires ex-Medley structured credit head as John Fraser retires
Investcorp has appointed a CLO specialist as co-head of US credit, following the retirement of the firm’s previous sole US credit head

Former CEO of CIFC establishes new CLO management firm
Peter Gleysteen, founder and ex-CEO of CIFC Asset Management, is launching a new private credit firm named AGL Credit Management

Former Ares partner takes on head of structured products role at Sound Point (correction)
A figure with more than 20 years of experience in CDO and CLO markets has resurfaced at Sound Point in New York 

Goldman Sachs US CLO official lines up for triathlon in support of cancer treatment centre
Jamil Nathoo, head of US CLO syndication at Goldman Sachs, is embarking on a triathlon to raise money for Memorial Sloan Kettering, a cancer treatment centre in New York.

Milbank CLO lawyer in New York departs for Allen & Overy
Allen & Overy has hired a CLO specialist as a partner in its New York office

Ex-Columbia CLO heads partner with insurer to launch CLO business
HalseyPoint Asset Management, the firm founded by the former CLO heads at Columbia Management, has announced a partnership with insurer A-CAP to support the launch of its leveraged loan platform

CLO portfolio manager Terry takes over at Acis as it emerges from bankruptcy
Josh Terry has taken control of the CLO management business used to run after Acis Capital Management announced that its reorganisation plan became effective on 15 February

CLOs are not like CDOs, says Barclays, but warns of loan quality impact
CLOs are far removed from the kinds of structured products that contributed to the 2008/09 global financial crisis, Barclays has argued in a wide-ranging research piece this week

Nassau lures bank's CLO origination head as it adds investment arm to manager business
Nassau Re has poached a bank's head of CLO syndicate and origination as it launches a CLO equity and debt investment platform

CLO portfolio managers score promotions at Wellfleet
Wellfleet Credit Partners, the performing credit arm of Littlejohn and co., has promoted its two CLO portfolio managers Scott McKay and Dennis Talley to managing director, according to a statement from the firm. Wellfleet also announced that Jeff Tynik has been promoted to senior credit analyst and loan trader

JP Morgan makes big hire to its global credit trading desk
An experienced banker who has covered CLOs, CSOs, loan TRS and credit derivatives, has joined JP Morgan after leaving BNP Paribas