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

Vida hires well known structured credit official in New York
Vida Capital, which signalled CLO ambitions earlier this year, has bolstered its structured credit team with the appointment of a former Apollo partner and portfolio manager 

US direct lender plots expansion into broadly syndicated loan CLOs
The US CLO manager universe looks set to expand further with sources indicating a US middle market direct lender is exploring launching a BSL CLO platform

Wells Fargo hires US CLO trader
Wells Fargo has added to its US CLO trading team in Charlotte

Eagle Point expands into structured products including SRTs with big hire
Eagle Point Credit Management has hired a head of ABS, MBS SRT and specialty finance, in a move which underlines the firm’s progression from a CLO equity investor to a broader credit asset manager.

Voya seeks portfolio manager focused on CLOs
The new hire will work with both the CLO portfolio management team and the CLO investment team

SocGen hires to CLO structuring team in New York
Societe Generale has hired a vice president in its CLO structuring team

Warwick signals move into US CLOs by hiring former Alcentra and BlackRock official
Special sits firm Warwick Capital has hired two partners to launch its US business, including one former CLO portfolio manager, in a move which signals the firm’s intention to build a CLO platform

Antares brings in manager's loan and high yield head for BSL CLO expansion
Antares Capital is set to build a broadly syndicated loan CLO business, having hired an experienced CLO PM from a US asset manager 

CLO lawyers move as team again to join Linklaters in New York
Linklaters has poached three CLO officials from rival Alston & Bird, including two partners

Sculptor fills vacancy by hiring US CLO structuring and origination head
Sculptor Capital Management has filled a vacancy that opened up after Peter Polanskyj left in April having hired a CLO structuring specialist from another CLO manager 

Natixis makes structured credit promotions after key figure departs
Natixis has responded to the departure of its co-head of global structured credit, solutions and credit trading, by making several promotions

Blue Owl hires two CLO veterans from sell side
Blue Owl has three experienced CLO structurers on its team after adding hires from Natixis and Mizuho to an earlier hire from Barclays 

RBC CLO structuring head set to return to old stomping ground
Royal Bank of Canada’s head of CLO structuring is poised to rejoin a former employer, ending his stay at RBC after just a year

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

Points up front: CLO guy Boehly becomes global household name
The CLO market might be a $1 trillion industry, but we’ve been waiting years for a “CLO guy” to break into the mainstream. Step forward Todd Boehly... 

Experienced CLO banker joins Oaktree as managing director
A well-known name in the US CLO market has joined Oaktree as head of CLO capital markets 

CLO PM lands at Silver Point to launch business
Silver Point Capital is continuing its expansion into CLO management with sources indicating the firm wants to launch a broadly syndicated CLO business

CLO official takes top role as Onex announces new credit leadership
Onex Credit Partners has announced a new leadership structure with two co-heads of credit replacing the CEO that left late last year. One of the promotions is an experienced CLO official 

CLO PM departs as CIFC proposes key person replacement
A US CLO portfolio manager at CIFC has parted ways with the firm after 12 years. He had recently been assigned an important task, providing cover for European CLOs

CLO managers added to their pool of analysts last year: Fitch
CLO asset managers staffed up last year as primary issuance volume soared, with Fitch Ratings finding the average analyst team size increased from 16 to 17

Onex points to "variety of personal and market" reasons as it addresses CLO exodus
Onex Credit Partners has responded to questions about the stream of professionals that have left in the last few months

Silver Point hires experienced credit trader
Silver Point Capital has hired an official well-versed in CLOs 

Experienced US CLO portfolio manager lands at Advent
Convertible bond manager Advent Capital Management has put an important part of its CLO plans in place by hiring an experienced portfolio manager 

Antares looks to support underrepresented groups with $1 million entrepreneur programme
Antares is granting $1 million of its own capital to entrepreneurs who are part of diverse and historically underrepresented groups