Elmwood signals entry into Europe with BlackRock hire
EXCLUSIVE: US-based asset manager Elmwood has hired a European CLO veteran from BlackRock 

BlackRock shifts European CLO leadership with veteran departing
EXCLUSIVE: BlackRock is seeing changes to their CLO team in Europe after agreeing to purchase US-based alternative asset manager HPS

Silver Point preps for first European CLO deal, hires trader for region
Silver Point is currently preparing its first deal and actively recruiting for its European platform 

CLO banker Rachel Russell leaves Morgan Stanley for Brookfield
The bank’s head of global new CLO issuance departs after two decades at Morgan Stanley  

Irradiant’s star investor Maji set to depart as firm is acquired by Apollo’s Redding Ridge
EXCLUSIVE: Debdeep Maji, Irradiant's head of structured credit, leads its third-party CLO equity fund, to be replaced by Apollo’s head of CLO investing

Citigroup’s Jim Hughes departs for TPG Angelo Gordon
TPG Angelo Gordon has nabbed the more than 20-year Citi veteran.

European CLO portfolio manager Jason Late to leave Man Group
The news comes after the London-based portfolio manager saw his CLO portfolio management responsibilities transferred to the firm’s New York office  

Credit funds at a glance - January 2025
Fund performance, recent hires, recent fundraising

CLO veteran Geoffrey Horton leaves portfolio manager role at BlackRock
After a decade in CLOs, the US-based PM is decamping from BlackRock to make a move outside the structured products space  

Permira shifts away from CLO investing with head of structured credit Saeed set to depart
Permira is deprioritizing its CLO investment business as a stand-alone strategy, with CLO investing veteran Jihan Saeed leaving in March  

Morgan Lewis hires CLO specialist Dasha Sobornova for London team
Morgan Lewis has recruited lawyer Dasha Sobornova who was most recently at Akin Gump

Job opportunity with Clarion Credit Partners: Associate
Clarion Credit is looking to hire an associate to join the credit investing team  

Mayer Brown announces second structured finance partner recruitment from White & Case
Adam Farrell has joined Mayer Brown in London, two weeks after Chris McGarry made a similar move  

Investcorp Credit’s Jeremy Ghose and Tom Shandell set to exit firm
Investcorp has shaken up its leadership team, with Head of Global Credit Jeremy Ghose to step down and Head of Liquid Credit Investments Tom Shandell also set to leave the firm

DLA Piper bolsters US CLO team with Vavelidis move
DLA Piper has relocated finance partner Kos Vavelidis to New York from the firm’s London office to take on a global role

AllianceBernstein hires CLO veteran Spiro for private credit securitization
AllianceBernstein has hired Eileen Spiro, formerly of Shenkman Capital, to oversee private credit, recurring revenue and asset-backed securitizations

JPMorgan names new CLO leadership team to replace trio of senior departures
The CLO market's biggest arranger has named a new global head as well as other CLO leaders to replace Christine Ferris, Anusha Joly, and Mussie Tizazu

Mayer Brown hires Chris McGarry as it boosts Euro CLO lawyer ranks
CLO and securities lawyer Chris McGarry joins Mayer Brown as partner after almost eight years at White & Case  

John Goldfinch joins Proskauer Rose as part of major recruitment drive
Leading structured finance lawyer John Goldfinch has joined Proskauer Rose after leaving A&O Shearman in September 

Reed Smith continues CLO expansion with two new hires
Global law firm Reed Smith has announced the hire of a new partner and counsel for its New York CLO team, continuing the build out there following the hire of Jeff Stern in July

Marc Boatwright leaves Post Advisory
CLO veteran Marc Boatwright has left Post Advisory Group where he was helping to spearhead the firm’s CLO and private fund efforts

JPMorgan fights back after raft of shock departures
The news that JPMorgan had lost three of its most senior bankers sent shockwaves through the CLO world. But in the weeks since, JPMorgan has been fighting to hold the fort with some success.

Portfolio manager moves to CIFC from AlbaCore
A London-based CLO PM has begun a new role in CIFC’s European credit team after five years at AlbaCore Capital

Panagram CLO team leaves to launch new PE-backed credit fund
John Kim has resurfaced to launch a new credit manager, and has taken his old team from Panagram with him

Kirkland & Ellis recruits two new structured credit partners
CLO lawyer Jared Axelrod and structured finance specialist Suril Patel have joined Kirkland in its New York and London offices respectively