Barings recruits BofA lynchpin as head of CLO capital markets
Bank of America’s head of US CLO structuring Ankit Aggarwal is leaving to join Barings as its head of CLO capital markets, sources familiar have told Creditflux

Blackstone sees exit of key CLO leader
EXCLUSIVE: Blackstone is seeing the retirement of one of the main builders of its European CLO business

Clearlake European CLO co-heads depart
Clearlake Credit’s co-heads of European CLOs have left the firm, according to sources familiar

JPMorgan’s Lacey Vigmostad jumps to Soros’ family office
EXCLUSIVE: Vigmostad is joining Soros Fund Management, the family office founded by George Soros, as COO of investment

GreensLedge head of structured credit investments retires
Matthew Natcharian, a CLO and CBO industry veteran with nearly 30 years of experience, announced his exit this week

First Eagle taps AlbaCore alum for alternative credit product sales
Edward Berry joins as a managing director in London and will help distribute the firm’s alternative credit products, including those under the Napier Park brand

Millennium building a team as it preps a new CLO management business
EXCLUSIVE: The hedge fund has been on a hiring spree as it prepares to launch a BSL CLO strategy in the US

Carlyle hires new head of European liquid credit and CLOs as MacKenzie exits
EXCLUSIVE: Stuart MacKenzie, who headed European liquid credit and oversaw European CLOs, is stepping down and leaving Carlyle, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

Seward & Kissel hires structured credit head as CLOs, private funds converge
Taha Khan joins from Milbank to build out a structured credit practice that will advise on CLOs as well as complex fund finance solutions like CFOs and rated note feeders

Oak Hill signals revival of European CLO business with key hire
Oak Hill Advisors, which hasn’t issued a new European CLO since 2021, has hired a portfolio manager

Golub shakes up leadership with co-CEOs, co-Presidents appointments
The alternative credit manager will have three co-presidents after promoting Spyro Alexopoulos and hiring two new executives

NorthWall to enter European CLO management, hires Permira vet to lead strategy
EXCLUSIVE: NorthWall Capital has hired Permira’s Andrew Lawson to lead its new European CLO management strategy with more hires expected

Arini names co-PM replacements as European CLO PM exits
EXCLUSIVE: The firm promoted Jeysson Abergel and Adi Arya to serve as co-portfolio managers for the European CLO platform, two sources familiar told Creditflux  

Morgan Stanley alum joins as SMBC managing director
The new hire will work in securitized products and capital solutions, adding to SMBC’s expanding global securitization capabilities

Hayfin names Goldman Sachs veteran as head of investments
Goldman Sachs veteran Michael Marsh has been hired to the newly created role

Proskauer adds DLA partner to structured credit team
CLO specialist and former DLA Piper partner Konstantinos (Kos) Vavelidis has joined Proskauer as a partner in its London office 

SMBC hires JPM alum to head EMEA SPG syndication
EXCLUSIVE: The bank has made a string of CLO-related hires globally this spring, after previously poaching top CLO bankers from JPMorgan in 2024

First Trust Advisors plans CLO business, hires former First Eagle MD
EXCLUSIVE: The firm tapped the former head of trading for First Eagle Alternative Credit’s Tradable Credit team to help build the new business

Dechert adds CLO specialist as partner in New York practice
US market leader Dechert has added Lawton Camp to its global finance practice in New York

European credit portfolio manager departs Onex
James Dunn, Onex’s managing director and portfolio manager, European credit, is leaving the firm, three sources familiar have told Creditflux

Two more lawyers leave Cadwalader for Orrick
Orrick has added another two former Cadwalader lawyers to its growing structured finance team in London

Benefit Street Partners targets Japanese private credit, CLO investments with new hire
Franklin Templeton subsidiary Benefit Street Partners has appointed former Blue Owl MD Takeshi Yamamoto in a newly-created role

Arthur Cox bolsters structured finance team with Walkers hires
EXCLUSIVE: Two structured finance specialists will leave Walkers to join Arthur Cox over the summer

Brazil’s BTG Pactual hires CLO veteran
EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian firm BTG Pactual Asset Management has hired a senior portfolio manager and trader, signalling the firm’s entry into the CLO space, according to a source familiar

Muzinich appoints Tatjana Greil Castro as global head of investments
The privately-owned corporate credit specialist has also appointed Thomas Samson as global head of high yield and Hugo Wheeler as head of global accounts and marketing