Points up front: Brahms for the brain
We often use this column to highlight charitable initiatives undertaken by members of the CLO community, but charity starts at home and we’d like to point you towards an initiative conducted by Richard Burrell, partner of our own Tanvi Gupta

CLO fund portfolio manager leaves BlueBay
A structured credit portfolio manager at BlueBay Asset Management has parted ways with the firm

Angelo Gordon CLO deputy portfolio manager departs
Angelo Gordon has lost a deputy portfolio manager from its CLO management team

BlackRock fills opening on European CLO management team
BlackRock has filled a gap ithat opened up on its European CLO portfolio management team in January  

Senior CLO investor lands at Orix’s Signal Peak
Signal Peak, the leveraged credit team of Orix Advisers, has hired a CLO investor to its team in New York

CSAM names new CEO and splits from wealth management arm
Credit Suisse has moved to overhaul its asset management business and replaced its chief executive officer amid fallout from the collapse of supply chain funds group Greensill Capital

Barclays' head of middle market CLOs leaves bank
Barclays' middle market CLO head has parted ways with the bank

MidOcean redistributes lead CLO PM responsibilities following departure
MidOcean has moved to cover gaps left by the exit of Jim Wiant, who was responsible for CLO strategies as well as its long-only, opportunistic credit customised strategies

Bardin Hill sells European CLO business to HPS with head Snyder set to retire
Bardin Hill Investment Partners has sold its European CLO platform to HPS Investment Partners

MidOcean CLO PM joins European credit manager to lead US expansion
Former MidOcean Credit CLO portfolio manager Jim Wiant has joined a Copenhagen-headquartered manager to lead the firm's US expansion

Former MKP CLO tranche investor lands at big US credit manager
A well-known CLO investor who previously worked at MKP and Goldman Sachs has landed at a firm that issues and invests in CLOs

European desk staffing could limit CLO repricings
.The sheer volume of European CLO resets and refinancings has left market participants questioning the market’s ability to handle the business

Credit funds at a glance (March 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

CLO guys shouldn't feel quite as self-important as us Welsh... But you are in a pretty amazing spot
CLO portfolio managers should be emboldened by recent events to push for ESG strategies 

Most experienced CLO trading head in the business leaves Wells Fargo
The longest-serving CLO trading head in the business, who is said to have registered a profit in each of his 20 years trading, has parted ways with Wells Fargo in the last few days

Ex-Accunia CLO chief joins Danish multi-family office
The former chief investment officer of Accunia Credit Management has joined Scope Invesment in Copenhagen as senior portfolio manager

Citi CLO trader set to join rival as co-head of global CLO trading in New York
A CLO trader is leaving Citi after 10 years to take up the top trading job at a bank, which has tended to specialise in trading triple A-rated paper 

European direct lender explores possibility of CLO management
A European direct lender is exploring the possibility of establishing a CLO management arm, with the firm looking to hire

Tikehau confirms European CLO head appointment
Tikehau says it has appointed Christoph Zens head of its CLO business, in a fast-moving story from Monday night

Commerzbank prices CLO as it replaces Tikehau-bound official
Deutsche Bank arranged the €360.5 million deal for Commerzbank

Tikehau overcomes change in plan to land European CLO specialist
Tikehau is bringing in an experienced European loans specialist to its CLO team, but under different circumstances to those it expected a few weeks ago   

Issuer goes from debutant to zero in one year as PM leaves and CIFC swoops for sole CLO
A US CLO manager has gone from debuting in 2019 to having no CLOs under management as CIFC takes over its one deal

European CLO manager puts platform up for sale
European CLO merger and acquisition activity is on the rise as a boutique manager puts its CLO platform up for sale

Ex-Pretium analyst steps up to senior PM as Schroders expands in US CLOs
Schroders says it has hired an experienced CLO analyst to serve as senior portfolio manager

Eagle Point hires business development director from CQS
Eagle Point Credit Management has hired a director of business developement