Reed Smith adds former NatWest structured finance specialist to its team
Law firm Reed Smith has added structured finance specialist David Barton as counsel in its London office

Protiviti hires ex-structured credit specialist to head European lender due diligence
Consulting firm Protiviti has hired a former structured credit specialist as head of European lender due diligence and risk management

Orchard hires former UBS credit index options and tranches global head
Orchard Global Asset Management has hired an ex-UBS senior correlation trader as a portfolio manager in London

AllianceBernstein looks towards BSL CLO management with new hire
AllianceBernstein is looking to expand its CLO management business and enter into the world of broadly syndicated CLOs

The perception of liquidity is often not the same as the reality
Investec Asset Management's Jeff Boswell takes our credit quiz and discusses liquidity in Europe, the former "darling of the European debt market" Vivarte and the Matrix

Wells Fargo AM chief Norris to retire
Wells Fargo Asset Management's Anthony Norris - managing director, chief investment officer and senior portfolio manager - is set to retire from the fund management industry in October

US CLO issuer seeks portfolio manager in Los Angeles
A Los Angeles-based manager is looking to hire for its CLO team 

Maples & Calder announce several CLO lawyer promotions
Maples & Calder has announced several promotions for CLO lawyers.- including three partners and one counsel 

Debtwire: Highland slams chapter 11 trustee over Acis CLOs as Brigade and Oaktree wait in the wings
Highland Capital Management is preparing for battle this month over the fate of Acis Capital Management, a CLO manager affiliate placed into bankruptcy by its former partner Josh Terry. Three options are on the table, with Oaktree, Brigade and Terry potentially taking prominent roles

Allstate Investments hires portfolio manager from brokerage
Allstate Investments has hired a new portfolio manager in its bank loan and structured credit group

Star names join Barclays as it pushes into CLOs

Experienced CLO investor tipped to join Tetragon
A high profile CLO investment specialist is set to join Tetragon in New York, according to market sources

Nuveen adds industry veteran Fleischhacker to private credit unit
TIAA subsidiary Nuveen has hired Jean Fleischhacker as a private credit asset class specialist within its alternative investments distribution team

BlackRock's co-head of US CLOs set to leave the firm
One of the most experienced names in the CLO investment market is leaving BlackRock

BNP Paribas reorganises US credit business and appoints leveraged finance head
BNP Paribas has integrated its existing US primary and secondary credit units under a single new entity known as global credit markets Americas

Court order forces former Sound Point CLO PM into 90-day non-compete
Sound Point Capital Management is locked in a dispute with its former employee Murtaza Haque who left the firm in May with a view to joining GoldenTree Asset Management    

Crestline Denali announces new structure following CEO departure
Crestline Denali has announced its new organisational structure, following the retirement of its chief executive officer David Killion

Pearl Diver launches new CLO funds and expands into US with New York office
CLO equity investor Pearl Diver Capital is in full-on expansion mode with the launch of new funds and the opening of its US office in New York

Experienced CLO specialist joins Pretium
Pretium Partners moved into CLO management a year ago and now has $2 billion in AUM in this space thanks to a couple of acquisitions. It has now hired a portfolio manager to deal with the additional AUM

European loan portfolio manager parts ways with CQS
A European leveraged loan portfolio manager at London-based CQS  has left the firm, Creditflux has learned

European CLO PM rumoured to be joining CIFC from large asset manager
CIFC Asset Management looks to have made a major breakthrough in its bid to establish a European credit business with the $17 billion asset manager rumoured to be hiring the head of European performing credit at a large global credit firm

NatWest Markets enhances CLO arranging business with major hire
NatWest Markets has hired a well-known figure in the CLO industry

Tikehau poaches Commerzbank leveraged loan trader
Tikehau Capital has appointed a secondary loan trader in its London-based CLO and leveraged loan fund team

BlackRock poaches CLO tranche portfolio manager from London-based firm
BlackRock has hired a CLO investment specialist in London

Global head of credit correlation leaves JP Morgan to launch new hedge fund
Market sources say that a high profile figure, known to have been responsible for unwinding JP Morgan's 'London whale' positions, has left the bank to start his own hedge fund