Värde names deputy CEO and several promotions
The transitional appointments follow George Hicks, co-founder and co-CEO, saying in July last year he would move to an executive chair role by the end of 2021

Syz hires former Brigade official as it pushes into litigation finance
Syz Capital has appointed a head of special situations and uncorrelated strategies, as part of the firm’s push into litigation finance

Points up front: A6, and with good reason
It’s not a hedge fund if it doesn’t have some sort of reference to nature, be it hills, mountains, trees or rivers. But when Michael Fine, the former head of corporate credit at LibreMax Capital, launched his distressed debt firm in July, he resisted the urge and came up with a heart-warming reason for naming his company A6

Credit funds at a glance (October 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

BlueBay hires former Marathon European CIO for special situations unit
BlueBay Asset Management has poached an official from Blantyre Capital to take on the newly created role

Seaport hires veteran for European loan trading push
Seaport Global, an investment bank focused on capital markets, has hired a leveraged finance veteran as a managing director in Emea loans trading

Sculptor promotes two after European credit head leaves for Pimco
Sculptor Capital Management has filled the void left by Mathieu Clavel, its former head of European and Asian corporate credit in Europe and Asia, by promoting two senior figures in its credit business

Pimco appoints Sculptor veteran as head of private credit in Europe
Pimco has hired an experienced figure in the European credit markets as it seeks to grow its special situations business

Alcentra appoints DeSimone as CEO
Alcentra has appointed Johnathan DeSimone as chief executive officer following David Forbes-Nixon’s decision to step down and take an investment role at the firm

Credit funds at a glance (September 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Credit funds at a glance (August 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Z Capital adds to credit team with Garrison official
Z Capital Group has hired a former Garrison Investment Group official as a director and member of the firm’s credit investment team

LibreMax's former corporate credit head sets up distressed debt firm
The former head of orporate credit at LibreMax Capital is preparing to launch a new distressed debt firm after securing an anchor investment

Onex keeps up recruitment drive as it hires high yield credit head
Onex Credit has made more additions to its team in New York, adding a head of high yield credit and a portfolio manager in opportunistic credit

Fiera rolls out private credit strategy with recent hires leading charge
Fiera Comox, an affiliate of Fiera Capital Corporation, has launched a new global mid-market private credit strategy

Oaktree managing director joins Peak Rock as it grows credit business
Peak Rock Capital has appointed a former Oaktree Capital Management official to help lead investments across corporate credit 

Credit funds at a glance (July 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Angelo Gordon bolsters distressed debt team with hire from GSO
Angelo Gordon has bolstered its distressed debt and corporate special situations team with the appointment of a managing director

Pretium hires managing director for bankruptcy and distressed from Lehman Brothers Holdings
Pretium Partners has hired Lehman Brothers Holdings' bankruptcy and distressed debt specialist

Credit funds at a glance (June 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Onex hires Jaber as it launches CLO investment business
Onex Credit Partners has hired Ronnie Jaber to start a CLO investment business in New Jersey, according to an announcement today

Credit funds at a glance (May 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Angelo Gordon hires well-known credit strategist in New York
Angelo Gordon has hired an experienced credit strategist as a manging director in its investor relations team in New York

Arcmont hires former Golub official as US sales head
Arcmont Asset Management has appointed a head of US sales, a spokesperson for the firm has confirmed

Former Stifel loan trading head lands at Imperial
Imperial Capital Group has appointed the former head of loan trading at Stifel as a managing director and senior loan trader