Credit CIO Finch leaves GLG
Simon Finch has parted ways with Man GLG, according to market sources, ending an 18-month stay at the firm where he served as chief investment officer for credit

Mediobanca hires former credit derivatives trading head
Mediobanca has hired an experienced credit trader to its office in Milan

Axiom makes big name correlation hire for credit opportunity fund
Axiom Alternative Investments has boosted its platform with the hire of synthetic credit veteran as a portfolio manager

Cairn appoints CEO from Oceanwood as Campbell steps down
Cairn Capital has hired a new chief executive officer, who will take over from co-founder Paul Campbell

Senior figure departs Alcentra direct lending team, Debtwire reports
Creditflux sister publication Debtwire reports that one of the longest standing members of Alcentra's European direct lending team has left the firm 

Axa IM finds replacement for top fixed income role
Axa Investment Managers has appointed Christophe Herpet as global head of Axa fixed income and its buy and maintain division

Deutsche Bank hires emerging market credit trader
Deutsche Bank has added to its credit team in London by hiring a trader of emerging market cash debt and CDS

Direct lender hires head of credit as it closes in on European mid market CLO
BeSpoke Capital has made a big hire as part of a reorganisation of the direct lender’s business

HSBC boosts single name CDS and index trading with experienced hire
HSBC has added a former index trading head to its credit team in London

Axa IM looks to buy stake in mezzanine lender Capzanine
Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM), the multi-asset investor, and Axa France, the Paris-based insurance company, have entered exclusive talks to buy a minority stake in French private equity house and debt provider Capzanine, from Eurazeo

New Mexico allocates $175 million to credit
New Mexico State Investment Council has awarded a $75 million commitment to real estate debt and $100 million commitment to a multi-credit fund

Serone expands structured credit team as former GoldenTree official joins
London-based Serone Capital Management has added to its team with the hire of a structured products specialist

Baker McKenzie adds two global finance partners in London office
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has bolstered its finance team with the addition of two partners in the London office

LCM Partners acquires €300 million Spanish NPL portfolio
European alternative investment manager LCM Partners has acquired €300 million of Spanish non-performing SME loans from Barcelona-based Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar

Pictet appoints head of emerging maket debt following resignation
Pictet Asset Management has appointed Mary-Therese Barton as head of emerging market debt following the resignation of Simon Lue-Long, Pictet’s former head of EM debt. 

Fulcrum launches new multi-strat fund with daily liquidity
Fulcrum Asset Management has launched TM Fulcrum Diversified Liquid Alternatives Fund, which will invest across real assets, alternative credit and diversifiers

Former CQS credit CIO Finch joins Man GLG in top credit role
Man Group has hired Simon Finch as CIO of credit at its Man GLG unit

Och-Ziff's head of European private credit set to join Carlyle
Carlyle Group has made a high profile hire to its credit team in London

CLO equity and mezzanine fund liquidates two years before reinvestment period
BK Opportunities Fund-2 has liquidated two years before the end of its reinvestment period with annualised net return since inception at 12.4%, Creditflux has learned

Ex-BlackRock fixed income pair launch cryptocurrency fund
A pair of former BlackRock bond specialists are launching a London-based cryptocurrency hedge fund known as Prime Factor Capital

Al Gore and David Blood's Generation to drop credit strategy
London-based Generation Investment Management, cofounded by former US Vice president Al Gore and Goldman Sach’s David Blood, has decided to drop its global credit strategy and invest solely in equities

Dublin-based co-head of global credit parts company with KKR
An experienced figure in European credit has left KKR in order to pursue interests outside of fund management. He had been serving as co-head of global credit at the firm

Trailblazing ethical investment fund from Rathbones passes £1 billion
Well before ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing became a buzzword, a Rathbones-managed fund was investing in ethical companies. Now that vehicle – Rathbone Ethical Bond fund – has passed £1.03 billion

Fulcrum announces senior hire with plans for new credit and real estate unit
London-based manager has announced plans to launch a new Alternatives Group, which will invest in real assets and credit, according to a statement by the firm.

French direct lender opens Munich office and unveils new private debt fund
The Paris-based firm has also announced two new hires in its French and German offices