Managers team up to form new mid-market lender
Former TCW and former BlackRock credit specialists get together to form new company

US hedge funds fight over dying credit manager Athilon
A court is expected to rule shortly on a bitter legal fight over the fate of a moribund but still lucrative credit investment vehicle

Putting on a turn: loan managers re-embrace loan total return swaps
Credit managers and investors are turning increasingly to lightly levered loan funds, as comfort with market value-based funding returns

EM credit portfolio manager joins firm from Singapore-based start-up
Former portfolio manager at one-year-old Sinagapore based fund leaves for UK asset manager

Long-short credit fund raises capital
A New York-based manager’s credit hedge fund sees new capital and joins our listing

Manager launches novel micro-credit Ucits fund
A London-based manager has launched a new Ucits IV compliant Asian-focused fund that aims to tap the micro finance sector

Senior credit trader moves from Sydney to Singapore for new role
Former RBC senior credit credit trader moves from Sydney to Singapore for new role with Japanese bank.  

Credit investor eyes move into CLO management
One of the biggest buyers of CLOs is looking to become a manager

Loan traders fear rare DIP loss as coal miner gets deeper into a hole
Investors have begun to price the possibility of a forced liquidation into Patriot Coal’s debtor-in-possession (DIP) term loans

Credit Agricole makes senior credit trading hire in Singapore
Singapore-based senior credit trader moves from UK bank to French bank to focus on Asian credit

Former Citi trader reappears at Canadian bank after four year gap
Trader comes back in to the structured credit market after four years.

Manager raises $100 million for emerging markets credit fund
Regulatory filings show asset manager raising over $100 million for long running emerging markets debt fund 

Pearl Diver CLO fund puts in spectacular one-month return
A Pearl Diver Capital credit fund put in a spectacular February return - corrected data for the ABS/CDO category is now online

Former Societe Generale syndicate specialist joins distressed debt fund
Former managing director in syndication and capital markets becomes managing director at distressed debt fund

Toys R Us tightens on cancellation of IPO
Spreads tighten on US toy retailer Toys R Us as company pulls IPO  

Deutsche Bank rejigs credit sales after departures
Deutsche Bank has appointed a new US credit sales head and rejigged its team after recent departures

Eiffel long-short fund joins Creditflux listing
Eiffel Credit Opportunities fund has been added to the Creditflux credit hedge funds table under the relative value category

Active credit mutual fund liquidates after just one year
A mutual fund that pursues a credit hedge fund-like strategy has liquidated after less than a year