Pension fund hires leading names for structured credit and direct lending
A US pension fund is putting $800 million into two of the credit market's hottest strategies: structured credit and direct lending

Pension fund hires US managers for large structured credit mandate
The Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association is ploughing $400 million into structured credit as part of a major adjustment of its portfolio, which is geared towards increasing exposure to credit.

HSBC hires emerging markets trader for fixed income structuring
Former emerging market structured credit trader joins London-based bank 

Octagon launches its first fund to target distressed and structured credit
Long-time CLO manager Octagon Credit Investors has this month diversified its business by launching a new commingled credit fund.

Carlyle thinks big with new Asian structured credit fund
Carlyle is aiming to launch an Asian structured credit fund which could reach $1 billion, after hiring a number of professionals in Hong Kong in recent months

Brazilian bank's senior hire hints at big credit push
Expanding Brazilian bank hires structured credit specialist in London 

Former CDO head leaves sell-side for crowd-funding firm
Structured credit solutions managing director leaves UniCredit for crowd funding firm in London 

Emerging markets structured credit specialist jumps back to Deutsche
London-based credit specialist returns to Deutsche Bank from rival dealer to trade emerging market credits

Investment bank hires new head of structured credit in New York
Head of structured credit trading jumps to rival firm in New York

Credit structuring specialist joins UBS in London
Credit structurer heads to Swiss bank after seven years with a rival dealer

Structured credit veteran joins growing Imperial Capital in London
Imperial Capital hires structure credit sales veteran to London office 

Apollo hires senior sell-side ABS specialist
Former head of credit solutions jumps to the buyside for ABS origination and management role

Special situations credit trader returns to Deutsche Bank
Deutsche rehires special situations trader for structured credit trading role 

Structured credit veteran returns to the buy side
One of the best known structured credit veterans has been hired by GSO/Blackstone after nearly two years away from the industry

Structured credit sales specialist joins Citi's Hong Kong office
Japanese bank's former head of fixed income for Taiwan joins Citi in Hong Kong

Credit hedge fund makes gains from MAV trade
A structured credit hedge fund manager has emerged as one of the beneficiaries of the MAV II optional redemption

Head of structured credit trading leaves dealer in London
A bank loses its global head of structured credit trading from London offices, while stable mate joins RBS

Structured credit specialist resurfaces at buy-side firm
Structured credit specialist takes senior portfolio manager poisition in London

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