Citi unveils partnership to offer private credit to retail investors
Citi has unveiled a partnership with US peer-to-peer lender YieldStreet, in a move that will give YieldStreet's retail cleints access to the bank's private credit investments

CSO arrangers look to build on $65bn of issuance in 2019
The synthetic bespoke tranche market this year has fallen short of expectations in terms of overall issuance volume, but ends with transformative inroads being made.

Emerging market CDS trading slumped in Q2, finds Emta
There was $364 billion of emerging markets CDS trading in second quarter, according to the Emerging Markets Traders Association

Citi hires UK banks and private equity solution sales head
Citi has hired a long-serving Credit Suisse sales specialist to fill the job previously held by recently promoted Rajiv Amlani

Barclays financials credit trader jumps to another bank
A Barclays senior financials credit trader in London has left the firm and is heading to another bank, say market sources

Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists

Credit pickers will win as high yield spreads widen in 2019, predicts Citi
After a volatile 2018 in the credit derivatives market, there are reasons to be optimistic this year for the best credit pickers, according to Citi’s global credit derivatives outlook

Ex-Citi CDO trading chief joins Jefferies as head of European fixed income
Jefferies has appointed a former Citi European credit and pre-crisis CDO trading head to lead its European fixed income business

BlackRock adds $34 billion of assets with Citibanamex buyout
BlackRock has acquired the asset management business of Citibanamex, a Mexico-based banking firm and subsidiary of Citigroup

Dealers show appetite to retain tranches amid CSO growth
There are increasing numbers of dealers involved in the CSO market and their approach to issuing bespokes is evolving, attendees at Creditflux’s Credit Dimensions conference heard last month.

Mill Hill poaches former Citi structured credit specialist
New York-headquartered Mill Hill Capital has appointed Nick Pepe as head of business development and investor relations

BlueMountain appoints four portfolio managers
New York-based BlueMountain Capital Management has hired four portfolio managers to bolster its global governments and agency mortgages strategy 

Citi hires UBS's Merran as European ETF credit trading head
Citi has hired former UBS’ Melvyn Merran as European head of credit trading for ETFs, a spokesperson for Citi has confirmed.

CIFC taps former Citi CLO veteran to lead structured credit business
Jay Huang has joined credit manager CIFC as a managing director, senior portfolio manager and head of structured products investments in New York, Creditflux has learned

Experienced European credit trader joins Nomura in senior role
A high-profile credit trader has joined Nomura after a brief stint at Citi

Sell-side credit analysts land at Muzinich in London
Muzinich has raided Citi and Deutsche Bank for credit analysts with Richard Smith and Terence Teh joining the firm in London

20-year Citi veteran earns promotion to head of European credit trading
Citi’s global head of distressed debt has been promoted to head of credit trading for Europe, the middle east and Africa, officials at the bank have confirmed

PGIM hires credit trader for its European high yield business
PGIM is understood to have hired a credit trader from a leading sell-side firm for its high yield debt business in London

Citi adds to high yield sales team in London
Citi has announced that it has hired high yield sales specialist Richard Caldwell in London

Senior European investment grade credit trader exits Citi
The head of investment grade single-name credit trading at Citi has left the bank after just nine months

Citi tests the market for three-year bespokes
There is increasing appetite for credit derivative risk with Citi looking to extend the maturity of its deals 

Citi promotes a familiar face to head European credit structuring
Citi has promoted a long-time Citi staffer to the role of head of credit structuring for the Europe, mid East and Africa region

Citi credit trader reunites with colleagues at macro fund in London
Recently launched global macro fund brings in founders' former colleague from Citi

Citi snaps up trader in London as musical chairs continues in financials
In the hottest job market in credit right now, Citi poaches from HSBC

Citi picks up emerging market credit trader from rival bank
Citi has raided a bank for a second time for emerging market trading talent