Apollo picks up two hires from Bank of America
Investment bankers Tomasz Gruszka and Murad Khaled have joined Apollo and an affiliate from Bank of America

LP round up: two managers terminated as 20 win $2.5 billion
US institutional investors allocated over $2.5 billion to 20 credit managers in October, according to documents seen by Creditflux. Two credit fund managers however were terminated in the month

Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Credit funds at a glance (October 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 

   

LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street

Convertibles specialist moves into CLO management with Apollo support
Convertible bonds specialist Advent Capital Management is moving into US CLO management with support from Apollo Global Management  

Credit funds at a glance (March 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Apollo hires ex-JP Morgan CLO co-head to lead new Apac credit business
Apollo Global Management has hired three from Commonwealth Bank to lead the fim’s Asia Pacific credit business

Telco and retailer gap wider as PE firms circle
Telecom Italia is one of the Monday credit market's biggest underperformers, in an otherwise finely poised start to the week

Credit funds at a glance (October 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Tranche trader leaves Apollo for sell side
BNP Paribas has filled a gap in its structured credit trading group with the hire of an index tranche market maker

They said it: "I am extraordinarily proud of the firm I have helped build"
Apollo chief executive officer Leon Black announces he is stepping down.

WTW to tackle lack of diversity across investment industry
Progress on diversity across the investment industry is “disappointingly slow”, according to research from Willis Towers Watson

Apollo appoints head of credit valuations from sell-side
Apollo has appointed a head of credit valuations, as its previous head of credit valuations has transitioned internally to cover private equity valuations

Credit fundraising: managers build homes for real estate credit funds
The “largest ever real estate credit fund” was one of the fundraising highlights last month as Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies IV fund reached $8 billion on its final close

Apollo appoints head of leadership development and diversity
Apollo Global Management is taking steps to improve diversity at its leadership level

Apollo plans multi-billion dollar follow up to credit dislocation fund
A few large managers have launched credit dislocation funds, but Apollo could be unique in fundraising for its second since the coronavirus pandemic

Redding Ridge CLO trumps Volcker rule to secure 10% bond bucket
Bond buckets have made a surprise early comeback into US CLOs, with Redding Ridge Asset Management last month issuing the first new issue, RR10, with a 10% allowance for secured high yield assets

Credit funds at a glance

A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Apollo ups stake in Athene to 35% through stock deal
Apollo Global Management is doubling its stake in Athene Holding to around 35% by exchanging $1.2 billion of common equity and buying $350 million extra of Athene stock

Credit funds at a glance

Former Apollo co-head of credit lands at MidOcean as credit CIO
MidOcean Credit Partners has hired Dana Carey as chief investment officer

Permira adds hire to start credit opportunities business
Permira Debt Managers is building out a unit in London to invest in special situations and credit opportunities and has hired a distressed and high yield specialist to help establish the business

Apollo's credit funds report gains in 2018 despite Q4 slump
Apollo saw $21.6 billion inflows throughout the quarter leading to a record total assets under management of $280.3 billion. The firm, however, reported a net loss throughout the quarter