Gulf Stream to take CLO plunge again — eight years after sale
A CLO management business that was sold in 2011 is set to have a spectacular rebirth. Market sources say that Gulf Stream Asset Management is set to relaunch as a separate, standalone business, some eight years after the original version of the company was acquired and subsequently absorbed by Apollo Global Management.

GSO co-founder takes Iron throne with new manager launch
GSO co-founder Tripp Smith has launched a new firm - Iron Park Capital Partners. He brings hires from credit long/short hedge fund River Birch Capital, Oak Hill and Axar with him 

Gateway sees an opening for CDOs with flexible mandates
Gateway Credit Partners is taking an unconventional route towards building a corporate credit management platform by creating its business around CDOs

Industry veteran joins B Riley's new credit unit to manage CDOs
B. Riley Capital Management has established a new credit platform 

H&A appoints head of private debt as it gets to halfway on €1 billion fundraising goal
H&A Global Investment Management has appointed a former Deutsche Bank official to lead the firm’s newly launched private debt division

Former Whitebox duo to tackle distressed debt with new asset manager Invictus
Two former Whitebox employees have teamed up to launch Invictus Global Management

Former CEO of CIFC establishes new CLO management firm
Peter Gleysteen, founder and ex-CEO of CIFC Asset Management, is launching a new private credit firm named AGL Credit Management

Former KKR pair resurface with new direct lending business
KKR's former global co-head of mezzanine and European head of private credit has reunited with his former colleague to launch a London-based direct lending business

Ex-Columbia CLO heads partner with insurer to launch CLO business
HalseyPoint Asset Management, the firm founded by the former CLO heads at Columbia Management, has announced a partnership with insurer A-CAP to support the launch of its leveraged loan platform

Former BlackRock portfolio manager lands at start-up credit firm Tresidor
Tresidor Investment Management – the new credit manager led by BlackRock’s former head of European credit Michael Phelps and ex-Goldman Sachs synthetic CDO head Edgar Senior – has added a credit portfolio manager to its team ahead of its maiden fund launch

Family office CIO and ex-Kimura official launch new private debt firm
The chief investment officer of single-family office and an official who previously worked at Kimura Capital have joined forces to launch an asset management business

Newly launched Kyma appoints two senior investment analysts
Kyma Capital, co-founded by former GSO Capital Partners executive Akshay Shah earlier this year, has added two investment analysts in London

Ex-Columbia CLO heads launch new firm in El Segundo
Former co-heads of leveraged debt group at Columbia Lynn Hopton and Yvonne Stevens have founded their own firm 

Former GSO distressed specialist to launch European credit fund - report
Bloomberg reports that Akshay Shah, a former senior managing director at GSO Capital Partners, has launched his own fund management business known as Kyma Capital in London

Three Swiss banks team up to launch new private market fund platform
New investment boutique Hermance Capital Partners will focus on private equity, private debt and private real estate

Private credit body ACC scales up activities in Asia-Pacific with new committee
The Alternative Credit Council has announced plans to step up its activities in Asia-Pacific – and has formed a new APAC committee chaired by BlackRock and Adamas executives

Up-and-coming fund manager Revolution makes big structured credit hire
Sydney’s Revolution Asset Management has made a big hire, signalling its intent in the global structured credit markets

Former Greylock professionals iron out plans for EM distressed launch
Two London-based former professionals from Greylock Capital Management are preparing to formally launch Fierro Capital Management two years after the firm's incorporation, Creditflux understands

Ex-Pine River, Varde and Whitebox officials join forces to launch US direct lender
Former Varde Partners professional Neal Johnson has launched a direct lending firm called Hunter Street Partners, which includes partners that have served at some of the credit industry's most well known fund managers

New manager to target Australia's secured private debt market
 A new Australian boutique investment manager is set to launch in early 2018, and will target AUD500 million for its first credit fund

Start-up hedge fund investor draws up plans in credit after $300 million mandate
Recently established hedge fund investment platform Blueprint will be looking to invest in an array of credit strategies - provided it can obtain a "substantial discount on headline hedge fund fees", according to its co-founder

Macquarie CLO trader set to join new US credit hedge fund manager
A newly-formed credit firm, which was established this year by the former head of securitised debt trading at Macquarie Bank, has made a couple of senior hires ahead of the launch of its debut credit opps fund