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

   

Nomura readies multi-strat credit interval fund launch
Nomura Private Capital is readying the launch of a new, closed-ended interval fund which will invest across the credit spectrum - including bonds, loans, CLOs, distressed debt emerging market debt

NatWest hires head of Emea leveraged credit sales
NatWest has tapped Nomura for a head of leveraged credit sales position after its head of credit sales left for Jefferies in September 

NatWest brings in Nomura's head of credit trading in New York
NatWest Markets has announced the appointment of Michael Papa as head of its US investment grade credit trading and credit strategy.

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

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 

HSBC's high yield trading head rumoured to be joining rival bank in London
HSBC’s head of high yield trading is understood to have left the firm and is rumoured to be joining a rival bank

Nomura and Investec report 48% gender pay gap
With the deadline for UK companies to publish their gender pay gap reports looming at midnight tonight, a slew of asset management firms have filed reports showing male employees are paid up to 49% more than their female counterparts

Credit trader departs Japanese bank’s London asset management arm
Japanese asset management arm loses corporate credit and credit options trading specialist in London 

Nomura changes high yield trading strategy with big hire in New York
The former co-head of high yield at Morgan Stanley has joined Nomura's credit team in New York. Sources say that the hire signals a change in strategy for the Japanese bank

Nomura hires head of flow credit trading in London
Nomura has appointed James Milligan as its new head of flow credit trading in London

High yield and distressed debt specialists leave Nomura in New York
Three high profile figures have left Nomura's US high yield and distressed debt group over the last few days, according to sources close to the situation.

Natixis hires head of US credit trading from rival bank
Natixis has made another big credit hire in New York

Credit sales specialist joins Nomura in New York
New York-based credit specialist exits US-banking giant for Japanese lender 

Nomura cuts spill over into credit sales
More details emerge of departures from Japanese lender's credit teams  

Nomura takes an axe to London credit desks
Senior Nomura officials working in various departments such as high yield trading, financials trading, research and loan trading, have left the bank

Nomura credit trader joins hedge fund manager in New York
A hedge fund manager is stocking up on credit traders in New York

Credit trader leaves Japanese bank for RBC in New York
Canadian bank hires high yield trader to New York office from Japanese rival

Distressed debt specialist leaves Nomura to join west coast manager
San Francisco-based manager hires high yield and distressed analyst from Japanese bank 

Nomura's former head of loan trading resurfaces at brokerage in London
Nomura's former loan trading head takes role with brokerage in London