Nomura public-private credit fund opens to the masses with SEC rule change
EXCLUSIVE: The new SEC regime repealed a decades long rule preventing non-accredited investors from gaining access to most private market asset funds

Maryland pension PM joins Nomura’s public-private credit manager
The company is also looking to hire two more investment professionals

Barings launches legal proceedings against Corinthia and two senior defectors
Barings has commenced legal proceedings against two former senior executives who last week defected to Corinthia Global Management

Nomura-backed Corinthia lifts private credit team from Barings
More than 20 members of the global private credit team at Barings have jumped ship and joined Corinthia Global Management, a new platform backed by Nomura Holdings

Nomura Private Capital taps BlackRock for new senior role

Nomura Private Capital hires new head of opportunistic private credit from BlackRock. 

Nomura's private capital unit launches credit interval fund
Nomura Alternative Income Fund has a flexible allocation across private and public credit sectors, depending on relative value opportunities

Hilltop hires CIO for real estate credit business
European real estate credit specialist Hilltop Credit Partners says it has hired Claudiu Gheorghita as chief investment officer.

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

CSO equity investors line up deals amid dispersion threat
Synthetic bespoke tranche issuance has hit an impasse in recent months, denting projections for overall 2022 business at the mid-year point. But unlike the covid sell-off of 2020, wider spreads have created a queue of buyers ready to drive deals if condition

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 

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

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.

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.

SC Lowy hires Nomura trading head to drive European loan business
SC Lowy, the Hong Kong headquartered fixed income boutique, has hired Nomura's head loan trader in Europe

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

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.

High profile figure in SRT market leaves Nomura in London
A well known figure in the significant risk transfer (SRT) space has parted company with Nomura in London, sources say.

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

Nomura grabs leverage finance specialist in senior appointment in Hong Kong
Nomura has appointed an experienced debt specialist as managing director and head of debt capital markets for Asia (excluding Japan), according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

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

SEC charges ex-Nomura CMBS traders with fraud
The SEC yesterday said that two former Nomura CMBS traders, James Im and Kee Chan, misrepresented price information to clients in trades where they were acting as intermediaries

Nomura builds out emerging markets team with structured credit hire
Structured credit specialist joins Japanese lender’s London offices for emerging markets role