Dechert adds restructuring partner in London
Dechert has added a former Shearman & Sterling official as a partner in its global financial restructuring practice

Kissick and make up: Ares replaces board member
Ares Management has appointe a replacement to its board of directors as retired Ares co-founder John Kissick steps down

Two CLO researchers leave Nomura in New York
Two CLO researchers have departed Nomura Securities this month, Creditflux has learned

Wells Fargo CLO co-head set to leave
Jason Powers, who co-heads the US CLO business at Wells Fargo, is set to leave the bank at the end of March, sources say

Standard Chartered looks to expand London CLO trading team
Standard Chartered is looking to bolster its CLO team by hiring a trader in London

LGIM hires ESG head for real assets division
Legal & General Investment Management’s LGIM Real Assets has appointed Sheun Chan as head of environmental, social and corporate governance  

Davidson Kempner hires ex-Barclays convertibles research head
DavidsonKempner, the investment management firm, has hired the former head of European and Asian convertibles research at Barclays to manage convertible bonds in its London office

HIG promotes Scotland to co-head of European special situations
HIG Bayside Capital, the distressed and special situation affiliate of HIG Capital, has promoted Andrew Scotland to co-head the firm’s European special situations debt activities

Alcentra makes big hires from Fosun and Park Square as Delaney-Smith retires
Alcentra’s European direct lending team is going through an overhaul with the co-head of this business, Graeme Delaney-Smith, retiring from the firm and two well known names joining

Citi reallocates credit index trading as veteran moves to buy side
A senior Citi credit official has expanded his remit following the departure of a veteran credit index trader

McCarthy Denning hires special situations and credit trading partner from Jones Day
Law firm McCarthy Denning has appointed a former Jones Day partner to its banking and financing division in London

Fitch promotes Miller to US structured credit head as Kendra moves to RMBS role
Fitch Ratings has promoted Kevin Kendra to US RMBS head, while Derek Miller will step into Kendra's old job as US structured credit head

Ares appoints head of Australia
Ares Management has hired an ex-Macquarie Group official to lead Ares Australia Management, the newly created joint venture between Ares and Sydney-based Fidante Partners

Portfolio manager returns to BlueCrest after four years
The former head of BlueCrest Capital Management's US multi-strategy credit group has returned four years after his departure from the firm

Leading CLO bankers find range of buy side roles
Senior CLO structurers and heads of syndication/origination have found themselves in demand, with Creditflux recording a plethora of moves to the buy side of late.

Credit funds at a glance

Pemberton adds managing director and head of Spain
Pemberton, a direct lender, has added a hire from Royal Bank of Scotland to lead Spain investments 

BTIG hires strategist to cover US and European financials
Nandana Shenoy has joined BTIG in New York to work as a strategist covering US and European financials, according to an announcement by the brokerage

Senior CLO officials leave Guggenheim's brokerage as it sharpens focuses on ABS
A senior CLO trader and CLO origination official have left Guggenheim Securities, according to market sources

Private credit specialist hires Wells Fargo for first CLO after poaching Invesco PM
A $20 billion asset manager is working with Wells Fargo on its first CLO. The manager is well versed in mid market loans, but its first CLO will be backed by syndicated loans

Head of business development leaves Redding Ridge
Redding Ridge Asset Management’s head of business development has left the firm after three and a half years in the job

Mizuho names raft of European fixed income hires
Mizuho has signalled a push to bolster its European fixed income business with the Japanese bank announcing a raft of hires including jobs in structured credit, emerging market credit and credit sales

Carlyle appoints regional head of credit opps fund
Carlyle Group has hired a managing director to serve as North American head of its credit opps fund

CLO giant casts eye on CSOs with plans to hire credit derivatives trader
An asset manager with almost $40 billion in CLO investments is looking to hire a credit derivatives trader in Newark in a role which would include coverage of index tranches and CSOs

Jefferies shelves structured synthetic plans as key man departs
Jefferies has put on ice its plans to build out a synthetic CDO origination, structuring and trading unit, having parted ways with the veteran specialist tasked with driving the venture