Alcentra co-CIO for liquid credit set to leave this month
A high profile figure in the US CLO business is leaving Alcentra

Credit funds at a glance (January 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

PGIM hires senior European lev fin PM
PGIM has hired the former head of European high yield and global loans at Aberdeen Standard Investments

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

Credit funds at a glance (November 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

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

Alcentra hires Mulshine as head of US distribution
Alcentra has hired a new head of US distribution from Lazard

Loomis Sayles promotes deputy CIO to top job
Loomis Sayles has named a replacement chief investment officer, following the retirement of incumbent CIO Jae Park

Credit funds at a glance (October 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Seaport hires veteran for European loan trading push
Seaport Global, an investment bank focused on capital markets, has hired a leveraged finance veteran as a managing director in Emea loans trading

Post hires head of sales and marketing in Los Angeles
Post Advisory Group has hired Eileen Mancera as managing director and head of sales and marketing

PGIM hires for newly created ESG fixed income research role
PGIM has appointed a former Allianz official into the newly created role of head of environmental, social & governance (ESG) research for its fixed income division

Hayfin hires former Barings official to new head of fund finance role
 The new job reflects the growing number of financings Hayfin handles, sources say

Alcentra appoints DeSimone as CEO
Alcentra has appointed Johnathan DeSimone as chief executive officer following David Forbes-Nixon’s decision to step down and take an investment role at the firm

Guernsey puts Highland wrangles out to pasture
A royal court’s dismissal of proceedings in Guernsey could spell the beginning of the end in Highland Capital Management’s legal action against former employee Josh Terry

Credit funds at a glance (September 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

They said it: "We’re going to change the world of finance"
Big ambitions in blockchain

Credit Suisse shakes up leveraged finance with origination and restructuring co-heads
Credit Suisse has made a number of senior promotions in its leveraged finance team, appointing two new global co-heads of leveraged finance origination and restructuring

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

Credit funds at a glance (August 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

They said it: "Imagine a garden party and all of a sudden a big wasp shows up"
On Creditflux’s US CLO webinar last month, Napier Park’s head of US CLO investments Serhan Secmen described the March sell-off as a garden party

GSO names additional portfolio manager for three listed credit funds
GSO Capital Partners has added Robert Post as a portfolio manager to three listed credit funds, effective 1 August

Credit funds at a glance (July 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Zais ESG head to join DWS
Zais Group’s head of ESG (environmental, social, governance) and impact investing is joining DWS as group sustainability officer in New York

Sculptor CEO Shafir to step down with CIO taking dual role
Sculptor Capital Management has announced that its chief investment officer will take also take on the role of chief executive officer, effective 1 April 2021