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

MUFG hires leveraged syndicate and high yield trading heads in New York
MUFG has bolstered its leverage finance team with two senior hires from RBC Capital Markets and Goldman Sachs 

Ex-Highland official launches private credit placement agent firm for niche strategies
The former partner and chief executive officer at global placement agent FirstAvenue Americas, has launched his own placement agent named Briarcliffe Credit Partners

Blackstone hires Carlyle co-head of illiquid credit as senior managing director
The New York-headquartered manager has hired a Carlyle official as a senior managing director in its opportunistic investing platform, Blackstone Tactical Opportunities. And Carlyle has subsequently promoted two officials on its team

Lombard Odier hires Avenue duo for sustainable private credit strategies
Lombard Odier Investment Managers has made two hires from Avenue Capital Group to develop a range of sustainable private credit strategies in the US

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

New York life sciences specialist hires three and launches credit opportunities fund
A life sciences boutique has launched a credit opportunities strategy and has hired three officials to lead the charge.

CIFC makes senior hire to business development team
CIFC Asset Management is scaling up its business development team after hiring a managing director in its investor solutions group

CSAM hires head of origination for direct lending team
Credit Suisse Asset Management has hired an experienced official to its direct lending team in New York

Apollo names successor CEO as Black steps down
The announcement that Leon Black will step down from leading the firm comes on the heels of law firm Dechert’s independent review of his working relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Golub promotes CLO specialist and head of direct lending
Golub Capital has promoted its head of structured products and created a vice chair of direct lending position 

Varagon hires new business development MD from Evolution
Varagon Capital Partners has hired a managing director for its business development and investor relations team in New York

Loomis Sayles promotes official to structured credit portfolio manager
The Boston based official will co-manage the Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Securitised Credit strategy with Alessandro Pagani, head of the $30.4 billion mortgage and structured finance team

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

Brightwood co-founder launches impact investing firm with backing from Morgan Stanley
Former Brightwood Capital Advisors co-chief executive officer Damien Dwin has launched an impact-driven, minority-owned investment firm

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

HPS managing director joins Ares direct lending team in New York
Ares Management has added to its direct lending team in New York

KKR promotes three in credit team to managing director
KKR has unveiled 26 promotions globally to managing director, including three in credit

Mariner spin-out hires private debt specialist as CIO
Newmarket, which focuses on environmental and social themes, has appointed a CIO from a consultancy firm

Citadel PM joins hedge fund manager as global head of credit
A Citadel portfolio manager and former BlueMountain Capital Management partner has taken a top credit role at a fund manager

Wingspire taps Garrison managing director for head of underwriting
Wingspire Capital has hired an ex-Garrison Investment Group official as managing director and national head of underwriting

Nassau looks to build in energy and infrastructure debt with big hire
Nassau has hired a managing director with a mandate of building out its energy, infrastructure and ESG debt investment portfolio

Owl Rock hires in London for investor relations push
Owl Rock Capital, a New York headquartered manager, has made a senior hire to help build its investor base across the Atlantic 

Ex-Highland officials launch Dallas credit management firm
Former officials at Highland Capital Management - Mark Okada, Jack Yang and Trey Parker - have launched a new credit investment firm in Dallas named Sycamore Tree Capital Partners, with plans to invest in and issue CLOs as part of a focus on traded credit, structured products and special situations

Brigade and former partner clash over spac plans
Brigade Capital Management is locked in a dispute with a former partner over his ambition to launch a special purpose acquisition company (spac)