Permira promotes five in credit team to MD including head of structured credit
Permira Debt Managers has promoted five members of its credit team to managing directors 

Black Diamond structured credit BD head joins impact investment firm
Black Diamond Capital Management's head of structured credit business development has parted ways with the firm after nearly four years, according to market sources. He is set to join start-up impact investment firm Lafayette Square as managing director and head of capital markets

Fidelity launches US direct lending business and hires team head from PNC
Fidelity Investments is launching a direct lending platform and has hired a senior PNC official to lead the new business from Chicago

Tikehau hires UK institutional business head
Tikehau Capital has appointed a head for its UK institutional business

MUFG makes three big hires to bolster US private equity sponsor and direct lending coverage
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has hired from Antares, RBC and Regions Bank 

Lombard hires PM for new special situations strategy
Lombard Odier has hired an ex-Sandell Asset Management official to launch a strategy that targets special situations and event-driven opportunities

Manulife appoints co-heads of junior private credit from Hancock affiliate
Manulife Investment Management has named co-heads of junior credit for private markets

Barclays' head of middle market CLOs leaves bank
Barclays' middle market CLO head has parted ways with the bank

Tikehau hires Germany head for new Frankfurt office to target region’s ‘untapped potential'
Tikehau Capital has expanded its European footprint by opening a new Frankfurt office, and has has hired a new head of Germany

HIG hires two from Tikehau for French direct lending
HIG Capital has bolstered its French direct lending team by appointing two principals in the firm's Paris office

People underestimate the impact they can have with ESG
Muzinich's Kirsten Bode takes our credit quiz

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

HIG bolsters direct lending team with ex-Bridgepoint official in London
HIG Whitehorse has hired the former head of the UK at Bridgepoint Credit

Ex-Accunia CLO chief joins Danish multi-family office
The former chief investment officer of Accunia Credit Management has joined Scope Invesment in Copenhagen as senior portfolio manager

HIG bolsters European direct lending presence with senior hire in Madrid
HIG Whitehorse has appointed a managing director in the firm's Madrid office

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

European direct lender explores possibility of CLO management
A European direct lender is exploring the possibility of establishing a CLO management arm, with the firm looking to hire

AlbaCore adds distressed hire among raft of new arrivals
AlbaCore Capital Group has added four hires to its investment team in recent weeks, taking its total headcount to 46

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

European CLO head becomes latest PM to leave asset manager after announcing retirement
A large European credit manager has had a number of departures across its CLO and direct lending businesses in recent weeks

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

Search firm highlights lack of diversity across Euro credit
A report on diversity within the corporate credit industry has shed light on the imbalances that persist

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.

Crescent bolsters Nordic direct lending presence with hire
Crescent Capital has appointed a former Nykredit official as a director in the firm’s European direct lending focused on Nordic transactions

Hayfin hires senior BofA figure as private credit portfolio manager
Hayfin Capital Management has hired a Bank of America official as a London-based portfolio manager in the firm’s private credit team