Creditflux

Eaton Vance adds former Janus Henderson official as credit portfolio manager
Dónal Kinsella joins as institutional portfolio manager for the firm’s corporate credit strategies

Serone expands structured credit team as former GoldenTree official joins
London-based Serone Capital Management has added to its team with the hire of a structured products specialist

Former BlackRock PM joins Mirabaud for emerging market credit role
Mirabaud Asset Management has bolstered its emerging market debt team with the appointment of former BlackRock official Puneet Singh

Pension fund Velliv hires chief strategist
Velliv (formerly known as Nordea Life & Pension) has appointed Henrik Henriksen as chief strategist, which is a new role within the organisation  

Experienced SRT specialist parts ways with Apollo
A big name in the significant risk transfer (SRT) market has left Apollo Global Management in London

White & Case promotes seven debt specialists to partner
The law firm has promoted several debt specialists to partners around the world

GoldenTree adds partner to its structured credit team in London
GoldenTree Asset Management has made a big hire to its London office with a structured credit specialist joining as partner

CVC portfolio manager O'Meara takes on bigger role overseeing US CLO unit
CVC Credit has given Kevin O’Meara responsibility for overseeing its US CLO platform following the departure of Philip Raciti last month

Varagon opens Chicago office to focus on healthcare and hires three
Varagon Capital Partners has built out its platform with the opening of a Chicago office to focus on healthcare finance opportunities, hiring a team of three to lead the healthcare effort

BT pension fund appoints CEO
BT Pension Scheme Management, which has exposure to credit strategies run by Apollo, Ares and Hermes, has now appointed a CEO  

Man Numeric launches credit platform and appoints co-heads of credit
Man Numeric, the quantitative investment business of Man Group, has launched a new credit unit and appointed two officials to lead the business

Halcyon rebrands to Bardin Hill, names new CEO and sells minority stakes to TSSP and Dyal
Halcyon Capital Management has rebranded its platform to Bardin Hill Investment Partners and has announced a new leadership structure following the retirement of John Bader who served as chief executive officer

CIFC confirms Robinson's arrival as CIO for Europe
CIFC Asset Management has this morning confirmed that Dan Robinson has joined the firm to lead it European business

ArrowMark builds in London with big SRT hire
ArrowMark is one of the biggest investors in the SRT market, but unusually it conducts most of its business out of the US. It has now added to its presence in London with an experienced official joining its SRT business

White & Case bolsters CLO practice in London
White & Case has expanded its CLO and securitisation practice with the appointment of a CLO specialist 

BlueBay hires experienced portfolio manager to join new structured credit team
Fixed income specialist BlueBay Asset Management has bolstered its new structured credit business with an experienced hire

Former Barclays CLO head resurfaces at Guggenheim
Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking arm of Guggenheim Partners, has appointed a former Barclays senior CLO official to its structured products origination group

Synthetic structured credit specialist lands at Millennium
Millennium Management has hired an experienced name in synthetic structured credit, bringing in a portfolio manager who had served as a partner at a credit hedge fund operator in New York

UK pension fund adds portfolio manager for alternative credit
Pension Protection Fund, the south-London based pension fund, has appointed a portfolio manager to its credit team. He joins from consultancy firm Mercer

Pension fund hires portfolio manager to oversee loan and CLO investments
PensionDanmark has hired a senior portfolio manager to oversee its credit investments

Direct lenders flock to Munich as German deal flow picks up
German private debt is attracting a growing number of fund managers. Market sources say that deal flow through the first half of the year was at 65% of 2017’s total and had surpassed the number of private debt deals executed by funds in each of the previous five years

Points up front: structuring is in his blood
Very few people can claim they were born to structure CLOs, but perhaps GreensLedge’s new recruit Peter Melichar is the exception

September: credit funds at a glance
White Oak Global Advisors held a $2.1 billion final close on a new direct lending fund, while Phil Raciti's move from CVC Credit Partners to Halcyon Capital Management was one of the biggest moves in the credit industry

Alaska fund appoints CIO
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC), the $65 billion sovereign wealth fund, has promoted an official to chief investment officer.

HSBC Global hires two high yield portfolio managers in London
HSBC Global Asset Management has hired two experienced portfolio managers to join its fixed income team