Credit manager ICG hires west coast marketer
London-based credit manager Intermediate Capital Group has announced that it has hired a marketing specialist on the US west coast

Sumitomo eyes mid-market CLOs
SMBC has decided to try its hand at CLO arranging 

Direct lenders look to spread their wings and cross the Atlantic
Middle-market lending is becoming a global business amid talks of JVs

Points up front
Natixis's Hernan Quipildor's secret talent and why those looking to launch a hedge fund business should pick their company name wisely  

Crestline hires as its fund financing business takes off
Crestline Investors has announced that it has completed $450 million in transactions for a niche strategy, which revolves around providing financing solutions to mature private equity-style funds

Pryor Cashman poaches CLO specialist from Winston & Strawn
Law firm Pryor Cashman has strengthened its structured finance practice in New York

Deutsche Bank names head of US loan trading in New York
Deutsche Bank has appointed a head of US par loan trading in New York, according to Reuters

Ares hires from Barings for real estate debt business
Ares Management is fortifying its real estate debt business

Start-up credit manager moves into CLOs by taking on MatlinPatterson deals
A newly-formed company, run by former Hildene officials, has acquired three US 2.0 CLOs, according to market sources

Bank opens the search for a US CLO structurer to join its New York office
A bank, which has been steadily building its US CLO franchise, is looking to add a CLO structurer to its team

Jefferies appoints head of CLO syndication amid pick-up in business
A former Lehman Brothers sales professional has been promoted to a senior role within Jefferies’s CLO arranging team in New York

Ex-Greywolf official joins CLO manager to cover risk retention strategy
A former Greywolf official has joined a large CLO manager in a business development role. Initially his focus will be on growing the firm's existing CMOA

Senior distressed specialist leaves GSO after fund closure
Shortly after shutting down its distressed debt fund, GSO Capital Partners is understood to have parted company with a senior managing director and key figure in its distressed business

Former Apollo CIO quits troubled Fifth Street after four months
Fifth Street Asset Management announced yesterday that it has parted company with a founder partner of Apollo Global Management, brought in late last year as part of a shake-up at the company

Past returns: early risk retainers
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported on JP Morgan shutting down its special situations prop trading desk in London

Senior distressed traders rumoured to have left HSBC in New York 
Special situations co-heads are said to have left HSBC's New York offices