Creditflux parent rebrands as Acuris
Creditflux’s parent company gained a new name last month, with Mergermarket Group relaunching as Acuris

Leading fund: Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes I
Single-B CLO trades boost Lupus Alpha asset Management

Fishknife: Interval funds are a step in the right direction
They bring their own dangers, but interval funds are a better vehicle for managing illiquid credit than conventional funds

Fund platform AMX eyeballs credit funds
Willis Towers Watson’s hedge fund platform has grown to $1.5 billion – and there is space for credit managers  

Credit manager wins $200 million mandate from Texas pension fund
A west coast asset manager will be responsible for a separate account which will invest opportunistically across the credit market

Macquarie rehires sales specialist for brokerage role in New York
Macquarie Capital has announced that it has rehired loan sales specialist John Florio for its credit business in New York

20-year Citi veteran earns promotion to head of European credit trading
Citi’s global head of distressed debt has been promoted to head of credit trading for Europe, the middle east and Africa, officials at the bank have confirmed

Energy credit head takes on bigger role at GSO in New York
Dwight Scott has been promoted to president of GSO Capital Partners in New York, according to Bloomberg

Carlyle poaches credit specialist from HPS in New York
Carlyle Group is continuing to pump resources into credit with the firm announcing that it has hired a head of credit opportunities based in New York

Highland shelves plans for format switch as interval funds gather pace
Instead of converting a mutual fund into an interval fund, Highland is looking to launch an interval fund - viewed as a investor-friendly alternative to BDCs - from scratch 

New York judge quashes hedge fund's lawsuit against Muirfield
A hedge fund manager has had its lawsuit against one of its investors, Muirfield Capital Management, dismissed by a supreme court judge in New York

US fashion stores: queueing up to exchange old debt
Fashionably loose covenants are allowing under-pressure retailers to turn expensive unsecured debt into senior notes