Structured Credit

The Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund is preparing to search for credit managers to meet its new 3% target asset allocation ($350 million) to the asset class.

Principal Global Investors' high-yield, senior loan and structured credit specialist unit just bolstered its investment team with the hire of Kevin Farley.

Strategic Value Partners (SVP Global) hired ex-Beach Point executive Brian Himot to lead the firm’s structured credit business as it builds a five-to-six person structured capital team over the next six months.

Sixth Street launched a dedicated structured products business to further enhance its capabilities as a strategic capital partner and solutions provider. Credit Suisse AG exec Michael Dryden has joined Sixth Street’s New York office as a partner to lead the ...

Carlyle announced this week its intent to acquire from CBAM Partners’ portfolio assets totaling $15 billion growing its global credit AUM to $88 billion. The deal will be done via $615 million in cash from Carlyle’s balance sheet and another ...

John Fraser has been appointed chairman of Tikehau Capital’s Global Structured Credit strategy business based in New York. The move marks the French firm’s expansion into the U.S. market via CLOs, which has been a growing market segment. “We are ...

Blackstone formed its Structured Finance Group, bringing together Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (BREDS) and the firm's various asset-backed finance activities. The new global head of the group is Jonathan Pollack, currently the global head of BREDS. Timothy Johnson who ...

BTIG hired new executives to launch its new structured products business within its fixed income, currency and commodities division. Alejandro Freely will lead the new unit, with the titles managing director and head of structured products. Conor O’Callaghan will also ...

Structured credit manager LibreMax Capital raised $225 million for its Structured Opportunities Fund. This is the fifth drawdown vehicle for New York-based LibreMax. The fund will seek to invest in less liquid, more esoteric opportunities across the structured credit markets. ...

Two new senior executives have joined the structured credit team at Angelo Gordon in New York, following the addition in December of Robert Kennelley as managing director and the head of business development for Angelo Gordon’s structured credit investment strategies. ...