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Société Générale recruits Richard Wolff from Barclays Capital
Richard Wolff will head French bank's US debt capital markets syndicate.
Morgan Stanley appoints new European ABS head
Cecile Houlot takes up post after 13 years at JP Morgan.
Nomura hires new Americas debt chief
Jim Merli leaves Barclays to take up newly created position of head of debt origination and debt syndicate for the Americas.
Bullish credit analysts back cyclicals
Cyclical credits offer good value for those bond investors confident about the state of the economy.
Alcentra advocates leveraged loans over high yield
Paul Hatfield, CIO of Alcentra, says investors should choose loans because of “stupendously attractive” returns.
Cat bonds set to become new face of structured credit, say Axa chiefs
Two senior heads at Axa Investment Managers anticipate escalating demand for catastrophe bonds.
Ethical credit investment set to surge
Growing participation in fixed income by pension funds and sovereign wealth funds with ethical mandates is spurring interest in socially responsible credit investment.
Daiwa appoints heads of fixed income and debt capital markets
Vince Purton becomes Daiwa head of debt capital markets for Europe and the Middle East, and Chris Brown becomes deputy head of fixed income, also for Europe and the Middle East
Nomura recruits EMEA co-heads of fixed-income sales
Nomura appoints Guy Cornelius and Raffaele Ricci joint heads of fixed-income sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa
Knight Libertas founder Gary Katcher quits firm
Gary Katcher, head of global institutional fixed income at Knight Libertas, will leave the firm at the end of July.
Nomura boosts New York leveraged finance team
Normura Securities North America appoints Julie Persily and Steven Seltzer as co-heads of leveraged finance and Alexis Lasser as head of private capital markets, Americas.
Janus Capital recruits Threadneedle sales manager
Janus Capital nabs Steven Bilodeau from Threadneedle's Frankfurt office.
Brownstone Investment Group hires investment grade director
Fixed income investment firm Brownstone hires Sean Richter as high grade director.
Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered issue lower tier 2 paper
Lower tier 2 issues from Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered in June proved that demand is there for subordinated paper from financial institutions.
ECB pins hope on new rescue measures to save Eurozone
The commencement of the ECB’s government bond purchase programme and the announcement of an EU loan facility for struggling peripheral countries resulted in an immediate tightening of spreads. Yet uncertainty remains as to whether beneficiaries will be…
Issuance slowdown raises refinancing fears for high yield borrowers
Corporate bond issuance plummeted in May, with issuers and investors wary of the effects of the ongoing sovereign crisis on the credit markets. Faced with an unprecedented refinancing wall, it may be high yield borrowers who suffer most.
Aviva Investors recruits fund manager to SRI division
Colin Purdie, formerly of Aegon Asset Management, joins Aviva Investors as SRI credit fund manager.
Jefferies recruits new head of rates sales
Marie-Laure Savelli-Timsit joins Jefferies in Paris to set up French rates business.
Aviva Investors recruits new convertibles fund manager
Convertible bond fund manager Justin Craib-Cox joins Aviva Investors from M&G Investments.
Marty Fridson joins BNP Paribas
High yield veteran and Fixed Income Hall of Fame member takes on new strategy role.
RBS hires head of US macro credit strategy
RBS recruits Alliance Bernstein’s Edward Marrinan as US macro credit head, plus Cantor Fitzgerald’s Ian Jaffe and Seth Levine.