Chris D’Auria, the former co-head of primary CLOs at Deutsche Bank, joined LCM in 2016 as its sole big hire in the last decade. The firm has had virtually no turnover in terms of senior personnel

Onex’s European CLO head Conor Daly is joining CIFC Asset Management, ending the firm’s nine-month search for a successor to Dan Robinson.

Matt Sosland will spearhead Advent’s US CLO drive after he joined the firm from Morgan Stanley IM. His arrival comes shortly after Advent struck a CLO partnership with Apollo.

Welshcake warns of dangers building in the real estate sector by dispelling 10 myths, such as RMBS providing support to the mortgage market.

“Like all companies managing through the covid period, we have experienced personnel changes due to a variety of personal and market reasons,” says Onex in response to questions from Creditflux on staff turnover. Since September, the firm has lost four CLO portfolio managers globally, including Karen Lau.

Octaura chief Brian Bejile believes the current trading system is too slow. “By the time you pick up the phone to call your trader, you’re praying that the offer you saw half an hour ago is still valid,” he says.