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KKR Revamps Asset Management Debt Team

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has promoted four professionals in its asset management department to run the firm's special situations and leveraged credit strategies...

Carlyle Taps MS Vet as Cap Markets Chief

The Carlyle Group has nabbed former Morgan Stanley sales and trading chief Michael “Mitch” Petrick as its first global head of credit alternatives and capital markets, the private equity firm said today...

Babson Closes Five CLOs Holding $17B

Babson Capital Management has closed five CLOs previously run by Jefferies Capital Management...

Knight Libertas Adds to Fixed Income Group

Knight Libertas, a subsidiary of Knight Capital Group, has added two staff members to its fixed income research group, the firm announced today...

BTIG Expands High Yield, RMBS Sales

BTIG has added two new sales executives to its fixed income group, the New York-based broker dealer said today, bringing the group to a total of...

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Broadpoint’s Malas: A Chance for Small Firms

Bulge-bracket banks may be back, but Lex Malas, head of the debt capital markets origination group with Broadpoint Gleacher, still sees opportunities for smaller players. Malas joined Broadpoint Capital after serving with Deutsche Bank...

Macquarie Expansion Starts in High Yield

Macquarie Group, one of Australia’s largest commercial banks, is the latest foreign institution building an investment banking presence on Wall Street—and in this case, much of the focus will be on leveraged finance...

They Definitely Be Giants in the Middle Market

Goldman Sachs required just four merger and acquisition mandates last year, advising the likes of Pfizer, Genentech, Schering Plough and Alltel, before the bank reached $170 billion in deal volume—more than doubling the middle market’s total volume for 2009...

Market Split over Markit’s Latest Moves

Information services company Markit has launched a new loan index and has acquired Storm Networks, which operates a syndicated loan operations platform for the settlement of par and distressed loan trades in the U.S. These two moves...

How Obama's Address Could Shake Up Financial Services

President Obama's State of the Union address Wednesday night is expected to be the most pivotal for the banking industry in recent memory...

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