#Doug Haworth

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Chapter: Storage Options: Making Decisions about Print Materials

Author: Frank Allen.

Book: Creating the High Functioning Library Space: Expert Advice from Librarians, Architects, and Designers.

Editor: Marta Deyrup.

Year: 2016.

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited ABC-CLIO, LLC.

Chapter: Liaison and Scholarly Communication Librarians Collaborating to Support Faculty and Students.

Authors: Sarah Norris, Sandy Avila, and Buenaventura (Ven) Basco.

Book: Approaches to Liaison Librarianship: Innovations in Organization and Engagement.

Editors: Robin Canuel and Chad Crichton.

Year: 2021.

Publisher: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Chapter: Creating a Sense of Place: Connecting Participants to Local Habitats through Library and Community Partner Collaborations.

Authors: Christina Wray, Sandy Avila, and Megan Haught.

Book: The Sustainable Library’s Cookbook.

Editors: Raymond Pun and Gary L. Shaffer.

Year: 2019.

Publisher: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Chapter: Disrupting the Model: Fostering Cultural Change through Academic Partnerships

Authors: Aimee deNoyelles, John Raible, Penny Beile, and Sarah Norris.

Book: Textbooks and Academic Libraries: Selection, Circulation, and Assessment (An ALCTS Monograph).

Editor: Chris Diaz.

Year: 2017.

Publisher: ALA Editions.

Chapter: Content Analysis: Deconstructing Intellectual Packages.

Authors: Penny Beile.

Book: Using Qualitative Methods in Action Research.

Editors: Doug Cook and Lesley Farmer.

Year: 2011.

Publisher: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Chapter: Assessing an Institution-wide Information Fluency Program: Commitment, Plan, and Purposes.

Authors: Penny Beile.

Book: The Teaching Library: Approaches to Assessing Information Literacy Instruction.

Editor: Scott Walter.

Year: 2007.

Publisher: Haworth (now Routledge).

Chapter: The Development and Use of the Education Library 56 Tutorial: A Web-based Tutorial for Preservice Teachers.

Authors: Penny Beile.

Book: Digital Resources and Education Libraries: Innovation, Invention, and Implementation.

Editor: Patricia O’Brien Libutti.

Year: 2004.

Publisher: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Chapter: Exploring UN SDG Target Goals through a Research Poster Project.

Authors: Nardia Cumberbatch.

Book: The Sustainable Library’s Cookbook.

Editors: Raymond Pun and Gary L. Shaffer.

Year: 2019.

Publisher: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Chapter: From Birth to Maturity: The Chinese American Librarians Association.

Authors: Sai Deng.

Book: Asian American and Libraries: Activism, Collaborations, and Strategies.

Editors: Janet Hyunju Clarke, Raymond Pun, and Monnee Tong.

Year: 2017.

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield.

Chapter: Redefining Scholarly Services in a Research Lifecycle.

Authors: Sai Deng and Lee Dotson.

Book: Creating Research Infrastructures in the 21st-Century Academic Library: Conceiving, Funding, and Building New Facilities and Staff.

Editor: Bradford Lee Eden.

Year: 2015.

Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield.

Chapter: Information Representation

Authors: H. Cui, Sai Deng, and X. Y. Tang.

Book: Research Fronts in the Humanities & Social Sciences in the West.

Editors: Heting Chu and Yin Zhang.

Year: 2007.

Publisher: Renmin University Press.

Chapter: Picturing the Past and Planning for the Future: Central Florida Memory.

Authors: Lee Dotson and Selma Jaskowski.

Book: Digitization in the Real World: Lessons Learned from Small to Medium-sized Digitization Projects.

Editors: Kwong Bor Ng and Jason Kucsma.

Year: 2010.

Publisher: Metropolitan New York Library Council.

Chapter: Humanities in the Open: The Challenges of Creating an Open Literature Anthology.

Authors: Christian Beck, Lily Dubach, Sarah Norris, and John Venecek.

Book: Open Pedagogy Approaches: Faculty, Library, and Student Collaborations.

Editors: Kimberly Davies Hoffman and Alexis Clifton.

Year: 2020.

Publisher: Rebus Community / Milne Publishing.

Chapter: Why Every Librarian Should Know About Copyright: Creating Copyright Training Opportunities for Librarians at Your Institution.

Authors: Sarah Norris, Barbara Tierney, and Lily Dubach.

Book: Copyright Conversations: Rights Literacy in a Digital World.

Editor: Sara Benson.

Year: 2019.

Publisher: Association of College & Research Libraries.

Chapter: Call of Cthulhu: Hosting Roleplaying Events in the World of H.P. Lovecraft.

Author: Michael Furlong.

Book: 52 Ready-To-Use Gaming Programs for Libraries.

Editor: Ellyssa Kroski.

Year: 2020.

Publisher: American Library Association.

Chapter: Unraveling Julian Karswell’s Runic Curse in Jacques Tourneur’s Night of the Demon.

Authors: Michael Furlong.

Book: Terrifying Texts: Essays on Books of Good and Evil in Horror Cinema.

Editors: Cynthia Miller and Bow Van Riper.

Year: 2018.

Publisher: McFarland.

Chapter: Gendered Power: Comics, Film, and Sexuality in the United States.

Authors: Michael Furlong.

Book: Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men.

Editors: Julian Chambliss, Thomas Donaldson, and William Svitavsky.

Year: 2013.

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Chapter: Improving Circulation Services through Staff Involvement.

Authors: Cynthia Kisby and Marcus Kilman.

Book: Best Practices in Access Services.

Editors: Lori L. Driscoll and W. Bede Mitchell.

Year: 2009.

Publisher: Routledge.

Chapter: Formalizing Staff Development from Inception to Implementation at University of Central Florida Libraries.

Authors: Cynthia Kisby and Suzanne Holler.

Book: An Introduction to Staff Development in Academic Libraries.

Editor: Elizabeth Connor.

Year: 2009.

Publisher: Routledge.

Chapter: Preserving Your Community’s Memories: Developing Librarians for Digital Preservation.

Authors: Vanessa Neblett and Shane Roopnarine.

Book: Creative management of small public libraries in the 21st century.

Editor: Carol Smallwood.

Year: 2014.

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield.

We hope you enjoyed reading about book chapters from our library faculty and staff. This is the second post in a series of library employee author spotlights. Our first post features books written, edited, and translated by us. For questions, please reach out to Lily Dubach.

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Bloodforge Infusions: Feathers and Fur

Bloodforge Infusions: Feathers and Fur

Bloodforge Infusions: Feathers and Fur

The second installment of the Bloodforge Infusions-series clocks in at 17 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, ½ a page ToC, ½ a page SRD, 1 page advertisement, leaving us with 13 pages of content, so let’s take a look!

  We begin this one with a brief recap of the subtypes introduced in the big Bloodforge book before diving into the first race…

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We have to be smarter, says Bridge boss Haworth

Non-league Football Preview

⚫️ COVID-19: If you’re at a game tomorrow please adhere to all social-distancing guidelines. For more information, including admission, visit  individual club websites. Use the NHS covid-19 app and look for the NHS QR posters — specific to each club — which offer a simple and secure way for everyone aged 16 and over to register their attendance. This will help NHS Test-and-Trace identify people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. The app is available on Android and iOS at: https://covid19.nhs.uk/help-downloading.html

STALYBRIDGE CELTIC — the lone Tameside team in action tomorrow (Saturday) — face third-placed Basford United at Bower Fold still looking for their first Pitching In NPL premier division win of the season. Things looked hopeful at Gainsborough in midweek when Jonathan Ustabasi gave Bridge an early lead, but they lost 3-2 to register their fifth defeat in six league and cup matches. Manager Simon Haworth will be without loan signing Will Goodwin who suffered a serious ankle injury in last Saturday's 1-1 draw at Atherton Collieries. However, he welcomes Mike Burke, Keano Deacon and Freddie Sass back to the squad. Haworth, who is desperately hoping for a change of fortune, said: "We could have beaten both Atherton and Gainsborough but for individual mistakes. "It's frustrating because we're playing some good stuff only to let ourselves down with unnecessary and unpressured errors. We have to be smarter." Tameside Council has informed Celtic that games at Bower Fold must be all-ticket while covid tier-3 restrictions apply. Tickets for tomorrow's match will be available on the club website until 1pm. Joel Mills is pushing for a recall by GLOSSOP NORTH END who travel to Lincoln United in the first division south east. Lee Wilshaw is still troubled by a damaged ankle and Ali Sheriff and Yves Zama are not expected to be available until next week. Jared Wild has signed for New Mills on a dual registration. "I'll be trying to sort out more players on these deals so they can get minutes and be ready when called upon," manager Peter Band explained. HYDE UNITED return to action on Tuesday when they visit Mickleover after an enforced two-week break because of cases of coronavirus in the squad. Apart from long-term injuries like Jordan Fagbola, the squad is fully fit. Liam Tongue and Janni Lipka are back and Tom Pratt has had plenty of time to rest a slight groin problem. "The whole squad comes out of isolation on Saturday so we'll be training on Sunday," said boss Dave McGurk. CURZON ASHTON are one of three clubs not playing tomorrow. They have a free date but go to Chester on Tuesday. Manager Steve Cunningham said: "I know Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley and I'm looking forward to coming up against them. For me, they're the benchmark of north-west management that I measure myself against and the game gives me a chance to see how I'm doing. "Chester are a big club and I'm relishing the chance to test myself again another side that made last season's play-offs. "On Saturday I'm on a scouting mission up at Darlington." Curzon's only absentee is likely to be Marcus Poscha who has a bad back. Darren Stephenson, Doug Whitham and Matty Waters all came through the 2-1 defeat of Farsley with no ill-effects. Striker Dominic Knowles is also in contention. He pulled up towards the end of the Farsley game and started hobbling but Cunningham said: "Dom's been carrying an injury all season and we're trying to manage it. "He's battle-scarred from years of football and years of knocks. I expect to be fine for Tuesday." MOSSLEY and ASHTON UNITED have no match because of the coronavirus.

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Private credit managers go far and wide for expertise

Private credit managers are on a hiring spree.

Recruiters said demand from money managers for senior executives, portfolio managers, analysts and marketers with private credit know-how is running high.

“We’re definitely seeing an uptick in recruitment,” said Paul Heller, the New York-based managing partner and head of the financial services practice of executive recruiter Caldwell Partners International.

Mr. Heller said there’s high interest within private credit shops for people with experience in direct lending, loan origination, structured credit and leverage finance.

Talent-seekers include money managers looking to build or expand private credit businesses, particularly private equity and other alternative asset managers; insurance companies that are deepening their bench of internal private credit managers; and a small number of institutional investors, especially Canadian public pension plans, that are building or expanding internal private credit investment teams, head hunters reported.

The C$286.5 billion ($228 billion) Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Montreal, for example, is building an internal team of executives and analysts to source partnerships with private credit firms to manage foreign investments within its C$43.5 billion credit portfolio. Canadian private credit investments are managed internally.

Caisse hired Robert Hetu in June as its New York-based vice president and head of U.S. private debt. Mr. Hetu was a managing director and leader of Credit Suisse AG’s corporate lending group. An analyst will be added in New York to assist Mr. Hetu and a private credit investment officer may be added in the fund’s London office.

One big reason for the uptick in hiring is interest in and inflows from institutional investors like Caisse that are seeking diversified return streams from the many variations of private credit strategies, including special situations and distressed, direct lending, real estate debt and structured products.

Commitments growing

Analysis of hiring activity from P&I reporting shows new assets committed to alternative credit strategies by institutional investors totaled $79.7 billion in the seven years and one quarter ended March 31. Commitments have grown every year since 2010, with $18.26 billion for 2016 coming in 348% higher than the $4.08 billion in 2010. Institutional commitments to distressed debt, special situations, mezzanine, structured credit and multiasset credit strategies hit a high of $18.3 billion in 2016.

“Private credit is booming and demand for talent is everywhere,” said Scott Fletcher, a San Francisco-based partner of Jamesbeck Global Partners LLC, a specialist asset management recruiter. He stressed that competition for private credit professionals is intense at every level, from C-suite executives to portfolio managers and analysts, loan originators, leverage finance specialists and marketers, noting private credit search activity is among the busiest of Jamesbeck’s ​ practice areas.

In the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, recruitment activity is especially strong for professionals with experience in trade finance in both developed and emerging markets; emerging markets direct lending; energy and infrastructure finance; and direct corporate financing, said Alex Cormack, the group managing director of executive search firm Sheffield Haworth.

He also noted hiring increased in London for fund financing — providing financing and capital solutions to private equity, secondaries firms, hedge funds and hedge fund of funds.

In the U.S., recruitment in private credit remains steady, with particular interest in real estate and infrastructure direct lending, Mr. Cormack said.

Given heightened competition, poaching has become more common among larger firms with existing private credit businesses or plans to build credit teams, observers said, pointing to a rash of high-profile moves by individuals and teams so far this year.

In August, credit specialist manager Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, London, hired Anthony Robertson as chief investment officer of a new 10-person strategic value credit strategy team he will build. Dominique Kobler was brought on board as a senior member of the firm’s risk team.

Messrs. Robertson and Kobler came from rival London credit manager BlueBay Asset Management LLP, where they held high-level positions as head of leverage finance and head of risk and performance, respectively.

Cheyne manages $19 billion and BlueBay manages $51 billion in credit-oriented strategies.

Alternative asset manager Ares Management LLC, New York, also tapped BlueBay when it hired Peter Higgins in May as a London-based partner and portfolio manager for the firm’s credit team, which manages $65 billion. Mr. Higgins, who will lead the expansion of Ares’ European leverage finance strategies, was a partner and senior portfolio manager in BlueBay’s global leverage finance unit.

CQS (U.K.) Ltd., London, LLP recruited Nicholas Pappas as head of credit in May, replacing Simon Finch. Mr. Pappas was co-CEO of the London office of credit shop BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. CQS manages about $12 billion and BlueMountain runs $19 billion in credit-oriented hedge fund and long-only strategies.

PineBridge hires

PineBridge Investments LLC, New York, lifted out a team of three — James Fisher, Joseph Taylor and Doug Lyons — from Benefit Development Corp. of America, now managed by Benefit Street Partners LLC. The three new managing directors will launch a direct lending business to serve U.S. middle-market companies.

Mr. Fisher, who leads the new team at PineBridge, was president of BDCA; Mr. Taylor was managing director and head of capital markets; and Mr. Lyons was managing director and head of origination. PineBridge manages $85.5 billion.

Jamesbeck’s Mr. Fletcher said despite high demand from all quarters of the private credit sector, high-quality, experienced candidates have become wary of changing jobs given the specter of a market downturn, and it has become more difficult for smaller firms to recruit candidates.

“We’re getting late in the bull market cycle and it can’t go on forever,” Mr. Fletcher said. “If you are at a well-established, market-leading private credit firm, you have a better chance of withstanding a market downturn. My advice to candidates is to get themselves on a large, stable platform because being at a top five or 10 firm will be a distinct advantage.”

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Private credit managers go far and wide for expertise

Private credit managers are on a hiring spree.

Recruiters said demand from money managers for senior executives, portfolio managers, analysts and marketers with private credit know-how is running high.

“We’re definitely seeing an uptick in recruitment,” said Paul Heller, the New York-based managing partner and head of the financial services practice of executive recruiter Caldwell Partners International.

Mr. Heller said there’s high interest within private credit shops for people with experience in direct lending, loan origination, structured credit and leverage finance.

Talent-seekers include money managers looking to build or expand private credit businesses, particularly private equity and other alternative asset managers; insurance companies that are deepening their bench of internal private credit managers; and a small number of institutional investors, especially Canadian public pension plans, that are building or expanding internal private credit investment teams, head hunters reported.

The C$286.5 billion ($228 billion) Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Montreal, for example, is building an internal team of executives and analysts to source partnerships with private credit firms to manage foreign investments within its C$43.5 billion credit portfolio. Canadian private credit investments are managed internally.

Caisse hired Robert Hetu in June as its New York-based vice president and head of U.S. private debt. Mr. Hetu was a managing director and leader of Credit Suisse AG’s corporate lending group. An analyst will be added in New York to assist Mr. Hetu and a private credit investment officer may be added in the fund’s London office.

One big reason for the uptick in hiring is interest in and inflows from institutional investors like Caisse that are seeking diversified return streams from the many variations of private credit strategies, including special situations and distressed, direct lending, real estate debt and structured products.

Commitments growing

Analysis of hiring activity from P&I reporting shows new assets committed to alternative credit strategies by institutional investors totaled $79.7 billion in the seven years and one quarter ended March 31. Commitments have grown every year since 2010, with $18.26 billion for 2016 coming in 348% higher than the $4.08 billion in 2010. Institutional commitments to distressed debt, special situations, mezzanine, structured credit and multiasset credit strategies hit a high of $18.3 billion in 2016.

“Private credit is booming and demand for talent is everywhere,” said Scott Fletcher, a San Francisco-based partner of Jamesbeck Global Partners LLC, a specialist asset management recruiter. He stressed that competition for private credit professionals is intense at every level, from C-suite executives to portfolio managers and analysts, loan originators, leverage finance specialists and marketers, noting private credit search activity is among the busiest of Jamesbeck’s ​ practice areas.

In the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, recruitment activity is especially strong for professionals with experience in trade finance in both developed and emerging markets; emerging markets direct lending; energy and infrastructure finance; and direct corporate financing, said Alex Cormack, the group managing director of executive search firm Sheffield Haworth.

He also noted hiring increased in London for fund financing — providing financing and capital solutions to private equity, secondaries firms, hedge funds and hedge fund of funds.

In the U.S., recruitment in private credit remains steady, with particular interest in real estate and infrastructure direct lending, Mr. Cormack said.

Given heightened competition, poaching has become more common among larger firms with existing private credit businesses or plans to build credit teams, observers said, pointing to a rash of high-profile moves by individuals and teams so far this year.

In August, credit specialist manager Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, London, hired Anthony Robertson as chief investment officer of a new 10-person strategic value credit strategy team he will build. Dominique Kobler was brought on board as a senior member of the firm’s risk team.

Messrs. Robertson and Kobler came from rival London credit manager BlueBay Asset Management LLP, where they held high-level positions as head of leverage finance and head of risk and performance, respectively.

Cheyne manages $19 billion and BlueBay manages $51 billion in credit-oriented strategies.

Alternative asset manager Ares Management LLC, New York, also tapped BlueBay when it hired Peter Higgins in May as a London-based partner and portfolio manager for the firm’s credit team, which manages $65 billion. Mr. Higgins, who will lead the expansion of Ares’ European leverage finance strategies, was a partner and senior portfolio manager in BlueBay’s global leverage finance unit.

CQS (U.K.) Ltd., London, LLP recruited Nicholas Pappas as head of credit in May, replacing Simon Finch. Mr. Pappas was co-CEO of the London office of credit shop BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. CQS manages about $12 billion and BlueMountain runs $19 billion in credit-oriented hedge fund and long-only strategies.

PineBridge hires

PineBridge Investments LLC, New York, lifted out a team of three — James Fisher, Joseph Taylor and Doug Lyons — from Benefit Development Corp. of America, now managed by Benefit Street Partners LLC. The three new managing directors will launch a direct lending business to serve U.S. middle-market companies.

Mr. Fisher, who leads the new team at PineBridge, was president of BDCA; Mr. Taylor was managing director and head of capital markets; and Mr. Lyons was managing director and head of origination. PineBridge manages $85.5 billion.

Jamesbeck’s Mr. Fletcher said despite high demand from all quarters of the private credit sector, high-quality, experienced candidates have become wary of changing jobs given the specter of a market downturn, and it has become more difficult for smaller firms to recruit candidates.

“We’re getting late in the bull market cycle and it can’t go on forever,” Mr. Fletcher said. “If you are at a well-established, market-leading private credit firm, you have a better chance of withstanding a market downturn. My advice to candidates is to get themselves on a large, stable platform because being at a top five or 10 firm will be a distinct advantage.”

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Private credit managers go far and wide for expertise

Private credit managers are on a hiring spree.

Recruiters said demand from money managers for senior executives, portfolio managers, analysts and marketers with private credit know-how is running high.

“We’re definitely seeing an uptick in recruitment,” said Paul Heller, the New York-based managing partner and head of the financial services practice of executive recruiter Caldwell Partners International.

Mr. Heller said there’s high interest within private credit shops for people with experience in direct lending, loan origination, structured credit and leverage finance.

Talent-seekers include money managers looking to build or expand private credit businesses, particularly private equity and other alternative asset managers; insurance companies that are deepening their bench of internal private credit managers; and a small number of institutional investors, especially Canadian public pension plans, that are building or expanding internal private credit investment teams, head hunters reported.

The C$286.5 billion ($228 billion) Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Montreal, for example, is building an internal team of executives and analysts to source partnerships with private credit firms to manage foreign investments within its C$43.5 billion credit portfolio. Canadian private credit investments are managed internally.

Caisse hired Robert Hetu in June as its New York-based vice president and head of U.S. private debt. Mr. Hetu was a managing director and leader of Credit Suisse AG’s corporate lending group. An analyst will be added in New York to assist Mr. Hetu and a private credit investment officer may be added in the fund’s London office.

One big reason for the uptick in hiring is interest in and inflows from institutional investors like Caisse that are seeking diversified return streams from the many variations of private credit strategies, including special situations and distressed, direct lending, real estate debt and structured products.

Commitments growing

Analysis of hiring activity from P&I reporting shows new assets committed to alternative credit strategies by institutional investors totaled $79.7 billion in the seven years and one quarter ended March 31. Commitments have grown every year since 2010, with $18.26 billion for 2016 coming in 348% higher than the $4.08 billion in 2010. Institutional commitments to distressed debt, special situations, mezzanine, structured credit and multiasset credit strategies hit a high of $18.3 billion in 2016.

“Private credit is booming and demand for talent is everywhere,” said Scott Fletcher, a San Francisco-based partner of Jamesbeck Global Partners LLC, a specialist asset management recruiter. He stressed that competition for private credit professionals is intense at every level, from C-suite executives to portfolio managers and analysts, loan originators, leverage finance specialists and marketers, noting private credit search activity is among the busiest of Jamesbeck’s ​ practice areas.

In the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, recruitment activity is especially strong for professionals with experience in trade finance in both developed and emerging markets; emerging markets direct lending; energy and infrastructure finance; and direct corporate financing, said Alex Cormack, the group managing director of executive search firm Sheffield Haworth.

He also noted hiring increased in London for fund financing — providing financing and capital solutions to private equity, secondaries firms, hedge funds and hedge fund of funds.

In the U.S., recruitment in private credit remains steady, with particular interest in real estate and infrastructure direct lending, Mr. Cormack said.

Given heightened competition, poaching has become more common among larger firms with existing private credit businesses or plans to build credit teams, observers said, pointing to a rash of high-profile moves by individuals and teams so far this year.

In August, credit specialist manager Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, London, hired Anthony Robertson as chief investment officer of a new 10-person strategic value credit strategy team he will build. Dominique Kobler was brought on board as a senior member of the firm’s risk team.

Messrs. Robertson and Kobler came from rival London credit manager BlueBay Asset Management LLP, where they held high-level positions as head of leverage finance and head of risk and performance, respectively.

Cheyne manages $19 billion and BlueBay manages $51 billion in credit-oriented strategies.

Alternative asset manager Ares Management LLC, New York, also tapped BlueBay when it hired Peter Higgins in May as a London-based partner and portfolio manager for the firm’s credit team, which manages $65 billion. Mr. Higgins, who will lead the expansion of Ares’ European leverage finance strategies, was a partner and senior portfolio manager in BlueBay’s global leverage finance unit.

CQS (U.K.) Ltd., London, LLP recruited Nicholas Pappas as head of credit in May, replacing Simon Finch. Mr. Pappas was co-CEO of the London office of credit shop BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. CQS manages about $12 billion and BlueMountain runs $19 billion in credit-oriented hedge fund and long-only strategies.

PineBridge hires

PineBridge Investments LLC, New York, lifted out a team of three — James Fisher, Joseph Taylor and Doug Lyons — from Benefit Development Corp. of America, now managed by Benefit Street Partners LLC. The three new managing directors will launch a direct lending business to serve U.S. middle-market companies.

Mr. Fisher, who leads the new team at PineBridge, was president of BDCA; Mr. Taylor was managing director and head of capital markets; and Mr. Lyons was managing director and head of origination. PineBridge manages $85.5 billion.

Jamesbeck’s Mr. Fletcher said despite high demand from all quarters of the private credit sector, high-quality, experienced candidates have become wary of changing jobs given the specter of a market downturn, and it has become more difficult for smaller firms to recruit candidates.

“We’re getting late in the bull market cycle and it can’t go on forever,” Mr. Fletcher said. “If you are at a well-established, market-leading private credit firm, you have a better chance of withstanding a market downturn. My advice to candidates is to get themselves on a large, stable platform because being at a top five or 10 firm will be a distinct advantage.”

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Private credit managers go far and wide for expertise

Private credit managers are on a hiring spree.

Recruiters said demand from money managers for senior executives, portfolio managers, analysts and marketers with private credit know-how is running high.

“We’re definitely seeing an uptick in recruitment,” said Paul Heller, the New York-based managing partner and head of the financial services practice of executive recruiter Caldwell Partners International.

Mr. Heller said there’s high interest within private credit shops for people with experience in direct lending, loan origination, structured credit and leverage finance.

Talent-seekers include money managers looking to build or expand private credit businesses, particularly private equity and other alternative asset managers; insurance companies that are deepening their bench of internal private credit managers; and a small number of institutional investors, especially Canadian public pension plans, that are building or expanding internal private credit investment teams, head hunters reported.

The C$286.5 billion ($228 billion) Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Montreal, for example, is building an internal team of executives and analysts to source partnerships with private credit firms to manage foreign investments within its C$43.5 billion credit portfolio. Canadian private credit investments are managed internally.

Caisse hired Robert Hetu in June as its New York-based vice president and head of U.S. private debt. Mr. Hetu was a managing director and leader of Credit Suisse AG’s corporate lending group. An analyst will be added in New York to assist Mr. Hetu and a private credit investment officer may be added in the fund’s London office.

One big reason for the uptick in hiring is interest in and inflows from institutional investors like Caisse that are seeking diversified return streams from the many variations of private credit strategies, including special situations and distressed, direct lending, real estate debt and structured products.

Commitments growing

Analysis of hiring activity from P&I reporting shows new assets committed to alternative credit strategies by institutional investors totaled $79.7 billion in the seven years and one quarter ended March 31. Commitments have grown every year since 2010, with $18.26 billion for 2016 coming in 348% higher than the $4.08 billion in 2010. Institutional commitments to distressed debt, special situations, mezzanine, structured credit and multiasset credit strategies hit a high of $18.3 billion in 2016.

“Private credit is booming and demand for talent is everywhere,” said Scott Fletcher, a San Francisco-based partner of Jamesbeck Global Partners LLC, a specialist asset management recruiter. He stressed that competition for private credit professionals is intense at every level, from C-suite executives to portfolio managers and analysts, loan originators, leverage finance specialists and marketers, noting private credit search activity is among the busiest of Jamesbeck’s ​ practice areas.

In the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, recruitment activity is especially strong for professionals with experience in trade finance in both developed and emerging markets; emerging markets direct lending; energy and infrastructure finance; and direct corporate financing, said Alex Cormack, the group managing director of executive search firm Sheffield Haworth.

He also noted hiring increased in London for fund financing — providing financing and capital solutions to private equity, secondaries firms, hedge funds and hedge fund of funds.

In the U.S., recruitment in private credit remains steady, with particular interest in real estate and infrastructure direct lending, Mr. Cormack said.

Given heightened competition, poaching has become more common among larger firms with existing private credit businesses or plans to build credit teams, observers said, pointing to a rash of high-profile moves by individuals and teams so far this year.

In August, credit specialist manager Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, London, hired Anthony Robertson as chief investment officer of a new 10-person strategic value credit strategy team he will build. Dominique Kobler was brought on board as a senior member of the firm’s risk team.

Messrs. Robertson and Kobler came from rival London credit manager BlueBay Asset Management LLP, where they held high-level positions as head of leverage finance and head of risk and performance, respectively.

Cheyne manages $19 billion and BlueBay manages $51 billion in credit-oriented strategies.

Alternative asset manager Ares Management LLC, New York, also tapped BlueBay when it hired Peter Higgins in May as a London-based partner and portfolio manager for the firm’s credit team, which manages $65 billion. Mr. Higgins, who will lead the expansion of Ares’ European leverage finance strategies, was a partner and senior portfolio manager in BlueBay’s global leverage finance unit.

CQS (U.K.) Ltd., London, LLP recruited Nicholas Pappas as head of credit in May, replacing Simon Finch. Mr. Pappas was co-CEO of the London office of credit shop BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. CQS manages about $12 billion and BlueMountain runs $19 billion in credit-oriented hedge fund and long-only strategies.

PineBridge hires

PineBridge Investments LLC, New York, lifted out a team of three — James Fisher, Joseph Taylor and Doug Lyons — from Benefit Development Corp. of America, now managed by Benefit Street Partners LLC. The three new managing directors will launch a direct lending business to serve U.S. middle-market companies.

Mr. Fisher, who leads the new team at PineBridge, was president of BDCA; Mr. Taylor was managing director and head of capital markets; and Mr. Lyons was managing director and head of origination. PineBridge manages $85.5 billion.

Jamesbeck’s Mr. Fletcher said despite high demand from all quarters of the private credit sector, high-quality, experienced candidates have become wary of changing jobs given the specter of a market downturn, and it has become more difficult for smaller firms to recruit candidates.

“We’re getting late in the bull market cycle and it can’t go on forever,” Mr. Fletcher said. “If you are at a well-established, market-leading private credit firm, you have a better chance of withstanding a market downturn. My advice to candidates is to get themselves on a large, stable platform because being at a top five or 10 firm will be a distinct advantage.”

[craigmyersfinance]

Private credit managers go far and wide for expertise

Private credit managers are on a hiring spree.

Recruiters said demand from money managers for senior executives, portfolio managers, analysts and marketers with private credit know-how is running high.

“We’re definitely seeing an uptick in recruitment,” said Paul Heller, the New York-based managing partner and head of the financial services practice of executive recruiter Caldwell Partners International.

Mr. Heller said there’s high interest within private credit shops for people with experience in direct lending, loan origination, structured credit and leverage finance.

Talent-seekers include money managers looking to build or expand private credit businesses, particularly private equity and other alternative asset managers; insurance companies that are deepening their bench of internal private credit managers; and a small number of institutional investors, especially Canadian public pension plans, that are building or expanding internal private credit investment teams, head hunters reported.

The C$286.5 billion ($228 billion) Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Montreal, for example, is building an internal team of executives and analysts to source partnerships with private credit firms to manage foreign investments within its C$43.5 billion credit portfolio. Canadian private credit investments are managed internally.

Caisse hired Robert Hetu in June as its New York-based vice president and head of U.S. private debt. Mr. Hetu was a managing director and leader of Credit Suisse AG’s corporate lending group. An analyst will be added in New York to assist Mr. Hetu and a private credit investment officer may be added in the fund’s London office.

One big reason for the uptick in hiring is interest in and inflows from institutional investors like Caisse that are seeking diversified return streams from the many variations of private credit strategies, including special situations and distressed, direct lending, real estate debt and structured products.

Commitments growing

Analysis of hiring activity from P&I reporting shows new assets committed to alternative credit strategies by institutional investors totaled $79.7 billion in the seven years and one quarter ended March 31. Commitments have grown every year since 2010, with $18.26 billion for 2016 coming in 348% higher than the $4.08 billion in 2010. Institutional commitments to distressed debt, special situations, mezzanine, structured credit and multiasset credit strategies hit a high of $18.3 billion in 2016.

“Private credit is booming and demand for talent is everywhere,” said Scott Fletcher, a San Francisco-based partner of Jamesbeck Global Partners LLC, a specialist asset management recruiter. He stressed that competition for private credit professionals is intense at every level, from C-suite executives to portfolio managers and analysts, loan originators, leverage finance specialists and marketers, noting private credit search activity is among the busiest of Jamesbeck’s ​ practice areas.

In the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, recruitment activity is especially strong for professionals with experience in trade finance in both developed and emerging markets; emerging markets direct lending; energy and infrastructure finance; and direct corporate financing, said Alex Cormack, the group managing director of executive search firm Sheffield Haworth.

He also noted hiring increased in London for fund financing — providing financing and capital solutions to private equity, secondaries firms, hedge funds and hedge fund of funds.

In the U.S., recruitment in private credit remains steady, with particular interest in real estate and infrastructure direct lending, Mr. Cormack said.

Given heightened competition, poaching has become more common among larger firms with existing private credit businesses or plans to build credit teams, observers said, pointing to a rash of high-profile moves by individuals and teams so far this year.

In August, credit specialist manager Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, London, hired Anthony Robertson as chief investment officer of a new 10-person strategic value credit strategy team he will build. Dominique Kobler was brought on board as a senior member of the firm’s risk team.

Messrs. Robertson and Kobler came from rival London credit manager BlueBay Asset Management LLP, where they held high-level positions as head of leverage finance and head of risk and performance, respectively.

Cheyne manages $19 billion and BlueBay manages $51 billion in credit-oriented strategies.

Alternative asset manager Ares Management LLC, New York, also tapped BlueBay when it hired Peter Higgins in May as a London-based partner and portfolio manager for the firm’s credit team, which manages $65 billion. Mr. Higgins, who will lead the expansion of Ares’ European leverage finance strategies, was a partner and senior portfolio manager in BlueBay’s global leverage finance unit.

CQS (U.K.) Ltd., London, LLP recruited Nicholas Pappas as head of credit in May, replacing Simon Finch. Mr. Pappas was co-CEO of the London office of credit shop BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. CQS manages about $12 billion and BlueMountain runs $19 billion in credit-oriented hedge fund and long-only strategies.

PineBridge hires

PineBridge Investments LLC, New York, lifted out a team of three — James Fisher, Joseph Taylor and Doug Lyons — from Benefit Development Corp. of America, now managed by Benefit Street Partners LLC. The three new managing directors will launch a direct lending business to serve U.S. middle-market companies.

Mr. Fisher, who leads the new team at PineBridge, was president of BDCA; Mr. Taylor was managing director and head of capital markets; and Mr. Lyons was managing director and head of origination. PineBridge manages $85.5 billion.

Jamesbeck’s Mr. Fletcher said despite high demand from all quarters of the private credit sector, high-quality, experienced candidates have become wary of changing jobs given the specter of a market downturn, and it has become more difficult for smaller firms to recruit candidates.

“We’re getting late in the bull market cycle and it can’t go on forever,” Mr. Fletcher said. “If you are at a well-established, market-leading private credit firm, you have a better chance of withstanding a market downturn. My advice to candidates is to get themselves on a large, stable platform because being at a top five or 10 firm will be a distinct advantage.”

[bertrhert]

Private credit managers go far and wide for expertise

Private credit managers are on a hiring spree.

Recruiters said demand from money managers for senior executives, portfolio managers, analysts and marketers with private credit know-how is running high.

"We're definitely seeing an uptick in recruitment," said Paul Heller, the New York-based managing partner and head of the financial services practice of executive recruiter Caldwell Partners International.

Mr. Heller said there's high interest within private credit shops for people with experience in direct lending, loan origination, structured credit and leverage finance.

 Talent-seekers include money managers looking to build or expand private credit businesses, particularly private equity and other alternative asset managers; insurance companies that are deepening their bench of internal private credit managers; and a small number of institutional investors, especially Canadian public pension plans, that are building or expanding internal private credit investment teams, head hunters reported.

 The C$286.5 billion ($228 billion) Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Montreal, for example, is building an internal team of executives and analysts to source partnerships with private credit firms to manage foreign investments within its C$43.5 billion credit portfolio. Canadian private credit investments are managed internally.

 Caisse hired Robert Hetu in June as its New York-based vice president and head of U.S. private debt. Mr. Hetu was a managing director and leader of Credit Suisse AG's corporate lending group. An analyst will be added in New York to assist Mr. Hetu and a private credit investment officer may be added in the fund's London office.

 One big reason for the uptick in hiring is interest in and inflows from institutional investors like Caisse that are seeking diversified return streams from the many variations of private credit strategies, including special situations and distressed, direct lending, real estate debt and structured products.

 Commitments growing

 Analysis of hiring activity from P&I reporting shows new assets committed to alternative credit strategies by institutional investors totaled $79.7 billion in the seven years and one quarter ended March 31. Commitments have grown every year since 2010, with $18.26 billion for 2016 coming in 348% higher than the $4.08 billion in 2010. Institutional commitments to distressed debt, special situations, mezzanine, structured credit and multiasset credit strategies hit a high of $18.3 billion in 2016.

 "Private credit is booming and demand for talent is everywhere," said Scott Fletcher, a San Francisco-based partner of Jamesbeck Global Partners LLC, a specialist asset management recruiter. He stressed that competition for private credit professionals is intense at every level, from C-suite executives to portfolio managers and analysts, loan originators, leverage finance specialists and marketers, noting private credit search activity is among the busiest of Jamesbeck's ​ practice areas.

 In the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, recruitment activity is especially strong for professionals with experience in trade finance in both developed and emerging markets; emerging markets direct lending; energy and infrastructure finance; and direct corporate financing, said Alex Cormack, the group managing director of executive search firm Sheffield Haworth.

 He also noted hiring increased in London for fund financing — providing financing and capital solutions to private equity, secondaries firms, hedge funds and hedge fund of funds.

 In the U.S., recruitment in private credit remains steady, with particular interest in real estate and infrastructure direct lending, Mr. Cormack said.

 Given heightened competition, poaching has become more common among larger firms with existing private credit businesses or plans to build credit teams, observers said, pointing to a rash of high-profile moves by individuals and teams so far this year.

 In August, credit specialist manager Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, London, hired Anthony Robertson as chief investment officer of a new 10-person strategic value credit strategy team he will build. Dominique Kobler was brought on board as a senior member of the firm's risk team.

 Messrs. Robertson and Kobler came from rival London credit manager BlueBay Asset Management LLP, where they held high-level positions as head of leverage finance and head of risk and performance, respectively.

 Cheyne manages $19 billion and BlueBay manages $51 billion in credit-oriented strategies.

 Alternative asset manager Ares Management LLC, New York, also tapped BlueBay when it hired Peter Higgins in May as a London-based partner and portfolio manager for the firm's credit team, which manages $65 billion. Mr. Higgins, who will lead the expansion of Ares' European leverage finance strategies, was a partner and senior portfolio manager in BlueBay's global leverage finance unit.

 CQS (U.K.) Ltd., London, LLP recruited Nicholas Pappas as head of credit in May, replacing Simon Finch. Mr. Pappas was co-CEO of the London office of credit shop BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. CQS manages about $12 billion and BlueMountain runs $19 billion in credit-oriented hedge fund and long-only strategies.

 PineBridge hires

 PineBridge Investments LLC, New York, lifted out a team of three — James Fisher, Joseph Taylor and Doug Lyons — from Benefit Development Corp. of America, now managed by Benefit Street Partners LLC. The three new managing directors will launch a direct lending business to serve U.S. middle-market companies.

 Mr. Fisher, who leads the new team at PineBridge, was president of BDCA; Mr. Taylor was managing director and head of capital markets; and Mr. Lyons was managing director and head of origination. PineBridge manages $85.5 billion.

 Jamesbeck's Mr. Fletcher said despite high demand from all quarters of the private credit sector, high-quality, experienced candidates have become wary of changing jobs given the specter of a market downturn, and it has become more difficult for smaller firms to recruit candidates.

 "We're getting late in the bull market cycle and it can't go on forever," Mr. Fletcher said. "If you are at a well-established, market-leading private credit firm, you have a better chance of withstanding a market downturn. My advice to candidates is to get themselves on a large, stable platform because being at a top five or 10 firm will be a distinct advantage."

[nerdtrekdotcom]

Psionics Augmented: Empaths

Psionics Augmented: Empaths This installment of the occult branch of the Psionics Augmented-series clocks in at 24 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 page advertisement, leaving 21 pages. Of these, 3 pages are devoted to reference material like feats and psionic powers from e.g. 7th Path. On these pages, the SRD can also be found. When all is said and done, the new content still…

[pavspatch]

Essential for Curzon to stay unbeaten — Cunningham

Non-league Football Preview

⚫️ COVID-19: If you’re at a game tomorrow please adhere to all social-distancing guidelines. For more information, including admission, visit  individual club websites. Use the NHS covid-19 app and look for the NHS QR posters — specific to each club — which offer a simple and secure way for everyone aged 16 and over to register their attendance. This will help NHS Test-and-Trace identify people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. The app is available on Android and iOS at: https://covid19.nhs.uk/help-downloading.html

DOUG THARME and Dale Whitham come back into the reckoning for CURZON ASHTON tomorrow (Saturday) as they look to extend their unbeaten start to the National League North season against Farsley at the Tameside Stadium.

Both have recovered from injury with midfielder Whitham being declared fit after successfully coming through a rigorous training session last night (Thursday).

Two players face fitness tests in the morning. Manager Steve Cunningham is optimistic that striker Darren Stephenson will come through but admits defender Matty Waters could be struggling.

Cunningham, who watched Farsley lose 3-1 to Fylde in the FA Cup in midweek, believes his side are in for a difficult 90 minutes but have what it takes to prevail.

"I came away knowing it'll be a tough game. They pose some genuine threats but if  we can deal with them I think we can cause them problems. That's what we have to do because it's important for us to remain unbeaten," said the Nash boss.

He was also keen to praise striker Dom Knowles who already has four goals to his credit. Cunningham said: "Dom's a great guy but what really stands out is his work ethic. He's a really quiet lad for a player of his experience and reputation and has settled in right away. He's a breath of fresh air and it's like he's been here for ages.

"Dom's our talisman and if we can keep him I quite genuinely believe we'll have one of the best number-nines in the league. And I realise that's a big statement."

Farsley, who are managed by former Curzon coach Adam Lakeland, have one point so far  — taken from title favourites York City — from two matches.

Winger Will Hayhurst could return after missing the last two games with a shoulder injury, but   midfield could be weakened as Joel Byrom is a doubt having taken a knock at Fylde which led to him being subbed. Goalkeeper Steve Drench should return after completing a one-game suspension.

Lakeland accepted Tuesday's FA Cup reverse at Fylde but added: “I couldn't have asked any more of our players. We always keep going and we never know when we’re beaten."

Manager Simon Haworth is expected to ring the changes at Atherton Collieries as he looks to find a first league win for his STALYBRIDGE CELTIC side and get them off the bottom of the Pitching In NPL premier division.

Defender James Ellison has been brought to Bower Fold on a month's loan from Marine, but Haworth will still be without Keano Deacon (hamstring).

Newcomers Will Goodwin and James Helliwell both impressed last weekend, despite the 4-0 home loss to Buxton, and are expected to keep their places. Matty Makinson and Krisel Prifti are both in contention after being left out.

Mike Clegg says ASHTON UNITED could have as many as seven players unavailable as they welcome Mickleover to Hurst Cross following defeats by Matlock and Atherton Collieries.

"It's been horrific. I've never had a week like this before in my time as a manager," the Robins boss commented.

Veteran forward Chris Dagnall, who signed for Ashton earlier this week with wideman Matty Chadwick, is facing suspension after being sent off after only five minutes of the Atherton game.

HYDE UNITED'S home encounter with Whitby has been called off because of two cases of covid-19 among the squad and backroom staff. The Tigers next match should be at Mickleover  on Tuesday, October 27.

Striker Antony Brown, signed earlier this week from Silsden, goes straight into the MOSSLEY squad for the FA Trophy second qualifying round tie at Marine.

Ben Richardson remains the only injured player as Dave Fish attempts to get the Lilywhites back on the winning track after four successive defeats.

The winners of the tie receive £3,000. The losers get £775.

GLOSSOP NORTH END have a walkover as they should have met DROYLSDEN who have withdrawn from the NPL.

[andrewromanoyahoo]

As Democratic rage builds, Kyrsten Sinema tries a different approach. Will Arizona voters buy it?

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., walks down the House steps following a vote in the Capitol on Dec. 1. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

Ask any Democratic activist in Washington, D.C., what they think of centrism — or moderation, or bipartisanship — and they’ll probably tell you the same thing.

So pointless. So naïve. So passé.

In an age of fake news and choose-your-own-reality Facebook feeds, of Infowars and Breitbart, of a Republican Party that lurches further right with each election and a president whose agenda seems to consist solely of sledgehammering his predecessor’s legacy, the only sane response, these Democrats have concluded — and the only real way to regain power, starting with the 2018 midterms — is to veer left with similar ferocity and “resist” at every turn.

“The problem with the Democratic Party is that they have been trying to convert Republican voters or cajole white working-class voters,” Aimee Allison, president of Democracy in Color, recently told the Washington Post, neatly summarizing the conventional wisdom among progressives. “The job of Democrats this week, in 2018 and in 2020, is to excite the base.”

And yet 2,300 miles away in Phoenix, the woman who is likely to become one of the Democratic Party’s marquee Senate nominees next year seems to have missed the memo entirely.

Meet Kyrsten Sinema: three-term congresswoman, lapsed Mormon, openly bisexual and nontheist trailblazer, Ironman triathlete — and, with $4.1 million on hand, the early frontrunner in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, which is one of the few contests that will decide control of the world’s greatest deliberative body in 2019 and beyond.

Oh, and she is also one of the most moderate, bipartisan, aisle-crossing Democrats in all of D.C.

Sinema finishes the ACLI Capital Challenge 3 Mile Team Race in 2016. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Sinema has yet to launch the media offensive that typically marks the start of campaign season; so far, she’s only submitted to a single brief interview with the Arizona Republic. But in that article, Sinema made it clear that she will be campaigning in a manner that seems to clash dramatically with the prevailing view among progressives — namely, that if Democrats want to win back Congress, and eventually the White House, they should disregard America’s dwindling centrist bloc and focus instead on harnessing their own voters’ righteous anger at Trump.

Trump is “not a thing,” Sinema insisted when the Republic asked about her message. “[He’s] not a part of what I think my constituents are worried about or think about.”

Nor, she added, is partisanship. “It’s not about a party,” Sinema said. “It never is about party. It’s about putting people ahead of party. I don’t think party matters much to people.”

This sort of “No Labels” talk has a long history on the campaign trail. But what makes Sinema’s rendition unusual is not just that she’s delivering it at a time when such sentiments have never been less trendy among party regulars.

It’s that her record really does back it up.

As a result, Sinema’s candidacy raises a crucial question for the Democratic Party going forward: Is the only way to fight Trumpian fire with fire? Or, under the right conditions, can a less “resistant” approach still make sense? (Sinema doesn’t have the primary field to herself — rivals include Muslim-American attorney Deedra Abboud and tech entrepreneur Bob Bishop — but she is seen as the prohibitive favorite.)

“Elections aren’t one-size-fits all,” says Sacha Haworth, Sinema’s campaign spokeswoman. “The national narrative doesn’t decide these races. People don’t wake up in Arizona reading Twitter and think that’s the news of the day. So it’s crucial to keep your eye on the goal and continue being the sort of person your constituents elected you to be.”

It’s hard to overstate how resolutely centrist Sinema has remained during her nearly five years in Congress. She was one of just seven House Democrats to vote for a Republican-backed bill that would repeal the estate tax; one of just five House Democrats to vote for a Republican-backed bill that would bar the Federal Communications Commission from regulating broadband Internet rates; one of just six House Democrats to vote for a Republican-backed bill that would punish so-called sanctuary cities by withholding federal funds; and one of just seven House Democrats who voted to create a select committee to investigate the 2012 attack on the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. Sinema has also joined the GOP in voting for bills that would deregulate the banking industry, provide $1.6 billion for a border wall with Mexico, weaken Obamacare’s employer mandate and prevent Syrian and Iraqi refugees from being resettled in the United States until tighter vetting processes could be implemented. She has even voted against Nancy Pelosi for House minority leader — twice.

Sinema joins a group of bipartisan Congressmen during a news conference in 2014. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

According to the Lugar Center, all of this makes Sinema is the fourth-most bipartisan member of the House, and the most bipartisan Democrat. Meanwhile, the data-driven website FiveThirtyEight had determined that the Arizona congresswoman has voted with President Trump 50 percent of the time — more often than all but one other House Democrat.

It’s early yet — Sinema is barely campaigning, and the national political class is barely paying attention — but already there are signs that progressives will have some problems with the candidate who’s likely to represent their side in the fight for one of 2018’s two most flippable Senate seats. (Right now, Democrats need two pickups to split the Senate 50-50 — and if Doug Jones defeats Roy Moore in the Alabama special election on Dec. 12, two would be enough to retake the chamber.)

“There are issues, murmurs within grassroots groups and the progressive community, the environmental community and others, including immigration advocates,” Arizona Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told the New York Times in October, explaining why he has been withholding his endorsement. “[There is] still a lot of resentment.”

These murmurs will only grow louder once the race ramps up — as will the inevitable arguments that by voting with Republicans and not only downplaying Trump but touting her meetings with him, Sinema could dampen enthusiasm among the base (particularly Arizona’s surging Hispanic population) without picking up the support of diehard Trump Republicans in return.

But it’s worth considering another scenario as well.

Arizona’s Ninth Congressional District was created after the 2010 census. Curving around central Phoenix to the north, east and south, it wound up containing almost the exact same mix of Republicans (34 percent), Democrats (31 percent) and independents (33 percent) as the state itself. Prior to declaring her candidacy in 2012, Sinema had once been a member of the Green Party; fond of designer shoes and glasses, she jokingly described herself as a “Prada socialist.” But Sinema campaigned (and later legislated) as a centrist who was “willing to work with anyone to get things done,” and after securing the new seat by a mere 10,000 votes, she has won reelection by widening margins (13 percentage points in 2014, and 22 percentage points two years later).

Sinema leaves the Capitol after the House passed a fiscal 2018 budget resolution on October 26. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

Sinema has reason to believe a similar strategy could work statewide. On the GOP side, staunch Trumper Kelli Ward will battle a more establishment-friendly Republican — such as Rep. Martha McSally of Tucson, an occasional Trump critic — in a divisive, expensive primary race that will almost certainly yank the party to the right. Meanwhile, Sinema will continue to target the familiar voters who’ve propelled her to victory in the Ninth,, which  despite its even partisan split, voted for Clinton by 16 percentage points: independents and suburban, college-educated Republicans who are turned off by Trump but aren’t particularly turned on by the resistance.

This explains why Sinema recently told the New York Times that — in the Times’ paraphrasing — “a Democrat would have to campaign in a virtually nonpartisan way to win a Senate race” in Arizona, criticizing “national Democrats for moving too far to the left.”

“It’s irresponsible to promise a platform that you can’t deliver on,’’ Sinema added. “You’re not going to get free college.”

This also explains why, in the end, Arizona progressives may be unsatisfied. But amid what may be a national, anti-Trump wave election, would they really refuse to show up and vote in the one contest that could, more than any other, help them achieve their ultimate goal of halting President Trump’s agenda in its tracks?

It’s a question that will determine whether Sinema’s brand of centrism is, in fact, on the way out — or whether the reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.

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[publisher1977]

Barbara Lawlor, Nederland.  A highway runs through Nederland. That and a river running perpendicular to the highway divide the town into sections that create shopping segments. Visitors intending to spend some time in Nederland’s shops usually park in the public spaces and once they find a place, they stick close to it.

The shops along the highway sometimes get bypassed because people who don’t know the town don’t realize that there are other great places to shop on the other side of the highway, with pedestrian walkways to help them get there.

  On Saturday, the weekend before Thanksgiving many of the businesses in town were trying to attend to Thanksgiving needs as well as prepare for the big shopping day, Black Friday. This is the last chance to fund their shops before the coming winter. With the exception of snowsports traffic, the long, slow economic slump that is typical of a tourist town is approaching.

  It is also the time to put their best Nederland gifts out front, to nudge holiday shoppers into sudden “special gift” inspiration.

In the hub of the downtown area, the Nederland Visitor’s Center has many of the Ned-ish items that tourists love to take home with them and locals love to send to those who can’t visit. Where else in the world can you get a Frozen Dead Guy Days anything? There are shot glasses that say, “I am so dead.” Also, Awaken Blueberry Hot Sauce to impress guests with your other worldliness. Books about the area written by local authors and trail maps of everywhere you might want to go in the Indian Peaks, Nederland and Gilpin County region. Center manager John Scarffe says free maps are in abundance. An extra added attraction this year is safety lights that can be attached to bike handles. The best part is that they are free, a gift from Boulder County Open Space.

  Tucked off the highway, behind the bank, Ace Hardware store has so many cool gifts it is hard to make any decisions in one day unless you know exactly what you want to purchase. Even then, there are many stocking stuffers that can change your mind in a second. It is the art of spontaneous consumption. Ace Hardware has laser lights to shower your home with dancing angels and snowflakes. One can purchase Santa hats, blinking scarves, giant stockings, wrapping paper and clip-on red and green ribbons. There are toys and bird feeders, tools and chain saws, dog gifts, camping equipment and even Christmas trees. When one has paid for all the items on their list, there are specialty root beers and free popcorn to go with them.

  Every Ned shopping experience is a party.

  Things are popping at the Blue Owl Bookstore. Often people feel like they want to give a more meaningful gift than the hoards of toy promotions found in advertising inserts. A book is forever, no batteries needed. John Haworth says they just received the local author’s anthology published by Janette and Julian Taylor, which will be a hot item for locals. On a shelf where they will be easily seen, mercury glass candle holders are filled with dancing light and candles to accompany them. While contemplating their purchases, visitors are compelled to sip hot chocolate topped with generous amounts of whipped cream.

  Above the book store, the Grow in Peace Hydroponic shop is filled with myriad types of compost, soil and all the pots and grow lights that will be needed to create your indoor crop of plants. Kyle Busey says his trellis netting is popular for canopy management.

  “We have a new 1,000 watt grow system that uses more efficient technology.” This year Kyle is experimenting with various kinds of peppers, mostly the really hot kind that he plans to grow and then clone for the holiday season next year. His favorite hot pepper right now is the chapilita which is way up there on the list of burn.

  Just off the highway, next to the Alpaca Hop Inn, the Alpaca Store and More is filled with soft, warm fleece classic coats and shawls and jacket/sweater jackets, socks and gloves. Anything made with alpaca is a treasured gift. The fleece is harvested from the big-eyed, humorous and curious animals that you can’t help but hug.

  At the Carousel of Happiness, riding a one of a kind lovable critter, and listening to the music is always a gift. One can purchase punch cards for up to 10 rides for a great present, insurance for the recipient that he or she will ride again.

  Melissa and Doug series of toys and gifts fill a wall and have been popular this season. There are tons of Carousel label items: water bottles, baby onesies, t-shirts, hats and awesome Christmas tree ornaments.

  The Carousel puppet room is available for parties all season long.

  Next to the Carousel, the Train Cars offer a comfortable place to have a snack and a drink and enjoy the quaint, warm atmosphere while you take a break from walking around town. The booths in the antique car are perfect for enjoying a game of dominos or backgammon or cards. Dennis and Beverly Potts of Boulder come to the Train Cars every weekend to relax and play a game together.

  Across the highway, in the A-frame, is the Harvest House, where Stacy Johnson’s marijuana is locally grown. During the holiday season, the shop is holding a Dab Rig Raffle with the proceeds going to the Wild Bear Nature Center. The Dab Rig is a new bong used for concentrates, a new hash.

  The Harvest House also sells t-shirts, hats and a whole bunch of delicious cookies. They have partnered with a local ski area for a punch card which gives a free 10th ticket for purchasing nine.

  Not only is shopping locally convenient and therefore cheaper, it is a fun way to find the holiday gifts that will please everyone. Meeting the local business owners and employees is a good way to become a part of the community. These people aren’t part of large chains, they are our neighbors and friends, and like us, they are working hard to keep Nederland’s economy sustainable.

Shop Local in Ned Barbara Lawlor, Nederland.  A highway runs through Nederland. That and a river running perpendicular to the highway divide the town into sections that create shopping segments.

[movieblogreview]

Private credit managers go far and wide for expertise

Private credit managers are on a hiring spree.

Recruiters said demand from money managers for senior executives, portfolio managers, analysts and marketers with private credit know-how is running high.

"We're definitely seeing an uptick in recruitment," said Paul Heller, the New York-based managing partner and head of the financial services practice of executive recruiter Caldwell Partners International.

Mr. Heller said there's high interest within private credit shops for people with experience in direct lending, loan origination, structured credit and leverage finance.

 Talent-seekers include money managers looking to build or expand private credit businesses, particularly private equity and other alternative asset managers; insurance companies that are deepening their bench of internal private credit managers; and a small number of institutional investors, especially Canadian public pension plans, that are building or expanding internal private credit investment teams, head hunters reported.

 The C$286.5 billion ($228 billion) Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Montreal, for example, is building an internal team of executives and analysts to source partnerships with private credit firms to manage foreign investments within its C$43.5 billion credit portfolio. Canadian private credit investments are managed internally.

 Caisse hired Robert Hetu in June as its New York-based vice president and head of U.S. private debt. Mr. Hetu was a managing director and leader of Credit Suisse AG's corporate lending group. An analyst will be added in New York to assist Mr. Hetu and a private credit investment officer may be added in the fund's London office.

 One big reason for the uptick in hiring is interest in and inflows from institutional investors like Caisse that are seeking diversified return streams from the many variations of private credit strategies, including special situations and distressed, direct lending, real estate debt and structured products.

 Commitments growing

 Analysis of hiring activity from P&I reporting shows new assets committed to alternative credit strategies by institutional investors totaled $79.7 billion in the seven years and one quarter ended March 31. Commitments have grown every year since 2010, with $18.26 billion for 2016 coming in 348% higher than the $4.08 billion in 2010. Institutional commitments to distressed debt, special situations, mezzanine, structured credit and multiasset credit strategies hit a high of $18.3 billion in 2016.

 "Private credit is booming and demand for talent is everywhere," said Scott Fletcher, a San Francisco-based partner of Jamesbeck Global Partners LLC, a specialist asset management recruiter. He stressed that competition for private credit professionals is intense at every level, from C-suite executives to portfolio managers and analysts, loan originators, leverage finance specialists and marketers, noting private credit search activity is among the busiest of Jamesbeck's ​ practice areas.

 In the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, recruitment activity is especially strong for professionals with experience in trade finance in both developed and emerging markets; emerging markets direct lending; energy and infrastructure finance; and direct corporate financing, said Alex Cormack, the group managing director of executive search firm Sheffield Haworth.

 He also noted hiring increased in London for fund financing — providing financing and capital solutions to private equity, secondaries firms, hedge funds and hedge fund of funds.

 In the U.S., recruitment in private credit remains steady, with particular interest in real estate and infrastructure direct lending, Mr. Cormack said.

 Given heightened competition, poaching has become more common among larger firms with existing private credit businesses or plans to build credit teams, observers said, pointing to a rash of high-profile moves by individuals and teams so far this year.

 In August, credit specialist manager Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, London, hired Anthony Robertson as chief investment officer of a new 10-person strategic value credit strategy team he will build. Dominique Kobler was brought on board as a senior member of the firm's risk team.

 Messrs. Robertson and Kobler came from rival London credit manager BlueBay Asset Management LLP, where they held high-level positions as head of leverage finance and head of risk and performance, respectively.

 Cheyne manages $19 billion and BlueBay manages $51 billion in credit-oriented strategies.

 Alternative asset manager Ares Management LLC, New York, also tapped BlueBay when it hired Peter Higgins in May as a London-based partner and portfolio manager for the firm's credit team, which manages $65 billion. Mr. Higgins, who will lead the expansion of Ares' European leverage finance strategies, was a partner and senior portfolio manager in BlueBay's global leverage finance unit.

 CQS (U.K.) Ltd., London, LLP recruited Nicholas Pappas as head of credit in May, replacing Simon Finch. Mr. Pappas was co-CEO of the London office of credit shop BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. CQS manages about $12 billion and BlueMountain runs $19 billion in credit-oriented hedge fund and long-only strategies.

 PineBridge hires

 PineBridge Investments LLC, New York, lifted out a team of three — James Fisher, Joseph Taylor and Doug Lyons — from Benefit Development Corp. of America, now managed by Benefit Street Partners LLC. The three new managing directors will launch a direct lending business to serve U.S. middle-market companies.

 Mr. Fisher, who leads the new team at PineBridge, was president of BDCA; Mr. Taylor was managing director and head of capital markets; and Mr. Lyons was managing director and head of origination. PineBridge manages $85.5 billion.

 Jamesbeck's Mr. Fletcher said despite high demand from all quarters of the private credit sector, high-quality, experienced candidates have become wary of changing jobs given the specter of a market downturn, and it has become more difficult for smaller firms to recruit candidates.

 "We're getting late in the bull market cycle and it can't go on forever," Mr. Fletcher said. "If you are at a well-established, market-leading private credit firm, you have a better chance of withstanding a market downturn. My advice to candidates is to get themselves on a large, stable platform because being at a top five or 10 firm will be a distinct advantage."

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Private credit managers go far and wide for expertise

Private credit managers are on a hiring spree.

Recruiters said demand from money managers for senior executives, portfolio managers, analysts and marketers with private credit know-how is running high.

"We're definitely seeing an uptick in recruitment," said Paul Heller, the New York-based managing partner and head of the financial services practice of executive recruiter Caldwell Partners International.

Mr. Heller said there's high interest within private credit shops for people with experience in direct lending, loan origination, structured credit and leverage finance.

 Talent-seekers include money managers looking to build or expand private credit businesses, particularly private equity and other alternative asset managers; insurance companies that are deepening their bench of internal private credit managers; and a small number of institutional investors, especially Canadian public pension plans, that are building or expanding internal private credit investment teams, head hunters reported.

 The C$286.5 billion ($228 billion) Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Montreal, for example, is building an internal team of executives and analysts to source partnerships with private credit firms to manage foreign investments within its C$43.5 billion credit portfolio. Canadian private credit investments are managed internally.

 Caisse hired Robert Hetu in June as its New York-based vice president and head of U.S. private debt. Mr. Hetu was a managing director and leader of Credit Suisse AG's corporate lending group. An analyst will be added in New York to assist Mr. Hetu and a private credit investment officer may be added in the fund's London office.

 One big reason for the uptick in hiring is interest in and inflows from institutional investors like Caisse that are seeking diversified return streams from the many variations of private credit strategies, including special situations and distressed, direct lending, real estate debt and structured products.

 Commitments growing

 Analysis of hiring activity from P&I reporting shows new assets committed to alternative credit strategies by institutional investors totaled $79.7 billion in the seven years and one quarter ended March 31. Commitments have grown every year since 2010, with $18.26 billion for 2016 coming in 348% higher than the $4.08 billion in 2010. Institutional commitments to distressed debt, special situations, mezzanine, structured credit and multiasset credit strategies hit a high of $18.3 billion in 2016.

 "Private credit is booming and demand for talent is everywhere," said Scott Fletcher, a San Francisco-based partner of Jamesbeck Global Partners LLC, a specialist asset management recruiter. He stressed that competition for private credit professionals is intense at every level, from C-suite executives to portfolio managers and analysts, loan originators, leverage finance specialists and marketers, noting private credit search activity is among the busiest of Jamesbeck's ​ practice areas.

 In the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, recruitment activity is especially strong for professionals with experience in trade finance in both developed and emerging markets; emerging markets direct lending; energy and infrastructure finance; and direct corporate financing, said Alex Cormack, the group managing director of executive search firm Sheffield Haworth.

 He also noted hiring increased in London for fund financing — providing financing and capital solutions to private equity, secondaries firms, hedge funds and hedge fund of funds.

 In the U.S., recruitment in private credit remains steady, with particular interest in real estate and infrastructure direct lending, Mr. Cormack said.

 Given heightened competition, poaching has become more common among larger firms with existing private credit businesses or plans to build credit teams, observers said, pointing to a rash of high-profile moves by individuals and teams so far this year.

 In August, credit specialist manager Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, London, hired Anthony Robertson as chief investment officer of a new 10-person strategic value credit strategy team he will build. Dominique Kobler was brought on board as a senior member of the firm's risk team.

 Messrs. Robertson and Kobler came from rival London credit manager BlueBay Asset Management LLP, where they held high-level positions as head of leverage finance and head of risk and performance, respectively.

 Cheyne manages $19 billion and BlueBay manages $51 billion in credit-oriented strategies.

 Alternative asset manager Ares Management LLC, New York, also tapped BlueBay when it hired Peter Higgins in May as a London-based partner and portfolio manager for the firm's credit team, which manages $65 billion. Mr. Higgins, who will lead the expansion of Ares' European leverage finance strategies, was a partner and senior portfolio manager in BlueBay's global leverage finance unit.

 CQS (U.K.) Ltd., London, LLP recruited Nicholas Pappas as head of credit in May, replacing Simon Finch. Mr. Pappas was co-CEO of the London office of credit shop BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. CQS manages about $12 billion and BlueMountain runs $19 billion in credit-oriented hedge fund and long-only strategies.

 PineBridge hires

 PineBridge Investments LLC, New York, lifted out a team of three — James Fisher, Joseph Taylor and Doug Lyons — from Benefit Development Corp. of America, now managed by Benefit Street Partners LLC. The three new managing directors will launch a direct lending business to serve U.S. middle-market companies.

 Mr. Fisher, who leads the new team at PineBridge, was president of BDCA; Mr. Taylor was managing director and head of capital markets; and Mr. Lyons was managing director and head of origination. PineBridge manages $85.5 billion.

 Jamesbeck's Mr. Fletcher said despite high demand from all quarters of the private credit sector, high-quality, experienced candidates have become wary of changing jobs given the specter of a market downturn, and it has become more difficult for smaller firms to recruit candidates.

 "We're getting late in the bull market cycle and it can't go on forever," Mr. Fletcher said. "If you are at a well-established, market-leading private credit firm, you have a better chance of withstanding a market downturn. My advice to candidates is to get themselves on a large, stable platform because being at a top five or 10 firm will be a distinct advantage."

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Private credit managers go far and wide for expertise

Private credit managers are on a hiring spree.

Recruiters said demand from money managers for senior executives, portfolio managers, analysts and marketers with private credit know-how is running high.

"We're definitely seeing an uptick in recruitment," said Paul Heller, the New York-based managing partner and head of the financial services practice of executive recruiter Caldwell Partners International.

Mr. Heller said there's high interest within private credit shops for people with experience in direct lending, loan origination, structured credit and leverage finance.

 Talent-seekers include money managers looking to build or expand private credit businesses, particularly private equity and other alternative asset managers; insurance companies that are deepening their bench of internal private credit managers; and a small number of institutional investors, especially Canadian public pension plans, that are building or expanding internal private credit investment teams, head hunters reported.

 The C$286.5 billion ($228 billion) Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Montreal, for example, is building an internal team of executives and analysts to source partnerships with private credit firms to manage foreign investments within its C$43.5 billion credit portfolio. Canadian private credit investments are managed internally.

 Caisse hired Robert Hetu in June as its New York-based vice president and head of U.S. private debt. Mr. Hetu was a managing director and leader of Credit Suisse AG's corporate lending group. An analyst will be added in New York to assist Mr. Hetu and a private credit investment officer may be added in the fund's London office.

 One big reason for the uptick in hiring is interest in and inflows from institutional investors like Caisse that are seeking diversified return streams from the many variations of private credit strategies, including special situations and distressed, direct lending, real estate debt and structured products.

 Commitments growing

 Analysis of hiring activity from P&I reporting shows new assets committed to alternative credit strategies by institutional investors totaled $79.7 billion in the seven years and one quarter ended March 31. Commitments have grown every year since 2010, with $18.26 billion for 2016 coming in 348% higher than the $4.08 billion in 2010. Institutional commitments to distressed debt, special situations, mezzanine, structured credit and multiasset credit strategies hit a high of $18.3 billion in 2016.

 "Private credit is booming and demand for talent is everywhere," said Scott Fletcher, a San Francisco-based partner of Jamesbeck Global Partners LLC, a specialist asset management recruiter. He stressed that competition for private credit professionals is intense at every level, from C-suite executives to portfolio managers and analysts, loan originators, leverage finance specialists and marketers, noting private credit search activity is among the busiest of Jamesbeck's ​ practice areas.

 In the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, recruitment activity is especially strong for professionals with experience in trade finance in both developed and emerging markets; emerging markets direct lending; energy and infrastructure finance; and direct corporate financing, said Alex Cormack, the group managing director of executive search firm Sheffield Haworth.

 He also noted hiring increased in London for fund financing — providing financing and capital solutions to private equity, secondaries firms, hedge funds and hedge fund of funds.

 In the U.S., recruitment in private credit remains steady, with particular interest in real estate and infrastructure direct lending, Mr. Cormack said.

 Given heightened competition, poaching has become more common among larger firms with existing private credit businesses or plans to build credit teams, observers said, pointing to a rash of high-profile moves by individuals and teams so far this year.

 In August, credit specialist manager Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, London, hired Anthony Robertson as chief investment officer of a new 10-person strategic value credit strategy team he will build. Dominique Kobler was brought on board as a senior member of the firm's risk team.

 Messrs. Robertson and Kobler came from rival London credit manager BlueBay Asset Management LLP, where they held high-level positions as head of leverage finance and head of risk and performance, respectively.

 Cheyne manages $19 billion and BlueBay manages $51 billion in credit-oriented strategies.

 Alternative asset manager Ares Management LLC, New York, also tapped BlueBay when it hired Peter Higgins in May as a London-based partner and portfolio manager for the firm's credit team, which manages $65 billion. Mr. Higgins, who will lead the expansion of Ares' European leverage finance strategies, was a partner and senior portfolio manager in BlueBay's global leverage finance unit.

 CQS (U.K.) Ltd., London, LLP recruited Nicholas Pappas as head of credit in May, replacing Simon Finch. Mr. Pappas was co-CEO of the London office of credit shop BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. CQS manages about $12 billion and BlueMountain runs $19 billion in credit-oriented hedge fund and long-only strategies.

 PineBridge hires

 PineBridge Investments LLC, New York, lifted out a team of three — James Fisher, Joseph Taylor and Doug Lyons — from Benefit Development Corp. of America, now managed by Benefit Street Partners LLC. The three new managing directors will launch a direct lending business to serve U.S. middle-market companies.

 Mr. Fisher, who leads the new team at PineBridge, was president of BDCA; Mr. Taylor was managing director and head of capital markets; and Mr. Lyons was managing director and head of origination. PineBridge manages $85.5 billion.

 Jamesbeck's Mr. Fletcher said despite high demand from all quarters of the private credit sector, high-quality, experienced candidates have become wary of changing jobs given the specter of a market downturn, and it has become more difficult for smaller firms to recruit candidates.

 "We're getting late in the bull market cycle and it can't go on forever," Mr. Fletcher said. "If you are at a well-established, market-leading private credit firm, you have a better chance of withstanding a market downturn. My advice to candidates is to get themselves on a large, stable platform because being at a top five or 10 firm will be a distinct advantage."