Company hires and sector developments in structured finance

Fund launch

Trium Capital is partnering with Ellington Global Asset Management to launch the Ellington Trium Alternative Credit UCITS, a long/short credit UCITS fund. The fund is set to be launched 4Q18 and will leverage Ellington’s expertise in RMBS, CMBS, CLOs and corporate credit relative value strategies.

ILS

Nephila Climate has hired Ariane West as director of structured finance. West joins from Walkers Bermuda where she was partner for two years.

US

AE Industrial Partners has hired Marc Baliotti as senior md. Baliotti has more than 20 years of structured credit experience, most recently as md at GSO Capital/Blackstone. AE Industrial has also announced that it will expand its investment solutions to include new structured credit offerings.

DBRS has hired Chris Bushart to its New York office as svp, global business development. He will work with Mary Potthoff, md, global business development in increasing the ratings agency’s CMBS footprint. Most recently Bushart was head of investor relations for North American structured finance at Fitch.

Jones Walker has expanded its housing industry team by hiring all of the members of Liles & Rushin. Effective 19 November 2018, two new partners, Kelly Rushin Lewis and Brandon Hughey, along with their team of housing professionals, will join Jones Walker's new Birmingham office. The firm also announced that Lewis will be the new leader of the firm's national housing industry team. Lewis focuses on all aspects of the representation of lenders and investors in connection with affordable housing transactions and has experience in secured and unsecured transactions, structured financing transactions, and multi-state transactions.