Company hires and sector developments

CEO appointed

DFG Investment Advisers has hired Oliver Wriedt as ceo. The firm is also unifying its products under one brand, Vibrant. Wriedt will play an instrumental role in growing and further institutionalising DFG’s business, helping to diversify its product offerings and elevate the new Vibrant brand among the investment community. He was most recently co-ceo of CIFC Asset Management.

Credit firm bulks out

Imperial Capital (International) has hired three senior professionals to expand its London operations across multiple areas of its global corporate credit business. Simon Quinn joins in sales, Alex Gutiérrez Rubino in trading and Peter Kawada in research, all at md level. Quinn was most recently an md at Barclays, managing the Dutch, Scandinavian, Italian, Swiss and middle markets credit sales teams. Gutiérrez Rubino brings experience in credit, structured products and ABS, having most recently been an md at Stormharbour Securities, where he set up a secondary trading business in distressed debt and special situations. Kawada will focus on European high yield, distressed and event-driven situations, having previously been a distressed debt analyst at Jefferies International’s European credit desk.

ILS

PIMCO has hired Michael Beck as svp, ILS portfolio management. He was previously coo at Mt. Logan Re.