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  • New York credit shop Global Credit Advisers has hired Kirk Wortman to research leveraged loans, distressed investments and special situations for the GCA Credit Opportunities Master Fund, a long/short credit hedge fund focused on high-yield and distressed corporate debt.
  • London-based boutique investment firm H.I.G. Capital is looking to expand its distressed debt department to take advantage of current market conditions.
  • Michael Blum, formerly managing director and head of structured finance and investments at Merrill Lynch, has joined the New York office of Fortress Investment Group.
  • Al Lhota, the head of high-yield sales at RBS Greenwich Capital Markets, has joined Knight Libertas as head of U.S. high-yield, distressed and bank loan sales.
  • Steve Kantor, a senior Credit Suisse executive whose responsibilities once included overseeing commercial real estate finance, is preparing to leave the firm.
  • Standard Chartered is preparing to beef up its global credit trading and sales teams over the next six months.
  • Jefferies & Co. has hired Lisa Pendergast to head a new commercial mortgage-backed securities strategy group.
  • Finally finding good deal opportunities after last year’s dry spell, private equity firm LJH Linley Capital, a joint venture between James Hedges’ LJH Global Investments and John Poerink, is facing a new obstacle—expensive debt financing.
  • Paul Blake, the former head of institutional bond sales for Europe and Asia at CIBC World Markets in London, has joined boutique derivatives and securities dealer Conduit Capital Markets as head of fixed income sales.