Scott Macklin has been named managing director and head of U.S. leveraged finance at alternative asset manager Obra Capital.
It is a new position, an Obra spokesperson confirmed.
Macklin will manage Obra's collateralized loan obligation management platform, including "driving investment strategy and portfolio construction, deal sourcing and execution, risk management and market research," said a news release Jan. 4.
Based in New York, Macklin reports to Peter Polanskyj, senior managing director and head of structured credit.
Macklin most recently was senior vice president, director of leveraged loans at AllianceBernstein. A spokesperson for AllianceBernstein said the company's CLO platform will now be led by Robert Schwartz, senior vice president and portfolio manager for high yield.
Obra Capital had about $4.4 billion in assets under management as of Dec. 31.
