Bloomberg – Richard Skeet, who traded asset-backed securities at Citigroup Inc. (C) in London, has joined East Lodge Capital Partners LLP, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Skeet, who spent a decade at Citigroup, will work as a money manager at East Lodge Capital founded by Alistair Lumsden, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. The fund will focus on direct lending, structured finance and corporate credit markets and is seeking to hire as many as 14 employees, one of the people said.