Blackstone’s BCRED co-CEO resigns
Jonathan Bock, co-CEO of Blackstone’s flagship private credit fund BCRED, has resigned from his role, leaving Brad Marshall to manage the fund alone

Private credit drives nearly half of Blackstone inflows in Q2
The alternative asset management giant said institutional investors are continuing to commit capital but also that redemption requests for its semi-liquid direct lending fund BCRED appear to be slowing

Blackstone, Wellington and Vanguard collaborate on all-in-one private market vehicles for wealth channel
The three asset managers have launched two products that will give individual investors exposure to a mix of private market assets within a single allocation

CLO manager rankings by AUM – Q2 2026
The latest Creditflux CLO manager AUM rankings sees stability in the top rankings following a shake-up in the top 3 last quarter – but a little further down, CIFC has moved ahead of UBS to snare seventh overall behind Ares, while Benefit Street Partners edged out CVC to move into the top 10

News in brief
Top stories on creditflux.com: including early summer visits to Clearlake and Nearwater

Gearing up private credit CLOs in Europe
Hybrid deals are the latest attempt to make private credit CLOs work in Europe. They aim to combine private credit and leveraged loans to create a vehicle that delivers yield and liquidity

US private credit CLO rankings – June 2026
Sustained strong issuance through its BCRED shelf over the first sixth months of the year has seen Blackstone claim the top spot in our private credit CLO issuance rankings for H1 2026, with an 11% market share, ahead of Golub and Bain

European private credit CLO market sparks back to life
ANALYSIS: After a brisk start, the European private credit CLO market has stalled somewhat over the past year, but a new issue in the space and the expectation of incoming hybrid issues has breathed new life into the sector

Blackstone to raise capital for new institutional IG private debt fund
The alternative asset management giant has launched its first institutional, commingled private fund focused on investment grade private debt investments

European CLO issuance kicks into gear as spreads tighten in
European triple A spreads tightened this week to a new low of 124bps, with new issues hitting the market from Blackstone, Palmer Square, Apollo, Spire and ICG

European CLO rankings – May 2026
Blackstone matched its strong US issuance performance for the year-to-date by rising to second in our European manager rankings for May, behind CVC

US private credit CLO rankings – May 2026
Substantial BCRED issuance sees Blackstone power to the top of Creditflux's private credit CLO manager issuance rankings for May, ahead of Golub, Bain and BlackRock/HPS

BXCI extends asset-backed lending origination with SablePointe platform launch
Blackstone Credit & Insurance has launched a new platform to expand its origination, underwriting and portfolio management capabilities in asset-backed lending

Three firms look to issue market-first hybrid European CLOs
EXCLUSIVE: At least three managers are working on so-called ‘hybrid’ BSL/private credit CLOs, sources have told Creditflux

Blackstone sees exit of key CLO leader
EXCLUSIVE: Blackstone is seeing the retirement of one of the main builders of its European CLO business

Blackstone pitches USD 2.1bn CFO for PE secondaries fund
The deal would see the firm leverage a pool of stakes of third-party private equity funds.

Blackstone's Marshall coins new ‘era of dispersion’ for private credit – Debtwire Private Credit Forum
Lenders defends private credit vehicle structures; executives see stable credit performance despite negative headlines

Blackstone caps redemptions on BCRED as exit requests increase to 10%
Rather than pulling levers to fulfill all exit requests as it did last quarter, the semi-liquid BDC will cap exits at the original term of 5% of shares outstanding

Blackstone’s big effort on private credit
As the world’s largest CLO manager by AUM, Blackstone is a prolific issuer, but rarely has it priced such large volumes in a single day

Blackstone prices billion-dollar static BCRED CLO
The deal follows a similar, but smaller, transaction from the manager in March

Blackstone prints new European CLO at 126bps, Silver Point issues second Euro deal
Blackstone’s latest European CLO printed this week as a EUR 403m transaction via Jefferies, while Silver Point followed up its debut European offering last October with a second deal arranged through Barclays

Is Medallia the proverbial canary in the coal mine?
In 2021, the USD 6.4bn buyout of Medallia was hailed as a marquee deal for a private credit industry enjoying its golden age. It turned out to be a flop. Five years later, some of the sector’s titans, including Blackstone, Apollo, KKR and BlackRock’s HPS, are poised to take the keys to the troubled software firm from its private equity owners

Blackstone to invest in Warwick Capital’s CLO equity
The world’s largest CLO manager is establishing a relationship with Warwick which will see it investing in Warwick’s CLO equity, according to a statement from the firm

There’s something unnatural in private credit – GoldenTree
The private credit asset class is due for a shakeup, and panellists at the 2026 Milken Global Conference say the disruption should bring wider spreads and opportunities in special situation lending

Blackstone’s head of international says negative private credit headlines should wane soon
PODCAST: Dan Leiter, head of international and global head of liquid credit strategies for Blackstone Credit and Insurance, tells Lisa Lee on the latest episode of the Credit Exchange podcast there is also more clarity to come on the disruptive effects of AI, as it becomes more evident where there will be significant disruption and where moats will prove more robust than expected