Blackstone hires ex-Lazard co-head of US financial institutions
Joseph Cassanelli will work on the team behind Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities strategy, which allows Blackstone to invest across asset classes, industries and geographies

Investors optimistic, bullish on European structured credit – BofA, King Street, Blackstone, Federated Hermes
PODCAST: Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee catches up with Bank of America's Alex Batchvarov, King Street's Young Choi, Blackstone's Alex Leonard and Federated Hermes' Andrew Lennox at the Global ABS conference in Barcelona

Blackstone resets former AIG CLO
The 2021-vintage deal reset with a slight reduction in the spreads for its triple As

Blackstone makes it a Euro trifecta for May with latest reset
The manager’s reworking of its Wilton Park CLO showcased the market’s trend toward tightening in the lower mezz

Kayne Anderson to debut private BDC to tap affluent investors
EXCLUSIVE: Private BDCs, pioneered by some of the largest direct lenders in the market, are becoming a common vehicle across the private credit manager industry

News in brief
Blackstone plays offense amid volatility

Blackstone prices second new European issue after market pause
Tully Park CLO priced with the tightest triple As for a Euro deal since dealmaking resumed at the end of April

Blackstone prices static BCRED CLO
The transaction is the first non-reinvesting deal to price under the BCRED shelf

Blackstone prices Euro market’s first reset in a month
The deal is the first European repricing since Sculptor European CLO IV was reset on 3 April

Private credit’s golden era never really ended – Blackstone’s Michael Zawadzki
On the Credit Exchange podcast, Lisa Lee speaks with the CIO of Blackstone Credit and Insurance about opportunities in volatile markets and the durability of private credit premiums

European CLO issuance begins to re-emerge as Blackstone and PGIM ready deals
Following two new-issue Euro deals on Wednesday, the pipeline is beginning to rebuild with more set to price next week

JPMorgan enters private credit big leagues with USD 4bn Boeing unit financing
EXCLUSIVE: The bank takes down the third-largest piece of the giant unitranche, lending shoulder-to-shoulder with direct-lending giants

CLO market turns to print-and-sprint deals as volatility spikes
EXCLUSIVE: Napier Park, TP Birch Grove, and BlackRock attempt print-and-sprint deals as the maths gets tougher; AGL and Blackstone pull off deals

Blackstone prices new US CLO using a print-and-sprint strategy
Hook Park CLO, arranged by Bank of America, follows AGL’s similar such deal earlier in April

Tariffs will increase defaults – Blackstone
The alternative asset management giant also said the private credit market is providing financing that previously would not have been available in times of dislocation like this

Blackstone, BlackRock among managers attempting “print-and-sprint” CLO deals
EXCLUSIVE: Around five CLO managers are attempting to issue deals that take advantage of market dislocation

Blackstone, Wellington and Vanguard partner on public-private investment products
The three asset management giants are joining forces to offer individual investors access to multi-asset portfolios once only available to institutional investors

Long-term CLO investments require strong distributions, healthy equity NAVs, and an extended life

Blackstone prices second new US CLO in a week
Bayard Park CLO was a half-billion-dollar issue that printed relatively tight, even as deal activity slowed across the market

Blackstone prints second new US BSL CLO of 2025
The top of the stack priced 12bps wider than the manager’s earlier deal

Blackstone hires Goldman alum to head European private credit origination
Dominic Ashcroft previously served as head of leveraged finance for EMEA at Goldman Sachs

Blackstone receives SEC approval for private credit interval fund
The new fund will invest across private corporate credit, asset-based credit, real estate debt, structured credit and liquid credit

Blackstone partners with ITE to push into IG private credit
Blackstone Credit & Insurance has been focused on building its private origination pipeline for IG private credit

Alcentra's USD 165m fundraise for own European CLO deals heralds dramatic shift for the region
EXCLUSIVE: The dedicated amount forms part of the USD 1bn fundraise announced by the firm earlier this week  

Blackstone kicks off Euro CLO issuance program for 2025 with tight new issue
Manager's Ravensdale Park CLO priced as the second-tightest European deal so far this year